Evers proposes local sales tax hikes to fund government
Evers, a Democrat, wants to fund local governments with 20% of the state sales tax, or 1 cent of the 5-cent sales tax charged per dollar spent.
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Evers, a Democrat, wants to fund local governments with 20% of the state sales tax, or 1 cent of the 5-cent sales tax charged per dollar spent.
Leaders of the Lac du Flambeau tribe set up barricades on Jan. 30 after negotiations with property title companies broke down, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
Crews were out on Crooked Lake to pull a pickup from the icy water that got stuck last week.
The total amount spent on the race, which was a national priority for both Republicans and Democrats, topped the previous high of $93 million set in Evers' first win in 2018. It was double the amount spent in the 2014 race.
According to a report in the Washington Post, Wisconsin and Minnesota are both in the top 10 states with spouses that were born in the same state.
Snowy conditions led to a massive traffic pile-up in southern Wisconsin on Friday that left Interstate 39/90 blocked for hours, authorities said.
The lawsuit alleges that Michelle Hartness applied for a supervisory position within Wisconsin Emergency Management, a WDMA division, in 2016 after earning stellar reviews as a state emergency management director over the previous five years.
A Wisconsin judge is considering whether to make clear that local election officials can accept absentee ballots missing parts of a witnesses address.
A liberal judge running in a pivotal race to determine control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court touts her support for abortion rights. The winner of the April 4 election will determine whether the court remains under control of conservative justices or flips to a liberal majority.
Wisconsin's projected state budget surplus is now forecast to reach $7.1 billion by July, up more than half a billion dollars from the previous estimate two months ago.
The state Department of Natural Resources' new secretary says combating water pollution is his top priority
It’s wildly popular on campus, but TikTok is no longer allowed on University of Wisconsin phones.
Fostering and adoption is a complicated process. As it turns out, a Bloomington man is a national leader when it comes to adoption trauma and healing and his work is an Instagram hit.
Six vehicles sank into Lake Pepin on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border this weekend.
State agencies are investigating after police shot and killed a man during a traffic stop in Wisconsin.
A company that operates a southern Wisconsin wind farm is investigating what caused part of a wind turbine and its blades to plummet to the ground, leaving debris strewn across a field.
Home sales have continued to drop and reach record lows in inventory -- that's the case in parts of Wisconsin.
A suspect died after a vehicle pursuit and an ensuing officer-involved shooting in southeastern Wisconsin, authorities said.
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers called on Republicans Tuesday to ask voters whether the state should ban abortions rather than seek their views on welfare eligibility.
Xcel Energy crews are working to restore power for about 150 people in western Wisconsin after a bald eagle struck a power line Sunday evening.
A mother is calling her daughter a walking miracle after she was shot in the head three times by her boyfriend in Wisconsin.
Standing a staggering 58-feet tall and weighing 166,000 pounds, a snowman in front of a western Wisconsin business is taking on a life of his own.
Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to again allow therapists, social workers and counselors to try to change LGBTQ clients' gender identities and sexual orientations — a discredited practice known as conversion therapy.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that he will soon announce a ban on the use of TikTok on state phones, joining the growing number of states that prohibited the popular social media app that national lawmakers are trying to ban.
The fire at an Associated Milk Producers Inc. plant in Portage began in a storage room full of butter, authorities said.
