Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Assembly Approves $540 Million State Tax Cut On PPP Loans
The Wisconsin Assembly is giving the green light to wide ranging package of tax cuts. The primary section of the bill passed Tuesday (February 16th) would match state law with federal law in exempting...
Feb 17, 2021
Search For Missing Cumberland Man Results In The Discovery Of His Body
A homeowner along Silver Lake in Barron County found a wrecked truck on the shoreline of his property Tuesday morning. Inside that truck, the body of 22-year-old Ben Jacobson of Cumberland was discove...
Feb 17, 2021
Biden Touts COVID Plans, School Re-Opening During Milwaukee Town Hall
President Joe Biden says doses of COVID vaccine will be available to every American who wants one by the end of July. Biden spoke during a C-N-N town hall event Tuesday night (February 16th) in Milwau...
Feb 17, 2021
Governor’s Budget: Evers Wants Lawmakers To Support “Bounce Back” Plan
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is calling on state lawmakers to give their bipartisan support to what he is calling his "bounce back" plan. Evers revealed more details of his $91-billion, two-year spen...
Feb 17, 2021
President Biden's Event at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater Is First Since Last March
Tonight's (February 16th) big event at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater is the first for the venue since last March. President Joe Biden will be in the city for a C-N-N Presidential Town Hall. The 8:00 p-m e...
Feb 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Former Chairman Of Milwaukee Fire And Police Commission Resigns
The former chairman of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission has submitted his letter of resignation. Steven DeVougas kept his commission seat after he was replaced by Nelson Soler last year. He of...
Feb 16, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
DATCP Secretary-Designee Applauds Appointment to Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin has been appointed Chair of the federal Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies...
Feb 16, 2021
Lieutenant Governor’s Campaign Pays $1,652 Fine for Violation
Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes' campaign has paid a $1,652 fine to the state Ethics Commission for taking too much money from a political action committee. Wisconsin state law limits a lieutenant ...
Feb 16, 2021 SEIU Local 1 / CC
Wisconsin State Primary 2021: It’s All About Education
Don't expect today's (February 16th) turnout for the Wisconsin State Primary Election to be anything like three months ago. Only one contest is on every ballot - the race for state school superintende...
Feb 16, 2021 Maryland GovPics / CC
Bitter Cold Cancels Milwaukee Coronavirus Testing
People wanting to get a coronavirus test in Milwaukee are going to have to wait. The city's health department is canceling testing for today because of the bitter cold. That means neither the American...
Feb 15, 2021 The National Guard / CC
