Category Archives: State News

A tweet from Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steinke makes a lawsuit against the U-W System look unlikely. Earlier this week, the co-chair of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, Senat...

Marinette County Judge James Morrison calls a 1976 double murder "evil" and "depraved" before sentencing the defendant to two life prison terms. The families of victims David Schuldes and Ellen Mathey...

Senator Tammy Baldwin will be in Manitowoc this morning where she will take a tour of Broadwind Heavy Fabrications. She will also be touting the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legi...

When a reckless driving suspect refused to drop his weapon Thursday evening, two Milwaukee police officers shot him to death. The man's name hasn't been released. Police say officers tried to conduct ...

Military officials say up to 10,000 refugees from Afghanistan could pass through Fort McCoy over the coming weeks. The Wisconsin military installation west of Tomah is one of three nationwide used to ...

The battleground state of Wisconsin is going to be right in the middle of a battle over a new voting rights bill backed by Democrats in the U-S Senate. A roundtable discussion was held in Madison Wedn...

The leader of Milwaukee Public Schools says he doesn't expect students to be dismissed early again today (August 26th). Superintendent Keith Posley says the need to let students out due to heat illust...

The attorney for accused killer Kyle Rittenhouse says he can't say who donated to his client's defense because he doesn't know. Kenosha County prosecutors filed a motion last week seeking a list of pe...

Governor Tony Evers visited Fort McCoy yesterday (August 25th) to learn about the arrival of Afghan refugees in western Wisconsin. The governor received an update on planning, medical processing, and ...

Two grant programs aimed at helping Wisconsin communities build long-term economic recovery will be funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act - known as ARPA (AR puh). $200 million will be availa...