Records show Foxconn eyed Ohio, Michigan for plant
MADISON — Newly released records from Gov.
Gov. Scott Walker shifts position in reaction to school shootings
MADISON — Wisconsin Gov.
Gov. Walker signs bill to create reinsurance program
MADISON -- Scott Walker has signed into law a $200 million measure designed to stabilize the health insurance market under the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin.Walker signed the reinsurance bill less than 24 hours after fellow Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel joined with 19 other states in filing a federal lawsuit in Texas.
'Beyond disturbing:' Mayor Barrett veers into national gun debate during State of the City speech
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett veered into a national debate on gun control during his State of the City speech on Monday, Feb. 26.Barrett called for mandatory background checks on all gun sales, a ban on assault weapons, and slammed Republicans who support allowing teachers to carry guns in schools.
Walker tax cut, Lincoln Hills closure plan in jeopardy
MADISON — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald threw cold water on a couple of Gov.
Wisconsin Assembly passes bill targeting drunken drivers
MADISON -- Repeat drunken drivers could lose their licenses permanently under a bill the state Assembly has passed.The Assembly approved the measure 84-10 Thursday.
'Take it or leave it:' Assembly approves $100 child tax credit, August sales tax holiday
MADISON - The state Assembly approved a $100 per child tax credit and created an August sales tax holiday before the chamber adjourns in the wee hours of the night on Friday, Feb. 23.
Wisconsin Senate passes welfare reform bills; 'Public assistance should be a trampoline, not a hammock'
MADISON -- The Wisconsin Legislature has approved most of Gov.
Wisconsin lawmakers to take up Walker health insurance plan
MADISON — Gov.
Gov. Walker's reinsurance bill, $7 million marketing plan up
MADISON — Gov.
Lawmakers make last-minute changes to Lincoln Hills shutdown bill
MILWAUKEE -- Lawmakers are making several 11th-hour changes to a bill that shuts down Wisconsin’s only youth prison and moves many young inmates to county-run facilities.State Rep.
Lawmakers forge ahead with juvenile prison plan; hearing and vote on same day
MADISON — A hastily-conceived plan to close the Lincoln Hills juvenile prison and reorganize how young offenders are imprisoned in Wisconsin was moving ahead Thursday, Feb. 15 at a lightning-fast pace in the Wisconsin Legislature, with a highly-unusual hearing and vote on the same day.The bipartisan backers of the bill that Republican Gov.
Gov. Walker issues statement on Florida shooting; orders flags at half-staff
PARKLAND, Fla. -- A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.Governor Scott Walker on Thursday, Feb. 15 issued the below statement:
Brewers, others come out against 'alcohol czar' bill
MADISON — Wisconsin breweries are fighting against a bill that would create a powerful new "alcohol czar" position to enforce liquor laws in the state.The Wisconsin Brewers Guild, the Wisconsin Winery Association and MillerCoors are among those opposing the measure that got a public hearing before a Senate committee Thursday.The new "alcohol czar" position would have broad powers to enforce Wisconsin laws and regulations governing the production, distribution and sale of beer, wine and alcohol.The measure is backed by the Wisconsin Wine and Spirit Institute, whose lobbyist is the brother of Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.
Wisconsin Assembly to pass Gov. Walker's welfare overhaul bills
MADISON — The state Assembly plans to pass a welfare overhaul package championed by Gov.
'We will soon break ground:' Wisconn Valley website launched, offers information Foxconn project
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker announced on Wednesday, Feb. 14 that the state launched a new website – wisconnvalley.wi.gov.