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Young Democrats of Wisconsin Endorse Chris Taylor for Wisconsin Supreme Court & Local Candidates

6 Contested Circuit Court Races on April 7 Ballot

19 of 25 circuit court races in Wisconsin are uncontested. Which counties have races?

Lazar, Taylor Draw Sharp Lines In Only Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate

Abortion, recusal rules and the limits of “values” on the bench dominate Milwaukee TV showdown.

Immigration Plummets, Slows Wisconsin Population Growth

Down by 63% in state in 2025 and by 65% in Milwaukee County.

Gov. Evers, DWD Announce Over $1.5 Million in Fast Forward Grants to Help Train Over 700 Wisconsinites for in-Demand Jobs

Grants will go to 19 employers across the state to support job training in construction, child care healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and more

Wisconsin Led Nation in Union Membership Decline

Wisconsin now a below-average state, report finds.

Baldwin, Merkley, Moore Introduce Legislation to Address Maternal Health Crisis, Expand Access to Care

More Than 400 Projects Planned as WisDOT Previews 2026 Construction Season

Chris Taylor Stresses Advocacy for People in WI Supreme Court Race

Liberal candidate in April 7 election is an advocate for 'individual rights and freedoms.'

Sheriff, Clerk Of Courts Win Large Pay Hikes

Supervisors back 15% raises but question process, data used to justify salaries.

Evers Signs Roadside Drug Test Law Amid Rising Impaired Crashes

Nearly one in three fatal Wisconsin crashes involves impairment as police gain a new screening tool.

68 of 72 Wisconsin Counties Face Decline in Public School Students

Decades-long trend has districts across state considering closing, merging schools.

Wisconsin High Court Race Is Quieter, With Less Spending

With court majority not at stake turnout in April election expected to be lower.

Who Pays For The Legislature’s Lawyers? New Court Fight Seeks An Answer

Law Forward asks a Dane County judge to rein in private legal contracts at the Capitol.

Incidental Take Notice for Dane County

Wisconsin Taxpayers Sue Wisconsin Legislature Over Unconstitutional Spending on Private Lawyers

New lawsuit challenges Legislature's repeated illegal expenditures of taxpayer funds

Will New Postmark Rule Affect Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin?

ACLU warns it could affect voters who register to vote by mail.

Conservative WI Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler Will Retire

Will finish her term but won't be on 2027 ballot, setting up open race for high court.

MacIver Files Brief Urging Wisconsin Supreme Court to Investigate Allegations of Judicial Impropriety Against Troupis

How Wisconsin Companies Are Benefitting From Data Center Boom

Orders stacking up for industrial companies.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Dane County

Representative Shelia Stubbs, Ms. Debra Hawkes, Mother of 15-Year-Old Autistic Student, and Community Partners Hold Press Conference Regarding Treatment of Autistic Student

Law Forward Files Brief Arguing Elon Musk Cannot Escape Accountability for Election Bribery Scheme

2026 Wisconsin Urban Forestry Award Winners Announced

Representative Shelia Stubbs Celebrates the Passage of Postpartum Medicaid Expansion

Tom Tiffany Vows to Remove Wisconsin From the Who, Spreads Covid-19 Conspiracies as Measles Cases Rise in Wisconsin

Small Set of Counties Could Pick Democratic Candidate for Governor

Tony Evers won just 16 of 72 counties in November 2022 election.

ACLU Asks Court to Enforce Program for Incarcerated Mothers 

State law requires program for women inmates with children under 1 years old.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters Endorses Judge Chris Taylor for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Bill Hikes State Funding for Demonstration Charter School

Encouraging innovative education or taking funding from public schools?

Wisconsin’s State Legislative Races Heating Up

Democrats have more cash in Senate races, Republicans far more in Assembly contests.

Measles Confirmed in UW-Madison Student

Health officials warn of 5 locations where the public was exposed last week.

News Release – DHS Confirms Case of Measles in Dane County

Health officials investigating

Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin Encourages Statewide Non-Profit Execs to Apply for Leadership Program Scholarship

Gov. Evers Blasts Madison in Lawsuit Over Uncounted Absentee Ballots

City gets blowback for arguing absentee voting is a 'privilege', not a 'right.'

Gov. Evers, Doc Celebrate Completion Of Successful Reforms at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools

Tom Tiffany Rolls Out Blueprint to Lower Property Taxes for All Wisconsinites

2025 WisDOT Excellence in Construction Awards Recognize Resilience, Collaboration in Infrastructure Projects

Contractors honored for improvement projects in Clark, Dane, Milwaukee, Pierce, Rock and Winnebago counties

Wisconsin’s State Building Footprint Has Shrunk by 10%

All since 2021. Should that continue? Candidates for governor weigh in.

Falls Through Ice Increasing on Wisconsin’s Lakes

7 deaths in four years. Taking walks on frozen lakes a growing trend.

Gableman Challenges Liberal Justices’ Refusal to Recuse

Claims it violates 14th Amendment if they rule on his law license suspension.

Evers Has Appointed 63 Judges

Along with many district attorneys, sheriffs, registers of deeds and coroners.

Nocturne Exhibit at No Instructions Gallery

Immigration Crackdown Straining System, Causing Delays

Delayed background check leaves Wisconsin mother stuck in detention center.

Gov. Evers, Wheda Announce More Than $6.3 Million for Affordable Housing Loan Program Awards

Investment will support five affordable housing developments, more than 520 housing units statewide

Wisconsin Ratepayers Owe $1 Billion on Shuttered Power Plants

Will ramp-up for energy-hungry data centers end with more 'stranded assets'?

Republican Attacks Misleading on State Stewardship Program?

Data shows just 1.13% of all state land conserved by Knowles-Nelson program.

Prosecution Rests Case in Dugan Trial

Its final witnesses today add to prosecutors' case. Defense will call witnesses, present its response Thursday.

Packers Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Annual Grants

More than $3.5 million awarded through Packers Foundation grants in 2025

Gov. Evers Announces State Building Commission Approves Approximately $185 Million in Projects Across Wisconsin

AG Kaul and Coalition File Lawsuit Against Trump Administrations Attempt to Stop Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure

Gov. Evers, Serve Wisconsin Announce $9.3 Million in AmeriCorps Funding for Serve Wisconsin

Projects will support critical youth and afterschool programming, conservation efforts, substance use recovery services, homelessness assistance, efforts to address local health needs, and more statewide

Trump Allies Troupis, Roman Will Stand Trial in False Electors Case

A Dane County judge finds probable cause to proceed with a criminal trial.

Ron Johnson Asks US DOJ to Intervene in Wisconsin False Electors Case

Senator wants charges against Republican Jim Troupis to be dropped.

Sen. Johnson Requests Justice Department Review Allegations of Judicial Misconduct in Wisconsin Case Involving a Former Trump Lawyer

MEA Files Lawsuit to Challenge Secrecy Surrounding Energy Demands of Meta’s Beaver Dam Data Center

Complaint Filed after Public Service Commission Denies Records Request, Claims Confidentiality

Transportation Projects Commission Advances US 53 Eau Claire and I-94 Waukesha County Project Studies

Transportation Projects Commission Advances US 53 Eau Claire and I-94 Waukesha County Project Studies

Conservation Projects Face 2026 Cutoff of State Stewardship Fund

'So many beautiful, wonderful places kind of on the chopping block.'

Wisconsin Faces Possible Cuts in Federal Housing Funds

Could leave 170,000 in US homeless, including many in Milwaukee.

Representative Shelia Stubbs Graduates From 2025 National Conference of State Legislatures Youth Justice Fellows Program

Justice Protasiewicz Won’t Recuse From Gableman Disciplinary Case

But one of court's liberal judges has already recused herself.

Mandela Barnes Launches Campaign for Governor of Wisconsin

In Launch Video, Barnes Calls to Reject the Washington Way and Pledges to Stand Up to Trump and Make Life More Affordable the “Wisconsin Way”

Wisconsin Too Restrictive on Civil Commitments for Mental Health?

A higher legal bar than most states. Some experts say law too restrictive.

With Gerrymandering Lawsuits In Hands of Judges, What Happens Next?

This will be the first time the state has used judicial panels to consider redistricting lawsuits.

WI Supreme Court Considers Suit to Remap Congressional Districts

Appoints 3-judge panels to consider: must map with 6-2 Republican split be redrawn?

Courts Left With Loose Ends When ICE Detains Criminal Defendants

Bail forfeited, defendants don't get their day in court, victims don't get to testify.

Work together to protect those who protect us

Crash Responder Safety Week proclaimed for Nov. 17-21

Janesville Moves Forward With Data Center Plans

Council approves letter of intent despite residents speaking out against idea.

Data center energy usage topic of Nov. 25 Tech Council luncheon in Madison

Trump Pardons Wisconsin’s 10 Fake Electors

Full list of 77 includes many who tried to overturn 2020 election.

Grants From The Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund Will Improve Wildlife Habitat In Dane, Dodge, Fond Du Lac, Ozaukee And Wood Counties

How National Flight Reductions Will Impact Wisconsin Travelers

No airports in Wisconsin directly hit, but ripple effects from reductions.

Wisconsin Residents Experience Sticker Shock on New Insurance Rates

Tax credits to offset premiums are set to expire unless Congress intervenes.

Wisconsin Family Sues Tesla Over Crash That Killed 5

Surviving children claim Tesla knew about problems with battery fires, doors.

Tom Tiffany Is a Leading Election Denier

His brazen attempts to overturn a legal election shadow his run for governor.

Many in Wisconsin Rely on Food Stamps, Obamacare

Numbers show big statewide impact and even bigger in Milwaukee County.

Senator Ratcliff Raises Alarm on SNAP Benefit Cuts, Emphasizes Urgent Need for Food Security Across District 16

State Building Commission Releases Funding Gov. Evers Requested to Revamp Corrections Facilities

More than $700 million approved for key state projects across UW System and corrections, among others

Healthcare Premiums for Wisconsinites to Skyrocket in 2026 Because Republicans Refuse to Extend Health Care Tax Credits

The Debate Over Data Centers

Controversial for local communities. Candidates for state office may have to pick sides.

Healthcare Premiums for Wisconsinites to Skyrocket in 2026 if Republicans Fail to Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits

Wisconsinites face sticker shock on out-of-pocket healthcare coverage costs with many seeing premiums double, some seniors seeing increases of over $30,000 per year if Congressional Republicans allow enhanced Affordable Care Act supports to expire

Officer Involved Death Investigation in City of Fort Atkinson

Wisconsin Residents Running Out of Time to Get Solar Tax Credits 

Trump administration is ending tax breaks on solar panels and electric vehicles.

Justice Crawford Recuses From Gableman Proceedings

Liberal justice’s recusal leaves court evenly divided on whether to suspend Gableman's law license over 2020 election investigation.

Hundreds of Wisconsin Teacher Misconduct Cases Shielded from Public

DPI has investigated hundreds of cases, many involving 'grooming.'

raSmith Strengthens Madison Presence with New Office Designed for Growth

Representative Shelia Stubbs Honors Madison Police Department Officer Lester Moore As First Responder of the Year for the 78th Assembly District

Gov. Evers Announces Evers Administration to Move Forward with Comprehensive Plans to Revamp Corrections Facilities

State Building Commission poised to take up key capital budget investments to move forward toward governor’s comprehensive plan announced earlier this year to revamp state’s correctional facilities

AI safety topic of Oct. 28 Tech Council luncheon in Madison

Law Forward Responds to Elon Musk’s Delay Tactics in Wisconsin Alleged Voter Bribery Case

Filings argue that defendants' motions are meritless attempts to delay this important case and avoid accountability

Gov. Evers, DOC Celebrate Successful Reforms at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools

Evers Administration reaches full compliance with consent decree after years of implementing dozens of reforms ordered by courts in the wake of Walker-era child abuse scandals

Small Business Owners, Employees Express Concerns About Surging Health Care Costs

During Sen. Baldwin's roundtables, individuals discuss their experience with ACA subsidies.

Conservative Judge Maria Lazar Enters Supreme Court Race

Lazar is so far the only conservative to announce for the 2026 race.

Incidental Take Notice For Dane County

WisDems Respond to Maria Lazar Announcing Candidacy for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Man Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Wisconsin Capitol

Individual, 33, is accused of violating probation, making a terrorist threat

Four Districts Will Shape Control of Wisconsin Senate

Democrats are targeting three Republican incumbents.

Referee Recommends Michael Gableman Lose License For 3 Years

Report outlines 10 ethics violations against former Supreme Court justice.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Requests Briefs On Whether Redistricting Lawsuits Should Continue

Liberal firms argue state law requires justices to appoint judicial panel to hear redistricting cases.