The plan would use Wisconsin’s $5 billion budget surplus to expand free school lunches and mental health resources, improve literacy outcomes and alleviate staffing shortages — all without raising property taxes.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin is “confident” she’ll find enough Republican support for marriage equality despite Sen. Johnson’s reversal as the Respect for Marriage Act nears a vote.
With secretary of state elections taking center stage thanks to former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud during the 2020 elections, the once-sleepy state race is hotly contested this fall.
Tim Michels won the Republican gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes secured the Democratic Senate nomination and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos barely avoided embarrassment in Tuesday’s statewide primary.
Former Pres. Trump spoke for almost two hours in Waukesha Friday evening ahead of Tuesday's primary election, offering support for Michels and other candidates in key Wisconsin races.
Bucks executive Alex Lasry, Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski and Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson all endorsed Barnes in the Senate primary after suspending their campaigns last week.
City leaders and Republicans praised the decision as a boon to Milwaukee businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels are separated by a percentage point in the polls ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.
Officials say after leaving Illinois the shooter drove to Madison with a gun and multiple rounds of ammunition, and considered carrying out another attack in the city.
Madison protesters took to the streets Friday following the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the court precedent that protected the right to abortion.
“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled,” the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 majority opinion on Friday.
January 6th committee hearings revealed text messages between Sen. Ron Johnson and Mike Pence that show Johnson wanted to deliver Pence fake electors’ votes from Wisconsin and Michigan.
After the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) blamed school shootings on "liberal indoctrination" rather than relaxed gun laws, poor mental health resources or police inaction.
Republican politicians may find it “impossible” to allocate the University of Wisconsin System more taxpayer funds after Jennifer Mnookin’s selection as its flagship university’s chancellor.
Nelson addressed climate change, rising college costs and other youth issues at a roundtable discussion with a half-dozen students on Wednesday.
The criminal complaint reveals that Peters’ death was premeditated.
Two students told the ACLU that racial harassment in Oshkosh schools has been consistent since kindergarten.
"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft decision.
“If you live here and call Wisconsin home, you are a Wisconsinite,” Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes declared to a packed rotunda.
Wisconsinites were asked to drop off their prescription medications at designated drop boxes this past Saturday to prevent drug misuse and water contamination.
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