The Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee has finished its work on the state's next two-year spending plan, paving the way for the Senate and Assembly to vote on it later this month.
Khris Middleton scored 38 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 30 and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed in a 104-89 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday to force a decisive seventh game in their second-round playoff series.
The Brooklyn Nets will continue to play without Kyrie Irving and don’t know exactly what kind of production they will get from James Harden as the star players deal with injuries.
The one-mile evacuation order stays in place for a fourth day after a fire erupted at a grease factory in Rockton.
Republicans who control the Legislature's finance committee have finished their revisions on the state budget by insert a $3.3 billion tax cut into the spending plan.
Wisconsin's unemployment rate is unchanged for May at 3.9%.
Four people charged in connection with the burned body of a Green Bay woman who died of a drug overdose have pleaded not guilty in federal court.
The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.
Gov. Tony Evers promises to sign bills banning chokeholds and making other policing changes passed by the state Assembly, while also calling on lawmakers to go farther to make law enforcement more accountable and transparent.
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit businesses, colleges and universities, governments and anyone else in the state from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who continued to flee Milwaukee police in a stolen vehicle after they called off a pursuit died in a crash that left five other teens with serious injuries.
U.S. military officials say the remains of three brothers from Wisconsin who were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified.
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly has passed bills banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
This heat wave and the exceptional drought in the Southwest are part of a damaging feedback loop enhanced by climate change, experts say. The hotter it gets, the drier it gets; the drier it gets, the hotter it gets.
Redistricting of local political boundary lines in Wisconsin would be delayed a year or more under a bill backed by Republicans and local governments that the state Assembly has passed.
The Supreme Court sided with Alan Johnson in a 4-3 ruling Wednesday and remanded the case for a new trial.
The pair's second sit-down, with aides present on both sides, lasted about 65 minutes. In all, the two sides spent less than three hours together.
Penterman, a U.S. Army Reserve member, holds a 16-vote lead in southeastern Wisconsin’s 37th Assembly District, according to Tuesday’s unofficial results.
The measure must also pass the Senate and be signed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers before becoming law. Evers has signaled that he will veto the bill.
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly plans to vote on bills banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
The proposal is among a dozen bipartisan policing bills up for approval on Wednesday that have broad support among the law enforcement community.
The two-time NBA Finals MVP became the first player in NBA history to have at least 45 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in a playoff game.
First they lost James Harden, then Kyrie Irving, and finally the Brooklyn Nets lost their lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The number of lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Milwaukee. It is about equal to the number of Americans who died of cancer in 2019.
