Senate GOP leaders have taken the unusual step of referring to its organization committee two of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointments to the Natural Resources Board, raising the prospect they could be bottled up indefinitely. Evers made the appointments to the board in late April just before the terms of two

Dem AG Josh Kaul said he will run on his record as a prosecutor in his bid for reelection in 2022. Kaul already has two declared Republican opponents — UW-Madison law professor Ryan Owens, and Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney. Kaul knocked Owens in an appearance Sunday

GOP legislative leaders can restart legal contracts they signed in anticipation of a redistricting lawsuit after a split state Supreme Court put on hold a lower court ruling. The justices also granted Republicans’ request to take over the case on the merits, bypassing the appeals court. The decision allows the

Gov. Tony Evers announced $130 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds will be awarded to workforce development efforts. But the state’s largest business group and GOP legislative leaders said the move fails to address Wisconsin’s workforce needs. WMC continued to call on Evers to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits.

GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the investigation he has launched is aimed at giving citizens and candidates confidence in the 2022 election. Vos has hired three former police officers to investigate the 2020 election, and former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to oversee the probe. “We are not

Gov. Tony Evers vetoed legislation that would repeal the personal property tax for businesses, though $202.4 million to replace the lost revenue if the tax was repealed will remain in the budget. It was one of four bills Evers vetoed yesterday, including one that sought to direct him to use

Some new guidance from the U.S. Education Department added a wrinkle in the debate over education funding ahead of Gov. Tony Evers’ final deliberations on the budget. The budget GOP lawmakers produced met one benchmark to qualify Wisconsin for $2.3 billion in federal aid. But citing the new guidance from

The UW System is proposing that regents keep resident undergrad tuition rates flat for the upcoming school year, essentially keeping in place a freeze that lawmakers voted to let expire in the 2021-23 budget. Regents this Thursday will vote on a resolution to recommend the system president not increase tuition

Since mid-February, staff vacancy rates at the state’s juvenile correctional facilities have climbed twice as fast as those at Wisconsin’s adult institutions, according to records obtained by WisPolitics.com. The increase means the vacancy rate at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake is now double that of the state’s adult institutions systemwide.

A new task force in Milwaukee will study ways to send unarmed responders to some calls now handled by police. “Instead of having an officer with a gun, or a person with a gun showing up to a very volatile mental health crisis, we need someone who is trained to

A Wisconsin business leader says Gov. Tony Evers’ help is needed both short-term and long-term to solve Wisconsin’s worker shortage. Kurt Bauer, president and CEO of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, called on Evers to end the enhanced federal unemployment benefit of $300 per week. Bauer said it is not needed.