Local Politics

• Capitol Connection: Spending on Supreme Court race rises above $80 million
• Trump backs Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in hotly contested race
• Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
• 'It's a mess': Governor Tony Evers on Trump's executive order to dismantle Department of Education
• Zoning approval brings Oak Creek closer to first Buc-ee's in Wisconsin
• Meet the candidates for state Supreme Court: Susan Crawford
• Assembly passes bill requiring sheriffs to assist ICE with deportations
• 'Make sure you vote': Milwaukee mayor, activists and alders speak on reproductive freedom
• Early voting begins in Wisconsin for April 1 election
• Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump Jr. campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court race, close to record-breaking spending
• Hundreds attend rally at state Capitol, protesting cuts made to Department of Veterans Affairs
• Girls' Day returns to Milwaukee City Hall
• Bills addressing reckless driving, school resource officers pass the Assembly
• Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joins others in suing Trump administration
• Crawford, Schimel square off in only debate as record-breaking spending impacts Wisconsin Supreme Court race
• Protesters criticize Musk's influence on Wisconsin Supreme Court race ahead of debate
• Department of Education layoffs: What it means for Wisconsin schools
• 'Don't understand the logic': Local response to USDA cutting grants for schools, food banks to buy from nearby farms
• UW-Madison may lose federal funding for 'antisemitic discrimination'
• Wisconsin AG blasts conservative state Supreme Court candidate for being too slow to test rape kits
• At UW-Parkside rally, Bernie Sanders slams Elon Musk's spending on state Supreme Court race
• Despite tariff delay, local companies already stung by effects
• State lawmakers debate bill that would require MPS to cover 75% of SRO costs
• MU Poll: Most voters unaware of candidates in state Supreme court race, split on Trump
• As Trump addresses Congress, Wisconsin members divided over trusting president on tariffs, cuts
• Gov. Evers bashes Trump's tariffs, asks Congress to 'do something'
• AG Josh Kaul and local leaders advocate for $2.7 million in funds for state crime labs
• Gov. Evers hosts roundtable discussion with local health care leaders
• New bill would ban algorithms, AI-based software to raise rent prices
• Capitol Connection: State budget battle
• State Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford participates in meet and greet at Marquette U
• Mayor Johnson signs resolution proposing police recruitment incentive program
• 'He's playing with somebody's life here': Mom worries GOP budget cuts will impact Medicaid-dependent kids
• State Supreme Court candidates duel over billionaire donors, GOP secures fundraising edge
• Local Social Security union leader puzzled by closure of civil rights office; DOGE cancels 4 Wisconsin leases
• Evers defends budget proposal changing 'mother' to 'inseminated person'
• 'We want him to come out better': WI families hope prison reform plan leads to better conditions
• Sen. Baldwin hosts roundtable discussion on future of Medicaid
• Freezing property taxes, spending increases and tax relief: Is Gov. Evers' budget sustainable?
• 'A public health crisis': Wisconsin lawmakers introduce legislation tackling climate change at the state level
• Capitol Connection: State superintendent race narrows
• Dodge Co. sheriff calls Evers' prison plan 'seriously flawed'
• MPS board approves funding plan to bring officers into schools
• Kenosha Unified School District budget referendum rejected
• State superintendent candidates ramp up attacks amid education debate in Madison
• Bauman and Brower face off in tight District 3 Common Council race
• Grease lightning: Butter-themed license plates could be coming to Wisconsin 🧈
• Milwaukee Common Council race advances to April election
• Highlights of Gov. Evers' budget, tax cuts and historic school funding
• Former mayor Tom Barrett reflects on time serving as US ambassador to Luxembourg
• Judge: MPS, city must get SROs in schools within 10 days and split the cost evenly
• State superintendent race: What to know about the candidates
• Protesters outside Milwaukee City Hall rally against actions of Pres. Trump
• Ahead of primary to fill seat, friend of late Alderman Jonathan Brostoff wants voters and candidates to remember him
• Gov. Evers proposes closing Green Bay prison, sweeping prison reforms
• Capitol Connection: Audit finds need for change at MPS
• Voters to decide the fate of the Kenosha Unified School District
• 'Afraid even to tell the truth': Lawyer for MPS whistleblowers, lawmakers react to scathing MPS audit
• Lawmakers advance education overhaul bills, up for vote next week
• Evers' MPS audit finds 'culture of fear,' organizational chaos plaguing district
• Protasiewicz denies request to recuse from Act 10 case
• MU Poll: How voters view Trump's first weeks back in office
• Wisconsin lawmakers to introduce new legislation focused on cryptocurrency
• Lawmakers debate school cellphone bans, return to work requirements
• Racine coin shop shares a President Trump's order to stop minting new pennies
• GOP lawmakers propose limits on school referendum to reduce burden on taxpayers
• Gov. Evers visits Head Start child care provider in Racine
• Wisconsin joins lawsuit challenging NIH funding cuts for research
• Capitol Connection: Elections admin can keep her job
• Kaul joins lawsuit asking court to make Trump admin. resume federal spending
• State's top election official can remain in role, unanimous WI Supreme Court decides
• State Superintendent candidates square off in forum, discuss qualifications, ACT 10
• Meet the candidates for state superintendent: Jill Underly seeks reelection
• MPS comptroller out after 2 weeks on the job
• Hundreds protest Trump's policies during Madison rally
• GOP immigration bill would require Milwaukee to help ICE or lose state funding
• Baldwin tours UW opioid center amid funding freeze concerns
• Capitol Connection: Justice Hagedorn recuses
• Leaders of conservative counties preach patience amid funding freeze, but Head Start money still locked
• UW campus research faces uncertainty amid funding freeze
• Wisconsin Democrats propose blocking immigration enforcement
• 'Disastrous consequences': Gov. Evers asks Trump to delay federal freeze on grants and loans
• Microsoft buys land for Kenosha data center: Lots of excitement, few details
• Republicans propose weakening governor's broad veto powers
• Schimel supports presidential pardons, defends Jan. 6 rioters
• Capitol Connection: Gov. Evers delivers State of the State Address
• Lawmakers trying again to outlaw deepfake pornography
• SCOWIS to hear Evers-GOP lawsuit over new reading law; $50 million for schools still held up
• As federal judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship order, local groups relieved for now
• WI Republicans to unveil immigration bill targeting law enforcement
• Takeaways from Gov. Evers' State of State Address
• Meet the candidates for state superintendent: Jeff Wright
• Wisconsin congressman says act of arson at his office over TikTok ban was 'foolish'
• Parent concerns over legal THC spiking: How state lawmakers may regulate it
• Wisconsin AG joins lawsuit challenging Trump over birthright citizenship
• Republicans propose new ballot removal law after RFK Jr. legal fight
• Wisconsin’s congressional delegation reacts to Trump inauguration
• Milwaukeeans celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with call to action
• How President Trump's immigration executive order could affect Milwaukee
• Capitol Connection: State Supreme Court race heating up