Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ budget features tax cuts for the middle class, $2.6 billion for public education, nearly $300 million to repair the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium and a new family leave program.
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Posted inHealth & Welfare
Wisconsin cigarette sales go up in smoke over 20 years
A new report shows that cigarette sales in Wisconsin plummeted over the past 20 years, fueled by higher taxes and smoking bans.
Posted inGovernment
Gov. Tony Evers to announce TikTok ban on state devices
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that he will soon announce a ban on the use of TikTok on state phones.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Judge orders Wisconsin DOJ agent to stand trial in shooting
A Wisconsin Department of Justice agent who wounded an unarmed Black man during a Madison traffic stop last year must stand trial over whether the shooting was justified.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin secretary of veterans affairs to retire
Wisconsin’s secretary of veterans affairs, who pushed to increase resources for veterans facing homelessness and addiction, will retire at the start of the new year, Gov. Tony Evers announced.
Posted inGovernment
DNR board member’s fight to keep seat cost taxpayers $76K
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin taxpayers spent about $76,000 to fund a state Department of Natural Resources policy board member’s legal fight to remain on the board after his term expired, a news outlet reported Wednesday. The Wisconsin State Journal said it had obtained invoices through an open records request detailing state payments to Fred Prehn’s […]
Posted inGovernment
Milwaukee challenge says 2020 census undercounted population
The city of Milwaukee on Tuesday joined the ranks of other major cities that are challenging their 2020 census figures, claiming that the once-a-decade U.S. head count which determines political power and federal funding undercounted the city’s true population by 16,500 people.
Posted inEconomy, Government
Foxconn qualifies for Wisconsin state tax breaks again
Foxconn Technology Group qualified for tax breaks from the state of Wisconsin for a second year in a row in 2022 under revised contract terms that lowered benchmarks the technology company needed to meet.
Posted inGovernment, Money & Politics
New high in spending by outside groups in Wisconsin election
Outside special interest groups spent at least 50% more than the previous record high in the midterm election in Wisconsin this year, pouring more than $93 million into races for governor and other state offices.
Posted inGovernment
Republican kicked out of caucus running for Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who was kicked out of the Assembly GOP caucus by fellow Republicans who said they lost trust in her after she pushed election conspiracy theories, is running for an open state Senate seat.
Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare
Spray-painted house in Janesville, Wisconsin highlights affordable housing crisis
A message spray-painted on a two-story Janesville rental home accuses a tenant of not paying her rent. The vandalism not only makes a public spectacle of a landlord’s ongoing dispute with a renter he’s trying to evict, it also shines a light on the need for affordable housing in the city.
Posted inEnvironment
Evers administration seeks OK to start new PFAS regulations in Wisconsin
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration plans to ask state environmental officials again for permission to develop limits on a group of chemicals known as PFAS in Wisconsin groundwater.