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Proposal Would Expand Silver Alert System To Include Children

Proposal Would Expand Silver Alert System To Include Children

Bill is backdoor way to expand Amber Alert system to support finding missing children.

Open Enrollment Begins For Public, Voucher Schools

Open Enrollment Begins For Public, Voucher Schools

With surge in taxpayer funding, voucher school program expected to grow.

Bill Bans Wisconsin Agencies From Doing Business With Chinese-Government Owned Companies

Bill Bans Wisconsin Agencies From Doing Business With Chinese-Government Owned Companies

Institutions, including UW system. would also be barred from contracting with state-operated companies from Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela

Wisconsin Supreme Court Consultants Rule Out Republican-Drawn Maps

Wisconsin Supreme Court Consultants Rule Out Republican-Drawn Maps

In first public release, court consultants say GOP maps "don't deserve further consideration."

Labor Leaders Want 2024 To Be A Big Year for Unions

Labor Leaders Want 2024 To Be A Big Year for Unions

Poll says a supermajority of Americans now say they support unions. Groups hope to deliver more wins for workers.

DOJ Lawyers Say Dean Phillips Waited Too Long To Appear on Presidential Ballot

DOJ Lawyers Say Dean Phillips Waited Too Long To Appear on Presidential Ballot

Phillips wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule that the Democratic Party abused its power by keeping him off the ballot.

Judge Rules Absentee Ballots With Incomplete Witness Address Must Be Counted

Judge Rules Absentee Ballots With Incomplete Witness Address Must Be Counted

Attorney for Republican-controlled Legislature to appeal Dane County Court ruling.

Bill Holds Back Students Who Miss More Than 30 Days of School

Bill Holds Back Students Who Miss More Than 30 Days of School

Policy from Speaker Vos's Task Force on Truancy would affect public and private schools.

GOP Congressmen Call For Protasiewicz Recusal on New Maps Case

GOP Congressmen Call For Protasiewicz Recusal on New Maps Case

Court faces new lawsuit charging congressional district maps are gerrymandered.

Paramedics Never Left Ambulance to Look for Woman Who Froze to Death

Paramedics Never Left Ambulance to Look for Woman Who Froze to Death

Paramedics were on the scene for around 7 minutes, CEO says

Evers Vetoes New District Maps Passed By Legislature

Evers Vetoes New District Maps Passed By Legislature

Blasts maps as 'rushed...gerrymandering.' State Supreme Court poised to remap state.

Bill Seeks ‘Truth in Maple Syrup’

Bill Seeks ‘Truth in Maple Syrup’

Restaurants would be prevented from labeling sweet imposters as maple syrup.