Wisconsin transportation advocates point to Indiana, Georgia for way forward on roads
MILWAUKEE -- As Wisconsin lawmakers begin taking votes on the state budget, transportation advocates have a new message: If Republican states like Georgia and Indiana can raise the gas tax to pay for road improvements, why can't Wisconsin?
Sheriff Clarke mocks county supervisor who compares Milwaukee County Jail to a "medieval dungeon"
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is mocking a county supervisor who said prosecutors should investigate whether Clarke played a role in a dehydration death at the county jail last year.
Dairy crisis: Gov. Walker announces changes to loan program for farmers after speaking with Pres. Trump
MADISON — A handful of Wisconsin dairy farmers whose Canada market evaporated in a trade dispute were weighing offers from new buyers on Tuesday, April 25th, but others were running out of time before an expiring contract risked putting them out of business."The milk market is tighter than we expected," said Daniel Smith, a state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection administrator. "It doesn't mean the game's over, but it does mean the clock is ticking."Smith said about 15 farms that produce ultra-filtered milk were considering offers Tuesday.
Critics blast Wisconsin lawmakers for raising their own per diems while considering end to prevailing wage requirements
MADISON -- Critics of a plan to fully repeal minimum wage requirements for state construction projects said Wisconsin lawmakers were hypocritical to consider wage cuts after boosting their own pay.
Gov. Scott Walker open to raising vehicle registration fees
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Gov. Walker announces Wisconsin to receive $7.6M to combat opioid epidemic
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker on Thursday, April 20th announced Wisconsin will receive more than $7 million in federal money to help combat the opioid epidemic.According to a news release from the governor's office, Wisconsin will receive $7.6 million ($7,636,938 in total) in the first year of what is expected to be a two-year grant.
Bill to limit election recounts in Wisconsin moving quickly
MADISON — A bill that would've prevented the presidential election recount in Wisconsin is moving quickly through the state Legislature.The Senate Committee on Elections and Utilities voted 3-2 to send to the full Senate a proposal from Republican Sen.
Gov. Scott Walker signs marijuana extract bill in Burlington
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Gov. Walker's egg hunt back on after fugitive captured
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"It's overwhelming right now:" Home at last for 120+ members of the 32nd Military Police Company
MILWAUKEE -- They were deployed for 11 months to the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Transgender university employees sue over insurance cuts
MADISON — Two transgender University of Wisconsin employees are suing the state's insurance board and UW System after it stopped covering sex reassignment procedures.The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Wisconsin on Friday filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of anthropology graduate student Alina Boyden and cancer researcher Shannon Andrews.The plaintiffs, who both identify as female, argue that their health insurance plans unfairly deprive them of care for gender dysphoria, the feeling that a person is trapped in the body of the wrong sex.The insurance board last summer added the benefits, which a consultant estimated could account for between $100,000 and $150,000 of $1.5 billion in annual spending.
Text messages show tension between Gov. Walker, Speaker Vos
MADISON — Text messages exchanged between Gov.
