Nov 11, 2024 · Attorneys for Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, who is one of the prosecutors named in the case and has said he would prosecute violations of the 1849 law, argued in briefs submitted to the court that Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper’s interpretation of the law was incorrect.. They argued the “plain meaning (of the law) prohibits consensual abortion.”

Get our free newsletter, The Wednesday Report, to see what we find. Overshadowed by the state Supreme Court race, the Feb. 18 primary for Wisconsin’s top education official could significantly affect the future of K-12 schools. Yes. The act requires detaining such …

Jan 6, 2025 · The Wisconsin State Capitol is photographed on Nov. 11, 2024, in Madison, Wis. Major funding decisions for health care, public schools and universities, the environment, roads and more will be made in the 2025-27 biennial budget.

May 9, 2024 · Public access to information about police officers caught lying is inconsistent across Wisconsin’s 72 counties. That’s the key takeaway after Wisconsin Watch filed records requests with every district attorney’s office and the state Department of Justice.

Jan 2, 2025 · Wisconsin Elections Commission members raise concerns after the discovery that 193 properly returned absentee ballots weren’t tallied.

Jun 18, 2024 · The 2017 tax cut law signed by former President Donald Trump cut income tax rates essentially across the board. From 2017 to 2018, the average rate dropped from 4% to 3.4% for the bottom half of income earners and from 26.8% to 25.4% for the top 1%, according to the Tax Foundation.

Aug 7, 2024 · The internet has also emboldened political candidates to rely on direct emails, social media and their personal campaign websites to spin their record, rather than answer questions from reporters or fill out questionnaires from the League of Women Voters.. In 2022, it wasn’t the state’s largest daily newspapers that previewed all 116 state Assembly and Senate elections, it was Milwaukee ...

Nov 6, 2024 · The polls are seen through a window minutes before opening during Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024, at Madison East High School in Madison, Wis. Voters in Madison approved two school referendums totaling more than $600 million.

Dec 12, 2024 · Act 10, which effectively ended collective bargaining for most Wisconsin public employee unions, has saved taxpayers billions of dollars. The 2011 law could be reviewed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court because of a recent judge’s ruling.. The law achieved savings mainly by shifting costs for pension and health benefits for public employees to the employees.

Nov 18, 2024 · On Nov. 5, Wisconsin voters approved nearly 78% of the 138 school district referendums across the state. That’s higher than the 60% passage rate this past spring, but the percentage of K-12 referendums approved statewide has been declining since 2018, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum.