Category Archives: State News

A report from the McIver Institute finds Wisconsin state revenues are in good shape and a tax increase isn't needed. Democratic Governor Tony Evers wants to raise taxes by $1.6 billion so another $8 b...

Milwaukee city leaders are urging Oshkosh Defense to build the new generation of electric-powered U-S Postal Service vehicles at the Century City Business Park. A letter was set to Oshkosh Defense Pre...

An unlicensed daycare operator in Oconto County has entered a no-contest plea to three counts of child neglect. 37-year-old Nicole Brewer is scheduled for sentencing May 11th. She was taken into custo...

Members of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee want the governor to divert more of the federal COVID-19 relief funding to Wisconsin schools offering in-person instruction. The discretio...

Officials seeking solutions to Wisconsin's drunk driving program point to a Sunday traffic accident in Mount Pleasant as a prime example of the problem. All three drivers involved in a three-vehicle c...

Beaver Dam police arrested a person who was found carrying a "hazardous device" in a backpack Saturday afternoon (February 27th). Officers didn't say what the device was. They had been called shortly ...

A group demanding the prosecution of Madison Police Officer Matthew Kenny be re-opened block the street in front of the Dane County district attorney's home Sunday (February 28th). Kenny shot teenager...

U-S Senator Ron Johnson says the nation should spend the remaining one-trillion dollars to help people before going further into debt. The Wisconsin Republican says he isn't denying that people are hu...

Wisconsin's debate over the next state budget is far from over, but the spending plan outlined by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has strong support from advocates of older residents. Helen Marks Dicks, st...

Wisconsin Autism Providers Association (WAPA) applauds the Governor's budget initiative to invest in improving access to autism treatment for Medicaid recipients. Dr. Rebecca Thompson, who is the Pres...