A vote on the future of Wisconsin’s top elections official ended in partisan deadlock Tuesday amid Republican calls for the nonpartisan administrator of the statewide elections commission to resign over how she ran the 2020 presidential contest.
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Posted inEnvironment
Canadian wildfire smoke threatens Wisconsin air quality. Here’s how to check health numbers.
Wisconsin faces a statewide Air Quality Advisory for fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke until noon on Thursday, June 29.
Posted inGovernment
GOP state legislatures seek greater control over state and local election offices
Lawmakers in several Republican-led states have been looking to exert more authority over state and local election offices.
Posted inGovernment
Tax cuts and a UW squeeze: A look at the proposed GOP-backed Wisconsin state budget
Here’s a look at what is and isn’t in the proposed Wisconsin state budget that the Republican-controlled Legislature is expected to pass next week.
Posted inGovernment
Republicans seek $3.5B tax cut favoring top earners, $32M reduction for UW System
Income taxes would be cut across the board by $3.5 billion under a plan announced Thursday by Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee, a proposal that Democrats assailed as being skewed to benefit the wealthy. Republicans also plan to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million despite a projected record-high […]
Posted inJustice & Safety, News & Announcements
Scent like marijuana enough to warrant police search, Wisconsin Supreme Court rules
A car smelling like marijuana is enough for police in Wisconsin to justify searching a person in the vehicle, even though substances legal in the state can smell the same, the state Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The court’s conservative majority ruled 4-3 that Marshfield police had grounds to search the driver of a vehicle […]
Posted inEconomy
Wisconsin Republicans vote to end funding for child care program
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted to end funding for a pandemic-era child care subsidy program over the objections of Democrats and child care providers who argued that the move would be devastating for needy families and the state’s economy.
Posted inEconomy
Local funding, K-12 education deal passes Legislature
The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a compromise designed to prevent Milwaukee from going bankrupt that also boosts funding for all other smaller communities in the state.
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Wisconsin’s top elections official for 2024 uncertain as incumbent’s term nears end
Wisconsin’s top elections official is nearing the end of her term, and uncertainty looms over who will hold the position through the 2024 presidential election.
Posted inGovernment
Bipartisan deal boosts municipal revenue, K-12 funding, vouchers
Wisconsin has handed cash-strapped Milwaukee a lifeline to stave off bankruptcy, allowing the city to raise sales taxes without voter approval as part of a larger local government and K-12 schools funding plan, according to a bipartisan deal announced Thursday by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers. Evers called it a “transformative” deal that will rescue […]
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Longer time before renewals, other changes eyed to speed up Wisconsin licensing delays
The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a package of bills designed to help improve the system of issuing professional licenses to everyone from tattoo artists to doctors and nurses that has been plagued with delays since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inGovernment
Federal government lawsuit accuses Wisconsin town of trespassing on tribal reservation
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to try to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay for failing to renew access easements on tribal land.