Public gets chance to weigh in on GOP redistricting plans
The public gets a chance Thursday to tell Republican lawmakers what they think of their redistricting plan that would keep solid GOP majorities in place.
Author: Scott Bauer, Associated Press
Walker, conservatives ask Supreme Court to take access case
A conservative think tank and former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to exclude the group’s writers from press briefings, which lower courts have said is legal.
Health officials say latest COVID-19 surge hasn’t peaked in Wisconsin
The latest surge of COVID-19 infections due to the highly contagious delta variant has not yet peaked in Wisconsin, state health officials said Wednesday.
Tommy Thompson on water skiing: ‘I know you think I’m nuts’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tommy Thompson said people may think he was “nuts” for water skiing at age 79, but the interim University of Wisconsin president said Tuesday he got on the skis earlier this month to “give it to…
Gov. candidate Rebecca Kleefisch tests positive for COVID
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor Rebecca Kleefisch tested positive for COVID-19 after being exposed at church earlier this month, her campaign said Monday. Kleefisch is a cancer survivor and a former two-term lieutenant governor. She is…
Jacque staff says his condition is stable after being put on ventilator
A Republican state senator from Wisconsin who opposed mask and vaccine mandates and then developed pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19 was in stable condition Wednesday after being placed on a ventilator, his spokesman said.
Senate Democrats push voting rights bills in Wisconsin
Senate Democrats are bringing their push for a new federal voting bill to battleground Wisconsin.
No charges for National Guard mishandled sex assault cases
Prosecutors have not filed criminal charges for about 30 sexual assault cases mishandled by the Wisconsin National Guard following an 18-month investigation.
Wisconsin governor vetoes GOP bills to restrict absentees
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed bills passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature that would have imposed new restrictions on absentee ballots in the key battleground state.
Vos expands 2020 election investigation
The highest-ranking Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly said Friday that he was expanding a probe into the 2020 presidential election, saying it will take more investigators and time than originally planned.
Wisconsin COVID-19 cases 7 times higher than month ago
Positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin on Wednesday were twice as high as a week ago and seven times as high as a month ago.
Wisconsin Republican promises forensic election audit
The Republican head of the Wisconsin Assembly elections committee said Monday she will ensure there is a “comprehensive, forensic examination” of ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election.
Unvaccinated in Wisconsin are ‘sitting duck’ for COVID-19
“Every COVID 19 death is now a preventable death,” DHS deputy secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said Thursday.
Wisconsin attorney general race heating up
Wisconsin’s race for attorney general is heating up, with Democratic incumbent Josh Kaul officially launching his reelection bid and a Republican challenger reporting a record-high amount of fundraising for this point in the campaign.
Bigger, more diverse panel to search for next UW president
A larger, more diverse search committee to find the next University of Wisconsin System president was named Friday, following a failed search last year that was widely criticized for breaking with tradition and not including members representing faculty, staff and students.
Evers vetoes bills financing purchase of closed paper mills, creating human resources office
Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday vetoed a bipartisan bill designed to help save two shuttered paper mills and another measure criticized by open records advocates to create a human resources office for the Legislature, saying it would shield documents from public release.
Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2 billion tax cut
Evers, a Democrat who is running for reelection next year, planned to sign the budget Thursday.
What's in the Republicans' proposed state budget? These are the highlights.
The Assembly was scheduled to vote on the $87 billion spending plan on Tuesday. The Senate was expected to follow suit on Wednesday and send the document to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who can use his partial veto powers to rewrite the document or kill it outright.
Eliminating Wisconsin business property tax gains momentum
A bipartisan push to end a tax Wisconsin businesses pay on property that has long been targeted for elimination gained momentum Wednesday, even as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers remained silent on whether he will sign or veto the bill.
Wisconsin Republicans send election bills to governor
The Wisconsin Assembly sent bills to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for the elderly and disabled to cast absentee ballots and prohibit officials from filling in missing information on the envelopes of returned absentee ballots.
Wisconsin high court strikes down incapacitated driver law
A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that allowed for taking blood samples from suspected drunken drivers who are incapacitated, ruling that it is unconstitutional.
Heads of Wisconsin’s largest school districts ‘dismayed’ federal aid at risk
The superintendents of Wisconsin’s five largest school districts told members of the Legislature on Tuesday that they’re “dismayed” that $2.3 billion in federal aid is at risk because of low funding for K-12 schools.
Highlights of the Wisconsin state budget: what's in, what's out so far
How much and what taxes to cut is one of the largest remaining questions for the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to tackle this week as it nears the end of its work writing the state budget.
Republicans to extend land stewardship program 4 years
Republicans who control the state Legislature plan to extend Wisconsin’s contentious land stewardship program for four years, rather than another decade as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wanted.
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