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Here’s what to watch for in the Wisconsin budget debate
Jan 6, 2025 · The Wisconsin State Capitol is photographed on Nov. 11, 2024, in Madison, Wis. Major funding decisions for health care, public schools and universities, the environment, roads and more will be made in the 2025-27 biennial budget.
Voters approve tax increases for many Wisconsin school districts
Nov 6, 2024 · The polls are seen through a window minutes before opening during Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024, at Madison East High School in Madison, Wis. Voters in Madison approved two school referendums totaling more than $600 million.
Brady lists: What to know about Wisconsin’s inconsistent system
May 9, 2024 · Public access to information about police officers caught lying is inconsistent across Wisconsin’s 72 counties. That’s the key takeaway after Wisconsin Watch filed records requests with every district attorney’s office and the state Department of Justice.
Wisconsin Legislature: Tight GOP majority stirs bipartisanship hope
Dec 19, 2024 · When the Wisconsin Legislature returns to work in January, Republicans will still be in charge but will have the narrowest majorities since taking control in 2011. That’s giving Democrats, including Gov. Tony Evers, optimism that both sides will be able to work together better than they have since Evers took office six years ago.
Madison failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots during election
Dec 30, 2024 · Madison election officials discovered 193 absentee ballots well after Election Day. They didn’t alert the public until seven weeks later.
DataWatch: Overall, Wisconsin’s health is above average in US
Oct 8, 2024 · A bicyclist passes by Dejope Residence Hall on the Lakeshore Path on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on June 25, 2020. Across various measures of health and wellness, Wisconsin ranked 22nd based on data …
Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court at stake in pivotal election
Jan 6, 2025 · From left, Wisconsin Supreme Court justices Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet and Ann Walsh Bradley — three of the court’s four liberal members — are shown on Sept. 7, 2023, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Walsh Bradley is retiring at the end of this term, setting up an open seat election for April 1.
Wisconsin alcohol consumption: How it compares to other states
Mar 2, 2023 · Yes. In 2022, 24/7 Wall St. ranked Wisconsin as the nation’s “drunkest” state based on self-reporting, with 25.2% of Wisconsin residents drinking excessively.
Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up challenge to 1849 abortion law
Nov 11, 2024 · Attorneys for Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, who is one of the prosecutors named in the case and has said he would prosecute violations of the 1849 law, argued in briefs submitted to the court that Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper’s interpretation of the law was incorrect.. They argued the “plain meaning (of the law) prohibits consensual abortion.”