by Ashley Byrd | Feb 15, 2018
The Assembly has approved a package of ten bills that makes sweeping changes to state welfare programs. The special session bills include increasing work requirements for FoodShare benefits and would put ID photos on FoodShare benefits cards. Others would block...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 15, 2018
Governor Scott Walker’s Department of Administration secretary is leaving the post, nearly three years after he first took the job. Walker’s office announced Thursday that Secretary Scott Neitzel’s last day at the agency will be March 2. He will be...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 15, 2018
A state Senate committee is scheduled to hold a hearing today on a bill that would toughen enforcement of the state’s liquor laws. The proposal from Senate Republican Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) would create a new state office to enforce liquor laws. It...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 14, 2018
A state Assembly committee moved quickly Wednesday to advance legislation that gives parents a tax rebate and creates a state sales tax holiday. Lawmakers held a hearing and then voted along party lines to move the bill out of committee, clearing the way for a...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 14, 2018
Governor Scott Walker is optimistic lawmakers will act on several issues he’s identified as top priorities before the legislative session ends next month. Senate Republicans have raised concerns about passing some of Walker’s key proposals, such as an...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 13, 2018
With a potentially tough election season ahead for them, the top Democrat says Republicans are embarking on a so-called “regret agenda” in the finals days of the legislative session. Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz says GOP lawmakers have...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 13, 2018
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says there’s no room for people like Paul Nehlen in the Republican Party. Nehlen, who is challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan in a Republican primary, had his Twitter account permanently suspended this week after he was accused of...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 13, 2018
Members of the state Assembly have unveiled a bipartisan plan to overhaul the state’s juvenile corrections system. The bill includes aspects of a plan the governor called for last month in his State of the State Address, and would close the state’s...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 12, 2018
If you’re planning to vote in next week’s Supreme Court primary, there’s still time to make sure you have the right photo ID to get a ballot. State Elections Commission spokesman Reid Magney says most Wisconsin voters already have what they need....
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 9, 2018
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says campuses must have zero-tolerance for cases of sexual abuse and harassment. The Board of Regents adopted a policy on abuse and harassment in 2016, and Cross argued Friday that more can and should be done....
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 8, 2018
Wisconsin residents who are parents could get a tax rebate this summer, while all of the state could take advantage of a sales tax holiday in early August, under a plan announced by the governor and Assembly Republicans Thursday morning. The proposal builds on a child...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 7, 2018
With less than two weeks to go before the primary, the three candidates vying for an open seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court are offering differing takes on how justices should approach the job. Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet, Sauk County Judge Michael...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 6, 2018
Democratic state lawmakers argue it’s time to give local governments more control over how businesses treat their employees. The package of bills, deemed the “Local Wage Act,” would repeal a state law that prevents local governments from setting...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 6, 2018
Figures released by the state Legisalture show lawmakers were reimbursed over $1.3 million to cover travel costs during 2017. The payments come as lawmakers worked late into the fall on trying to pass a state budget. It also follows an increase in the rates paid to...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 6, 2018
A backlog of untested sexual assault kits could be cleared out by the end of the year. The Department of Justice has been working to clear 6,350 kits that were never sent in for testing, some of which are more than 20 years old. Many of those kits were left sitting in...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 5, 2018
Governor Scott Walker says he wants to give Kimberly-Clark the same tax credits that were offered to Foxconn. Kimberly-Clark plans to eventually close two plants in the Fox Valley as part of a larger restructuring effort, eliminating 600 Wisconsin jobs. Walker on...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 5, 2018
Snowy winter weather contributed to a series of vehicle crashes over the weekend in Fond du Lac County that left four people dead. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department responded to three separate crashes on Saturday. All of them involved drivers who...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 5, 2018
A Waukesha man is dead, after colliding with a tree at a Dane County ski hill. The Dane County Sheriff’s Department say the 37-year-old man was skiing at Tyrol Basin in the town of Vermont on Saturday, when he hit the tree while traveling at a high rate of...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 3, 2018
A report from the American Lung Association shows Wisconsin is falling behind in several key areas the organization says are important to reducing tobacco use. The State of Tobacco Control report looks at several factors – such as funding for tobacco prevention...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 2, 2018
As lawmakers look to advance a package of special session bills that would make sweeping changes to the state’s welfare programs, Governor Scott Walker hit the road Friday with a former champion of welfare reform to help build support for the proposals. Walker...
