by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2008
Obama takes the Badger State in the race to the White House, but Hillary supporters aren't ready to give up. Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, co-chair for the Midwest campaign, says she'll continue to stump for Hillary Clinton and she's looking forward to...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2008
The Governor's Task Force on Global Warming is offering some early suggestions for reducing Wisconsin's greenhouse gas emissions. Task force co-chair Tia Nelson says members felt there was no need to wait for some of their recommendations to be released, as...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2008
A formal opinion rendered by Wisconsin's Attorney General could have a big impact on Wisconsin's newspaper industry. In answering a request from Kenosha County, J.B. Van Hollen last week said Wisconsin Statute doesn't require counties with a population...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2008
State officials have proposed reviving the state's estate tax to help solve budget problems. Rich Eggleston, with the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities says restoring the tax, which ended January 1st, would help the state deal with a projected budget deficit of $650...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2008
A compromise on virtual schools in Wisconsin may now be in jeopardy. Announced just last month, the wheels may be coming off this deal . Governor Jim Doyle now insists on an enrollment cap for the increasingly popular schools, and a study of their effect on...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 20, 2008
Governor Jim Doyle says Barack Obama's win in Wisconsin shows the people of the state are hungry for change. Speaking to a crowd of Obama supporters gathered in downtown Madison Tuesday night, Governor Doyle offered his thanks for helping the Democratic hopeful...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
State Supreme Court campaigns could be publicly financed, under a bill approved Tuesday by the state Senate. Chippewa Falls Democrat Pat Kreitlow argued for passage of the Impartial Justice Act , which would provide a system of public financing for state Supreme Court...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
On the day voters take to the polls for the Wisconsin primary. Hillary Clinton is reminding people what she has done for the people of this state. Hillary Clinton says she helped pave the way for 31,000 children in badgercare by helping start the Children's...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
After two wins last week, improving its record to 21-4 overall and 11-2 in the Big Ten, the Wisconsin men's basketball team moved up to No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll. Wisconsin beat Indiana 68-66 in Bloomington and then knocked off rival Minnesota...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
Janese Banks poured in 21 points to lead the Wisconsin Badger women's basketball team to a 79-65 victory over Northwestern in Evanston last night. The loss for the Wildcats, dropped them to 0-14 in Big Ten play, despite their shooting 53% from the field. ...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
Wisconsin voters who registered after January 30th may be in for a surprise when they show up at the polls. State officials say several hundred voter registrations showed up after the deadline for being included in today's primary election. As a result, many of...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
A state lawmaker is defending a plan to make English Wisconsin's official language. Critics say the legislation is aimed at Hispanics and amounts to bigotry. However, State Representative Mark Honadel (R-South Milwaukee) says that's not the case. He says the...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 19, 2008
Taxpayer-financed state Supreme Court races get Senate debate today. We elect state Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin, and Mike McCabe with the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says that's unlikely to change. "I think it's a very tough sell for anybody to...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
Governor Jim Doyle says his priorities in dealing with a $652 million shortfall in state revenue collections will continue to be making sure education and health care needs are met. And while Doyle says he has no intention to raise any taxes to make up for the revenue...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
The state will be assessing polling place accessibility, when Wisconsin voters head to the polls on Tuesday. Government Accountability Board Elections Division Administrator Nat Robinson says they're following up on work done two years ago by the Legislative...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
A Democratic plan to raise business taxes by closing some "tax loopholes" is drawing fire from a Republican legislator. Representative Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) says that's not the way to plug a $650 million budget hole. In the end, he says those taxes...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
State officials are being urged to raise the dollar limits on small claims court cases. Cases headed to small claims court currently have a cap of $5,000. Wayne Corey of Wisconsin Independent Businesses says that limit is out of date. Corey says many cases just over...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
There's been a spike in pediatric deaths from influenza nationwide; including a 1-month-old boy that died last month in Milwaukee. Tom Haupt, State Respiratory Disease Coordinator, says the youngest age to administer a flu vaccine is 6-months-old. Haupt...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
The Milwaukee Brewers will hold their first official workout of Spring Training today in Arizona. The team had to report over the weekend and they went through physicals on Sunday. Righty Yovani Gallardo was found to have a lateral meniscus tear in his...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 18, 2008
After taking the All-Star Weekend off the Milwaukee Bucks will hit the practice floor today. Milwaukee is last in the Central Division with a 19-34 mark. They will host Detroit on Wednesday night. Yi was the Bucks only representative at All-Star...
