Elected officials in Wisconsin’s statewide offices could face term limits within five years under a bill proposed in the state Assembly that is currently circulating for co-sponsors.
Wisconsin Republicans prefer neurosurgeon Ben Carson over his presidential opponents according to statewide poll results released Thursday, while their dissatisfaction with Gov. Scott Walker has remained stagnant since September.
Four Madison lawmakers announced Wednesday their bill to ban any possession or transfer of semiautomatic rifles in the state.
Gov. Scott Walker is widely expected to announce his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this summer after the state Legislature passes its biennial budget.
Gov. Scott Walker’s administration prepared two responses when the public learned his initial budget proposal removed the Wisconsin Idea from the state budget in February, including one to defend its removal, according to emails obtained Friday via an open records request.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Friday to provide statewide regulations for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, according to a statement released late Friday night.
State Democrats introduced a law repealed by Republicans three years ago that they say would allow the state to enforce laws preventing pay discrimination on the basis of sex.
The Madison Police Department released hundreds of pages of police procedures and records Friday in response to open records requests made after Officer Matt Kenny fatally shot 19-year-old Tony Robinson.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up a case Monday that alleged Wisconsin's 2011 law requiring an ID to vote is unconstitutional. The decision will allow the law to go into effect for future elections.
The state Capitol and the nearby surrounding area was closed off for roughly an hour Wednesday night after reports of a bomb threat.
Wednesday's march and protest resulted in the arrest of roughly two dozen community members.
Shari Roll and Renee Currie are the first couple to get married in Dane County after U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb overturned Wisconsin's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Shari Roll and Renee Currie are the first couple to get married in Dane County after U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb overturned Wisconsin's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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