STATE NEWS

‘Each one can reach one’: Challenges, hopes for organic farming in Wisconsin

By Ava Menkes | May. 8

Stoughton Farmer Terry Parisi offers insight into the importance of sustainable agriculture for both the environment and consumers 

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STATE NEWS

Republican lawmakers strike hundreds of provisions from Evers’ budget

By Hina Suzuki | May. 4

The GOP-controlled commission gutted Evers’ budget proposal, rejecting more than 500 items.

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STATE NEWS

Vos suggests UW System must eliminate diversity offices to receive funding increase

By Ava Menkes | May. 3

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos encouraged the UW System to remove campus diversity officers days after a video of a UW-Madison student expressing harmful rhetoric against the Black community circulated on social media.

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STATE NEWS

LeMahieu continues push for flat income tax as state budget talks heat up

By Alexander Tan | May. 1

LeMahieu's proposal to set the state income tax rate at 3.25% for individual Wisconsin taxpayers regardless of income level has received pushback from Democrats and mixed reviews from economists.

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STATE NEWS

LGBTQ+ mental health remains grim in Wisconsin

By Sydney Steidl | Apr. 27

A recent report reveals that LGBTQ+ youth in Wisconsin face a heightened risk of experiencing mental health challenges with few resources to cope.

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STATE NEWS

In Wisconsin, bipartisan expungement reform struggles to find the finish line

By Tyler Katzenberger | Apr. 27

Lawmakers and interest groups on both sides of the aisle want to loosen Wisconsin’s strict expungement laws and let thousands reenter the state’s workforce. What’s stopping them?

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STATE NEWS

JFC Republicans leave Wisconsin’s largest-ever conservation project short $4 million

By Gavin Escott | Apr. 27

Republican lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee used a pocket veto to deny funding for five proposals without holding a meeting, including the largest conservation project in state history.

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STATE NEWS

‘Unseen, unheard’: Advocates tackle intersection of sexual violence, disability

By Zoe Kukla | Apr. 24

Disability rights advocates hosted a virtual conversation aimed at finding resources and strategies to prevent sexual violence and help Wisconsin become safer for people with disabilities.

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STATE NEWS

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announces potential medical marijuana program

By Ava Menkes | Apr. 21

Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature offered newfound support for a medical marijuana legalization program, a sharp shift from years of opposition to cannabis reform.

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STATE NEWS

Wisconsin elections 'all start on campus,' state GOP chair says in UW-Madison visit

By Hina Suzuki | Apr. 20

Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair Brian Schimming discussed the importance of Republican students’ engagement in the 2024 national election during a UW-Madison event hosted by GOP Badgers. 

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STATE NEWS

Wisconsin invests $1.1 million into UW System student internship training programs

By Gabriella Hartlaub | Apr. 20

Gov. Tony Evers believes these programs will be a tool to retain workers for the state. 

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STATE NEWS

Supreme Court temporarily lifts abortion pill restrictions after Kaul, AGs oppose Texas ruling

By Nick Bumgardner | Apr. 18

The Supreme Court temporarily protected medication abortion access, but the stage is set for another national showdown over reproductive care.

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STATE NEWS

Civic fracture growing among Wisconsinites according to new UW report

By Tomer Ronen | Apr. 17

The Center for Communication and Civic Renewal found that over half of Wisconsinites surveyed stopped talking politics with another person due to a disagreement.

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STATE NEWS

Wisconsin could become an electric vehicle production powerhouse, report says

By Sanjeev Anand | Apr. 15

A new report for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation found Wisconsin’s auto manufacturing past could fuel a rise in electric vehicle production. 

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STATE NEWS

In Wisconsin, campus organizers fueled liberals’ Supreme Court victory

By Ava Menkes and Anna Kleiber | Apr. 13

Young voters at UW campuses made history with extraordinary turnout in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Campus organizers are taking credit.

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STATE NEWS

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin announces 2024 reelection bid

By Nadya Hayasi | Apr. 12

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced she is running for a third term in Wisconsin, a likely battleground state in 2024.

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STATE NEWS

DOJ names officers, suspect killed in Barron County shooting

By Ian Wilder | Apr. 11

The two officers and a suspect died following a traffic stop shooting Saturday in northwestern Wisconsin.