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This budget is $2.8 billion more than the last budget and is the largest in state history. While Gov. Walker has touted providing needed money for schools, roads, and the UW, some details didn’t make the headlines. The Legislature now begins reviewing the budget and people to need to make their priorities known.
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U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday enables Wisconsin lawmakers to start drawing new congressional and state legislative maps. Despite winning just over half of the congressional vote in 2020, Republicans hold 2/3.
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Senator Smith celebrates June Dairy Month by inviting readers to plan a trip to one of the many County Dairy Breakfast events happening across Wisconsin, all in the month of June.
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Matt Rothschild makes statement to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections opposing the motion to enlarge the scope of the special counsel's role.
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For years, people in occupations like the construction trades could get up to 12 weeks of UC wages when laid off seasonally. The rule helped local contractors keep their workforce intact until projects could resume and they were glad to pay for it, but in 2015 the Walker administration ended the practice for what it called cost savings. Sen. Erpenbach is introducing a bill to put it back.
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