As Wisconsin experiences a shortage in mental health services, the number of suicides has spiked, influencing advocates and leaders to raise their voices together in hopes of reducing the rate and improving access to care.
Wisconsin joined 19 other states in a lawsuit challenging the national emergency President Donald Trump declared in order to fund a border wall without congressional approval.
As part of Gov. Tony Evers proposed budget, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes announced a plan that could potentially help UW System graduates restructure their student loans Monday.
The Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls will finally see closure after Governor Tony Evers announced the two cities selected to house new facilities in hopes of creating a safer environment for the incarcerated juveniles Tuesday.
Early voting for the contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Waukesha Court of Appeals Judges Brian Hagedorn and Judge Lisa Neubauer commenced Monday.
Almost 150 days after submitting a request to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, released data showing no undocumented persons arrested during the September raids in Dane County were violent felons in a press conference on Monday afternoon at the Capitol.
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.
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