For the first time since 1916, the Democratic National Convention will be held in the Midwest outside of Chicago — in our own backyard, Milwaukee.
An anti-weed forum held in Waukesha brought attention to the politically polarizing issue of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin Thursday.
Assembly members voiced support for a bill aimed at easing restrictions on expungements with a goal of filling more jobs in the state.
Lawyer David De Bruin and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn posed the possibility of legal action to the graduate student union during its general membership meeting Thursday night. The TAA would be the lead plaintiff in a challenge against Gov. Tony Evers, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and the Wisconsin Economic Development Council.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-WI, reintroduced the Debt Free College Act with U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, to support college students by increasing both state and federal funding for public universities Wednesday.
Legislators introduced a bipartisan bill to expand Wisconsin’s Minority Teacher Loan Program beyond Milwaukee in attempt to increase minority teacher representation in predominantly minority K-12 schools.
Attorney General Josh Kaul joined forces with 20 other Democratic state Attorney Generals in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s final changes to the Title X rule Tuesday.
Believing all Wisconsinites “should have the opportunity to participate in our democracy,” Gov. Tony Evers signed his 14th executive order, expanding access to voter identification cards by improving Department of Transportation facilities Monday.
Tammy Baldwin and Gov. Tony Evers both proposed an increase in funding to support early child care and public education in separate bills this past week.
Gov. Tony Evers presented his State of the Budget Address to the first split government Wisconsin has seen in ten years from the Madison Capitol Assembly Chamber Thursday evening.
In his latest executive order, Gov. Tony Evers commissioned a total recall of Wisconsin’s National Guard from the southern border Monday. Evers acted in opposition of President Donald Trump’s declared National Emergency and rebuked former Gov. Scott Walker’s decision in originally stationing the troops in June.
Gov. Tony Evers announced a new proposal for his first biennial budget in which he suggested stopping the expansion of state voucher programs and charter schools passed under former Gov. Scott Walker’s administration.
Milwaukee has made the cut as Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, narrows down the three cities he will choose between to host the 2020 Democratic Convention.
Gov. Evers used his first veto on a Republican middle class income tax cut bill Wednesday, rejecting the GOP plan to use money leftover in the budget.
Evers' plan includes reintroducing Planned Parenthood as a trusted health care service.
Female representation in Wisconsin has remained stagnant for decades.
As the winter months continue to creep into Wisconsin, cold weather and dangerous storms relentlessly target those who are outdoors at the wrong time.
Guided by economic incentives to promote a pro-life agenda, legislation has strained accessibility to abortion and other reproductive services across the state.
New research showing the implications of Medicaid expansion for those with private health insurance instigated a press conference with Republican legislators, who convened at the Capitol Tuesday morning.
The same day a GOP press conference at the Capitol spoke out against the expansion of Medicaid, Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order to create a state task force on caregiving.
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