With new legislative maps, all eyes are on helping families and employers in order to give the state a more competitive economy.
Ask any working parent in Wisconsin if childcare costs too much, and odds are good they’ll say yes. Here's what you need to know about the crisis and what to do about it.
It is time for the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee (JFC) to release funding and protect families from toxic PFAS contamination in drinking water.
GOP leadership doesn’t have the votes to override vetoes from Gov. Tony Evers, so they’ve chosen to sit on the money to clean up PFAS—even though the full legislature already approved the spending. A new report from the Wisconsin Legislative Council knocks down an...
Republican leadership has sent lawmakers home for the rest of 2024 despite a lengthy legislative to-do list.
Pretending systemic racism no longer exists—a hallmark of Republican orthodoxy—makes a proper commemoration of Black History Month next to impossible in our state capitol.
The governor’s annual address includes proposals to help employers desperate for new hires. Evers also talked up women’s healthcare rights and announced a big buy for land conservation.
Republicans claim they cannot meet a Jan. 12 deadline to submit new district boundaries, despite 12 years of work to create and defend the most lopsided maps possible.
Evers says Republicans are “abusing power.” Assembly Speaker Vos says it’s only a “first step” toward eliminating programs that help people get a college education. Intimidation and threats by Republican legislators succeeded Wednesday in coercing three members of...
Regents vote down a deal negotiated between the university system president and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. (Update: Regents would reverse themselves days later.)
