Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it more difficult for the Republican-controlled Legislature to block the purchasing of land by conservation groups and the state. On Wednesday he proposed increasing the thresholds for stopping such projects. Evers says he wants to repeal the requireme…
Gov. Tony Evers is proposing that counties and more than two dozen large cities in Wisconsin be allowed to ask voters to raise the sales tax to pay for local services such as police and fire protection and road repairs. He first unveiled a proposal to change how local governments are funded in his State of the State speech last month. Evers announced the local option sales tax part of the plan on Tuesday, a week before he submits his two-year budget proposal to the Legislature. Voters would have to approve the sales tax increases.
Republican lawmakers have ordered an audit of a Wisconsin agency that has taken weeks to issue professional licenses, causing lengthy delays f…
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office provides some new details regarding the disappearance and discovery of the body of a missing Tomah woman in…
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is seeing its largest number of reported toxic shock syndrome (TSS) cases in the last 10 years.Â
Less than half of infants around the world are breastfed as recommended, and baby formula is in high demand despite failing to offer the same …
In the HBO show "The Last of Us," characters identify zombies among them by the fungi that bursts from their bodies, and fungal parasites mani…
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it more difficult for the Republican-controlled Legislature to block the purchasing of land by conservation groups and the state. On Wednesday he proposed increasing the thresholds for stopping such projects. Evers says he wants to repeal the requirement that all projects north of Highway 64 be subject to legislative review. He also wants to double the threshold of legislative review for grants and acquisitions under the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program from $250,000 to $500,000. And Evers also wants to require any member of the Legislature who objects to a purchase to be named publicly. Currently, lawmakers can object anonymously, delaying or even killing projects.
There are "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the decision to provide separatists in Ukraine with t…
President Joe Biden is making Wisconsin his first stop after his State of the Union address.Â
The man accused of killing 23 people in 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges Wednesday in one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern US history.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office provides some new details regarding the disappearance and discovery of the body of a missing Tomah woman in…
A Milwaukee police officer chased down a robbery suspect and was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire early Tuesday.Â
