Category Archives: State News
Republicans Say Federal Relief Money Could Be Used For Tax Cut
Republican legislative leaders want to use one billion dollars of the federal COVID-19 Relief Fund money to give Wisconsin taxpayers lower property taxes. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is pushing the ide...
Mar 31, 2021 Allef Vinicius / Unsplash
Jagler Wins Republican Senate Primary To Replace Former Majority Leader Fitzgerald
State Representative John Jagler has won the Republican primary to replace Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. Jagler took more than 57-percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary for the Senate Dis...
Mar 31, 2021
Wisconsin Supreme Court Overturns Gov. Ever's Statewide Mask Mandate
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate, ruling that the Democratic governor exceeded his authority by unilaterally extending the mandate for months through...
Mar 31, 2021 CC Mika Baumeister
Applying For Wisconsin Unemployment Should Be Easier Now
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says its new user interface should be easier to use than the old one. The new unemployment claims portal went online Tuesday night. It offers a way to...
Mar 31, 2021 Garry Knight / CC
Racine Man Arrested, Says, “I Am COVID” At Mount Pleasant Walmart
A Racine man was out on bond when he is accused of causing a major disturbance at the Walmart store in Mount Pleasant last week. Police officers responded to a report about a man "swinging a stick" at...
Mar 31, 2021
Assembly Republicans Give Governor’s Plans For Federal Relief Fund Mixed Review
Assembly Republicans are giving Governor Tony Evers' plans for more than three-billion dollars in federal COVID relief mixed reviews. They held a news conference at the Resch Expo Center Tuesday expla...
Mar 31, 2021 cc / depositphotos
Governor to Spend $2.5B on Economic Recovery
Shortly before vetoing an effort by legislative Republicans to control how federal relief funding is spent, Governor Tony Evers said he will dedicate two-and-a-half-billion dollars to economic recover...
Mar 30, 2021 CC Dmitry Demidko
Wisconsin State Parks On Track For Another Record Number Of Visitors
Wisconsin state parks are on track for another record number of visitors. During the coronavirus pandemic, visiting a state park has become a good way for people to get out of the house and enjoy moth...
Mar 30, 2021 m01229 / CC
Canadian Oil Company Didn’t Notify DNR of Spill in Jefferson County for More Than a Year
Some people living in Fort Atkinson are asking why a Canadian oil company waited more than a year to notify the state about a pipeline leak. Enbridge Energy's Southern Lights Pipeline runs through sou...
Mar 30, 2021 FHG Photo / CC
Moratorium On Tenant Evictions Extended Through End Of June
A federal moratorium on the eviction of tenants who have fallen behind on their rent has been extended through the end of June. The pandemic-related protection was scheduled to expire Wednesday. The b...
Mar 30, 2021 David Jackmanson / CC
