by Jackie Johnson | Apr 30, 2015
Legislation at the Wisconsin Capitol would prohibit the use of hand-held telephones while driving through construction zones when workers are present. Senator Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon) is the bill’s author and chair of the Senate Transportation Committee....
by Jackie Johnson | Apr 30, 2015
The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously (5-0) approves an amended bill (AB-27), which would allow the Department of Transportation to increase speeds from 65 to 70 mph, but only on certain roads. “Those being the interstate system, freeways that have no...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 30, 2015
A Democratic leader in the state legislature is urging Republican lawmakers and the governor to put the brakes on a proposal to merge two state agencies that handle economic development in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker proposed combining the Wisconsin Economic...
by Bob Hague | Apr 30, 2015
A congressional panel has approved a major intelligence reform bill co-authored by a Wisconsin Republican. The House Judiciary Committee’s 25-2 vote Thursday to approve the USA Freedom Act sets the state for floor debate. Wisconsin GOP Representative Jim...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 30, 2015
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Milwaukee, along with other federal, state and area law enforcement agencies, has announced indictments naming 24 people from Kenosha and Racine, and 20 more facing state charges, all accused of conspiracy to distribute controlled...
by Bob Hague | Apr 30, 2015
A Wisconsin state legislator wants to withhold state funding from firms that outsource jobs. State Senator Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) said it may not be possible to end outsourcing – but it may be possible to prevent subsidies to those that do. He’s...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 30, 2015
Financial disclosures filed by Governor Scott Walker show he owes between $5,000 and $50,000 to two credit card companies. The governor on Wednesday tried to downplay the significance of those amounts though, claiming at an availability with media in Milwaukee that...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 30, 2015
Several members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court wasted little time in moving to elect a new chief justice. In a letter filed in federal court on Wednesday, an attorney for Justice Shirley Abrahamson said an email ballot was circulated earlier in the day, which resulted...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 30, 2015
Wisconsin lawmakers and Milwaukee-area officials plan to continue meeting to talk about financing a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks, and Governor Scott Walker now plans to get personally involved in the process. Speaking to reporters in Milwaukee Wednesday, the...
by Bill Scott | Apr 30, 2015
Apparently there was some truth to Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke’s holding out slugger Ryan Braun for two games to fix bad tendencies in his swing. Since returning to the lineup, the former MVP has smashed three home runs, including two in...
by Jackie Johnson | Apr 30, 2015
A couple of lawmakers want to shield the UW-Extension and two-year campuses from the proposed $300 million cuts to the University of Wisconsin System, as proposed in the state budget. However, System President Ray Cross said none should be exempt, otherwise all...
by Bob Hague | Apr 30, 2015
Controversial food stamp legislation gets a hearing at the Wisconsin Capitol on Thursday. The Republican-sponsored bill would require participants in Wisconsin’s FoodShare program – commonly known as food stamps – to spend two-thirds of their monthly...
by Bob Hague | Apr 29, 2015
Hundreds of members of various faith communities converged on the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison on Wednesday. Participants in the daylong “People of Faith United for Justice” gathered at Bethel Lutheran Church, located a short walk away, before moving...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 29, 2015
Members of the state Supreme Court now have the power to select their chief justice, but how or when that will happen still remains unknown. About 53 percent of Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment earlier this month that amendment will have future...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 29, 2015
A proposal to allow a 70 mile per hour speed limit in Wisconsin is on the move again. The chair of the Senate Transportation Committee has indicated there’s a compromise that will allow the proposal to advance. The deal would stop the state Department of...
by Bill Scott | Apr 29, 2015
There were five combined home runs, accounting for all six combined runs, between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds Tuesday night at Great American Ballpark. Unfortunately for the Brewers, they were on the short end of both categories. The Reds three homers...
by Jackie Johnson | Apr 28, 2015
Calling it a “human rights” issue, Representative Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) introduced a bill that would more than double the state’s minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $15. “It will raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour...
by Bob Hague | Apr 28, 2015
The alleged sexual assaults of two young women in Madison over the weekend have the city’s police and mayor frustrated. A 23 year-old Madison woman said she was touched inappropriately by her Uber driver, who also made comments about liking her and not taking...
by Andrew Beckett | Apr 28, 2015
As cases of the H5 avian influenza continue to appear in Wisconsin and across the Midwest, many poultry farmers are left wondering what more can they do to protect their businesses. The virus has already forced the destruction of more than a million birds in Wisconsin...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 28, 2015
A Fond du Lac man, who was climbing Mt. Everest last weekend when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, thought he was going to die on the mountain. That admission from 52-year-old Andy Land to his son, after he got in touch with his family following the disaster....
