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As researchers struggle for Alzheimer’s cure, lawmakers enact flurry of bipartisan bills

Over 110,000 people in Wisconsin are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia.

Black legislators decry appointments to prison task force

Four black Democratic legislators wrote a letter to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, in response to appointing only white men to a task force that will study the efficacy of Wisconsin prisons. 

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, came under fire Wednesday only appointing white lawmakers to a task force that will access the state’s prison system.

State legislators push to let 19 year-olds drink

Already one of the booziest states in the union, Wisconsin could allow residents as young as 19 to belly up to the bar and walk through liquor stores under proposed legislation.

Madison Democrat Chris Taylor criticizes new police body-cam legislation

Democratic lawmakers came out in opposition to a bill considered Wednesday that would make it more difficult for the public to access police body camera footage.

Assembly speaker apologizes for calling fellow Republicans ‘terrorists’

After receiving intense backlash for referring to three GOP state Senators as “terrorists,” the top-ranking Republican in the state Assembly issued an apology Monday.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, came under fire for calling Republican state Senators who made a “backroom deal” with Gov. Scott Walker “terrorists.”

Walker signs Foxconn bill despite fervent opposition from Democrats

Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Monday giving Wisconsin’s largest state subsidy ever to a Taiwanese electronics company that promises to bring up to 13,000 jobs to the state.

State’s two-year budget almost finalized after Senate vote

The Republican-controlled state Senate clinched just enough votes Friday to pass Wisconsin’s two-year budget and send it to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk for final signature.

Budget passes Assembly; future in Senate uncertain

Without a clear idea if the state Senate has enough votes to pass the state’s two-year budget, the overdue spending bill lurched forward with passage in the state Assembly Wednesday with five GOP lawmakers voting against. 

State budget misses deadline, stalled over transportation

Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature will not pass the state’s two-year budget on time due to disputes between leaders in the Assembly and Senate over how to fund road and highway projects.

Campus Free Speech Act could be implemented in the fall semester

First-year and transfer students may receive First Amendment training during a new freshman orientation that would explain the university’s free expression policies, as part of a bill gaining traction in the state’s Legislature.

UW-Madison to open leadership center named after former governor

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Tommy Thompson’s inauguration, state government leaders and UW-Madison officials announced plans Tuesday to open a leadership center on campus named after the former Wisconsin governor.

As budget process heats up, tuition cut and transportation funding remain up in the air

The waiting is truly the hardest part, at least according to stakeholders in the biennial budget.

Republican ‘Free Speech Act’ would punish students who disrupt speeches, presentations

Students who protest and disrupt speeches or presentations could be punished or even expelled under a bill introduced late Wednesday by two state Republican lawmakers.

Republican lawmakers quarrel with Walker over transportation plan

A potential shortfall in the state’s transportation fund threatens to create tension in the party ranks as Republican state lawmakers debate the logistics of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget priorities.

Delivery robots considered in state Senate committee

The next time you get a notification that your food order has arrived, a robot could be waiting at your door. The state Senate is considering a bill to allow robots to travel on sidewalks while en route with your delivery.

Campus carry detrimental to sexual assault prevention, experts and UW leaders say

While UW System firearm restrictions may find themselves on the legislative chopping block this year, students and activists have raised concerns about the potential impact of such reform on sexual assault on campus.

UW students, NPR host question the purpose of higher education

In the midst of midterms, college students may be asking “Why college?” National Public Radio’s Michel Martin asked panelists, which included four UW-Madison students, this question, and what purpose they think higher education serves.

State Republican leaders from Wisconsin, Ohio join forces to weather Trump Administration changes

State legislators and governors from Wisconsin and Ohio are teaming up to tackle changes that will affect the country at a state level under President Donald Trump’s administration.