Former President Donald Trump offered his “Total Endorsement” of Wisconsin’s Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday, encouraging him to seek a third term as he mulls whether to run again or retire.
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee questioned the state superintendent of schools on Tuesday about when schools will fully reopen to all students in person and whether more than $2.2 billion in federally allocated money is going to the right districts.
A rural superintendent backed by Democrats faces a retired suburban Milwaukee superintendent largely supported by Republicans in Tuesday’s election to select Wisconsin’s top education official.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu offered rare praise for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration, giving it credit for increasing vaccinations.
The conservative-backed candidate to become Wisconsin’s top education official called on her Democratic-backed opponent to apologize for and denounce her television ad running statewide, a heated flashpoint during a virtual debate broadcast Wednesday.
About 2 million more Wisconsin residents, including those with certain pre-existing conditions, will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in the next round to be announced later this week, the state’s deputy health secretary said Monday.
The candidates for Wisconsin superintendent of schools clashed Thursday over reopening schools for in-person teaching, Act 10 and teacher unions and the private school voucher program.
Transgender athletes would be banned from participating in girls’ and women’s sports in Wisconsin from kindergarten through college under bills introduced Tuesday by Republican lawmakers, proposals that come as more than a dozen other states consider similar measures.
Deborah Kerr posted the message at 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the same day as Wisconsin’s primary for state superintendent of schools. Kerr was the second-highest vote getter in the primary and advanced to the April general election.
MADISON, Wis., (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, said Friday that half the country will not accept the outcome of the presidential election if Democrat Joe Biden wins. Johnson, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, also…
Finding meaningful differences in policy positions can be difficult in the Democratic primary for governor, where the eight candidates running have far more in common than not.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Open records advocates say the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is wrong to keep secret the names of some people who publicly commented about a Gov. Scott Walker proposal to drug-test Medicaid applicants.The department says it has to withhold information to protect private health information as required by state and federal law.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Democrats say they are increasingly optimistic about their chances of knocking of Republican Gov. Scott Walker next year, even though a top tier candidate has yet to emerge and they're still recovering from a devastating 2016 election.Democrats are gathering this weekend for the Wisconsin state party convention. They say liberals are energized in opposition both to President Donald Trump and Republicans closely tied to him like Walker.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Republicans could have a problem as they try to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin next year: Too many candidates.Baldwin is a top target for the GOP nationally given the party's recent dominance in Wisconsin. But with more than half a dozen Republicans looking at the race, it's starting to look a little like the 2012 dynamic that helped Baldwin win her first term.
Two potential Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin have voting records that could call into question their conservative credentials and hurt them in a potentially crowded GOP primary.
Any doubts that key parts of Gov. Scott Walker's budget face big hurdles with fellow Republicans have been erased after three days of hearings on the spending plan.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could give school boards and other governmental bodies a way around the open meetings law.
The Wisconsin Legislature begins the 2017-2018 session on Tuesday. Among the major issues it's expected to address is funding for roads.
