Inauguration Day after an election is ideally intended as a time for bipartisanship and for avoiding political criticism. Well, most of the time, anyway. Josh Kaul,...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly sworn-in Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for a rejection of “the tired politics of the past” in his inauguration speech...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker didn’t want to go out like this. The once-rising Republican star who made his name kneecapping public sector unions as...
Scott Walker’s term as governor comes to an end today, as Tony Evers is set to be sworn in. As for Walker’s political future, La Crosse...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican legislators are continuing their quest to crack down on drunken driving, reintroducing bills Thursday that would make a first offense...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers said in a Wednesday interview with The Associated Press that he isn’t ruling out vetoing the entire state...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The field is set for this spring’s state Supreme Court race. State Appeals Court Chief Judge Lisa Neubauer and state appellate Judge...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos won’t release a $850,000 contract with a legal firm helping the GOP defend legislative district boundaries. Assembly...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that after he leaves office next week he will join a speakers’ bureau to travel the...
It’s going to be anything but completely harmonious in Madison as the new divided state government begins 2019. Onalaska Democratic state rep, Steve Doyle, however,...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s new legislative session begins Jan. 7 with Democrats still seething over a Republican lame-duck session that weakened incoming Democratic Gov. Tony...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Brad Schimel recommended four other people, including one of his own campaign workers, for an open judgeship that Gov. Scott...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican state senators have “serious concerns” about Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ pick of a roads lobbyist to head the Department of...
Rebecca Kleefisch will be leaving Wisconsin state government soon, but she hopes she has helped to make government a little smarter. The defeat of Gov. Scott...
Predictably, Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tony Evers faces criticism over his first cabinet appointments. The four appointments announced Wed. at a ceremony are all from Milwaukee,. While Republicans...
First challenge to new laws in Wisconsin should be in the courts soon. Citizen Action of Wisconsin is among the groups suing over the measure signed...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin returned to federal court Monday, three days after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law...
Among the things Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is getting blamed for is the hit on the Affordable Care Act, courtesy of a federal judge who struck...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — His voice nearly gone following all-night negotiations, Robin Vos stood on the floor of the Wisconsin Assembly just after sunrise and calmly...
Lame duck maneuvers by Wisconsin lawmakers this month have become a national punchline. And for good reason, says La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat, among the...