Ongoing spending increases in Gov. Tony Evers’ biennial budget could put the state in a tough financial spot when the 2025-2027 budget rolls around, but so could a GOP flat income tax proposal, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report.

Oleksandr Markushin, the mayor of Milwaukee’s sister city in Irpin, Ukraine, says aid is still needed and is pleading with Wisconsinites and Congress to continue humanitarian and financial support.

UW System President Jay Rothman announced plans to seek a tuition increase of 5 percent over the 2023-2024 school year – the first since 2013.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos at a Wisconsin Counties Association event sought to lower local government expectations for more money this budget cycle.

Politicos are remembering former Dem Gov. Tony Earl as a champion of the environment and equal rights, as well as a genuinely decent person. Earl, who served as guv from 1983-87, passed away Thursday following a stroke. He was 86.

Expanded Amtrak service from Milwaukee to the Twin Cities could start sometime later this year, even as prospects for new routes to Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire remain uncertain, Wisconsin’s top rail official says.