The resolution comes amid mounting public opposition to Enbridge Energy’s plans to reroute a pipeline across northern Wisconsin.
The proposed rule requires treatment that reduces PFAS concentrations “to the maximum degree achievable.”
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For Republicans, the GOP proposal for the state's legislative and congressional boundaries aligns with plans to retain the core of existing districts, but for Democrats and those seeking nonpartisan maps, the offering is just more of the same.
A Wisconsin judge declined to let Republican legislators and a pro-hunting group join a lawsuit seeking to remove the state Department of Natural Resources policy board's leader from his post.
By changing a single word in state statutes -- from “shall” to “may” -- the bill would give the Department of Natural Resources discretion over whether to hold a hunt.
Ann Hraychuck was elected to the Legislature in 2006 and served two terms representing the 28th Assembly District. She was the first woman to represent the district.
The American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association and other similar professional groups have come out against the practice.
The bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday, would direct $900,000 a year from ratepayers of Wisconsin’s investor-owned utilities to the Customer Utility Board, an independent nonprofit organization established by the Legislature to represent utility customers.
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Nothing in the emails suggests there were problems with the election that contributed in any meaningful way to Trump's 20,682-vote loss to Joe Biden.
Senate Republicans are expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution to repeal the state mask mandate to fight COVID-19.
Residents of battleground Wisconsin headed to the polls Tuesday amid the divisions fueled by Donald Trump's presidency and a pandemic that's infected more than 232,000 people, killed 2,050 and convinced more than 40% of voting-age people to cast their ballots early.
"People who have been in the mix for a while tend to be more trusting that the political system will operate as a should," Burden said.
One candidate's husband caught COVID-19. Another got a concussion in a car accident to avoid hitting a tractor. A third reminded the State Journal editorial board that he had promised he wasn't going to run for another term -- even though he is. This week's political podcast recaps our endorsement process.
A federal appeals court on Friday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to essentially determine whether the Republican-controlled Legislature has standing to challenge a federal court ruling that extends the period that absentee ballots can be counted in the battleground state until Nov. 9, six days after the election.
An Air Force environmental impact study found that the F-35s would expose more than 1,000 additional homes to increased jet noise.
Four Democrats are vying to represent the open 48th Assembly District with experience spanning the fields of local government, business and law.
The case challenges the lame-duck laws Republicans passed in December 2018 to curb powers of the governor and attorney general.
One justice suggested Wisconsin's 'safer at home' order was the "very definition of tyranny."
The bill would suspend the one-week waiting period for people to receive unemployment benefits. It would be waived for anyone who applied between March 12 and Feb. 7, 2021.
Wisconsin was initially slated to miss out on a 6.2% increase in Medicaid funding because the state was not compliant with certain conditions.
If the bills don't pass, they'll have to be reintroduced in the 2021-22 session, leaving prospects for the bipartisan series of bills in doubt.
Tony Evers said he vetoed the legislation, which uses surplus revenue, because it doesn't invest in the state's schools.