Speaker Robin Vos has brought in the National Conference of State Legislatures to survey Assembly staffers about their job duties and pay amid bipartisan concerns over recruiting and retaining aides to state reps. Vos, R-Rochester and president emeritus of the group, OK’d the project at a cost of $114,256. Oshkosh

At least 393,810 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted in Wisconsin since the vaccines became available in December 2020, according to state DHS numbers reviewed by WisBusiness.com. That’s about 4 percent of the more than 9.8 million total doses the state has received. The number of doses wasted each week

A county public health officer who is retiring after 40 years of service said she and her staff received threats over their work in trying to control the pandemic. Gail Scott, who is retiring as Jefferson County’s public health director/officer, told WISN-TV’s “UpFront” program that she was surprised by the

Foxconn will receive $28.8 million in state tax credits for 2020, just shy of the maximum award the Taiwanese manufacturer could receive under the revised deal Gov. Tony Evers signed this spring. WEDC CEO Missy Hughes said Wednesday the state certified 579 jobs the company had created at its Racine

A legislative committee voted unanimously to deny the Milwaukee County DA a future raise over how John Chisholm’s office handled the case of a man who was released on $1,000 bail and later arrested after his SUV plowed through the Waukesha Christmas parade. Joint Committee on Employment Relations Co-chair Chris

Incoming Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, told WisPolitics.com the Dem caucus has some healing to do after Rep. Jimmy Anderson charged that some of his colleagues questioned his ability to be in leadership due to his disability. Anderson, D-Fitchburg, was one of five members who originally planned to run

State Superintendent Jill Underly is firing back at the Joint Finance Committee co-chairs over their “disappointing, disingenuous, and nakedly political letter” demanding her agency propose a new plan to direct $77 million in COVID-19 funds to districts that provided in-person learning. Responding to a letter from Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver

The chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee said Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm should change his policy on cash bail or resign. “If he refuses to do that, then he should step aside, and let someone who wants to prosecute crime prosecute it in Milwaukee,” Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, said

Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin school districts will get an additional $134 per child through the $110 million in federal COVID-19 funds he is directing their way. Evers said districts will be able to invest the money in “whatever they need, and most importantly, whatever our kids need.” The

A shortage of consumer goods could last into the second half of 2022, a supply chain expert said. Dr. Marko Bastl, director of Marquette University’s Center for Supply Chain Management, said part of the global capacity to produce and move product has been lost during the pandemic. Bastl appeared Sunday

A criminal defense attorney said the Kyle Rittenhouse case does not set much precedent in Wisconsin self-defense law, but it is likely to have a greater “societal impact.” Milwaukee attorney Craig Mastantuono spoke to “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com, after a Kenosha jury on Friday acquitted Rittenhouse in the

The state’s troubled youth prisons are showing signs of improvement in at least some key problem areas, according to the latest court-ordered monitor’s report. Monitor Teresa Abreu in her 11th report, which covers Oct. 14 through Sept. 30, noted improvement from partial compliance to substantial compliance in some areas, bringing