Sunday morning on UPFRONT, which airs on WBAY-TV, Kim Mueller, the Public Health Officer for Fond du Lac County, says political beliefs may play a role.
Discussion of a tax cut comes as the budget committee plans to cut hundreds of Gov. Evers’ proposals from the budget, including $1 billion in tax increases mostly on capital gains and manufacturing income.
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to tour clean energy laboratories on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus during her first visit to Wisconsin since taking office.
Republican lawmakers plan to vote next week to remove budget proposals including legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, expanding Medicaid to capture $1.6 billion in federal funding, and granting collective bargaining rights to public workers.
A judge has ruled that Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of lawsuits over redistricting.
The Department of Administration and Public Service Commission said it was enough to cover past due amounts for more than 36,000 utility customers who qualified.
President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally.
The State Department has ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country.
It calls on the FDA to enforce its regulations that define milk and cream and stop the labeling of products from nuts, seeds and plants as milk, yogurt or cheese.
State democrats, as well as Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, have reintroduced a bill for the 2021-2023 legislative session they say will address PFAS contamination across the state.
Gov. Tony Evers has ordered the Wisconsin State Patrol and other state law enforcement agencies to update their use of force policies to prohibit chokeholds, unless as a last resort.
About a dozen people attended the session, which was hosted by Representative Lee Snodgrass (D - Appleton) and Representative Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R - Fox Crossing).
Tom Nelson faces Alex Lasry, a Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, and state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, who is married to a millionaire.
President Joe Biden’s administration has blocked former Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to require some childless adults to work to maintain Medicaid benefits.
The MacIver Institute for Public Policy filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Evers violated its staffers’ constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of the press and equal access.
The attorney general would have the power to investigate and file lawsuits if someone engaged in a pattern of violating civil rights in housing, employment or education matters.
The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the majority of Republicans’ plans for $3.2 billion may not be allowed under the law or might have to be repaid.
