Local Politics

• Wisconsin Senate poised to approve gun sanctuary bill
• Assembly to vote on ending licenses for braiding hair
• Senate to OK allowing government to kill beavers, muskrats
• Evers bans police chokeholds with exception of life or death situations
• Republicans send Gov. Evers election bills bound for his veto pen
• Evers vetoes bill increasing eligibility for voucher program
• Wisconsin high court strikes down incapacitated driver law
• GOP proposes $3 billion in tax cuts, finalize state budget
• Evers promises to sign police bills, calls for more
• Assembly passes bills to ban transgender athletes from sports teams, prohibit vaccine mandates
• Bills requiring police undergo psychological exams before hire, drug tests after a shooting pass Assembly
• LGBTQ community leaders present 'equality agenda' at Wisconsin State Capitol
• Lawmakers to vote on police reform, transgender athlete ban, and prohibiting vaccine mandates
• Republicans propose $125 million more for broadband
• Republican lawmaker calls on Gov. Evers to activate National Guard to 'restore safety' in Milwaukee
• Democrats want to require schools to teach voter education courses, offer dueling election bills to GOP proposals
• Milwaukee area teachers oppose GOP bills to restrict racial, sexual discussions in class
• Report: Sen. Ron Johnson suspended from YouTube for 7 days
• 'Golden opportunity': Wisconsin's unprecedented tax revenues can address Democrat and GOP priorities
• Mayor Barrett appoints task force on Milwaukee's pension system
• Commission to send mailers to voters who may have moved
• 'Foolish': Education officials frustrated with GOP inaction to secure $2.3B for schools
• Former rivals Walker, Doyle join together to promote vaccine
• Wisconsin Senate passes bills making it harder to vote
• Wisconsin Assembly passes bill blocking federal gun laws
• GOP lawmakers vote to end $300 weekly unemployment bonus
• Wisconsin at risk of losing $2.3 billion for K-12 schools
• Mayor Barrett appoints 3 community leaders to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission
• Republicans cut state building projects by $810 million
• Body cameras for Wisconsin State Patrol approved
• Driving tests for teen drivers in Wisconsin could be waived
• Wisconsin lawmaker compares museum's mask policy to Nazis
• Evers, Republican at odds over how to spend additional $4.4 billion in new revenue projections
• 'Unprecedented' revenue growth forecast for Wisconsin budget
• The unknowns that remain for Tony Evers' reelection campaign
• Local activists pressure Wisconsin members of Congress to back poverty resolution
• 'I condemned the breach': Ron Johnson speaks at 'We Back the Badge' event in Muskego
• Wisconsin Democrats gear up for 2021 virtual convention
• Milwaukee County supervisor sues MPD, claims curfews during George Floyd protests were illegal
• Senator Baldwin discusses improving perinatal workforce at Milwaukee roundtable
• GOP bills seek to limit how teachers discuss race in the classroom
• Wisconsin Sen. Johnson says he hasn't decided on 2022 run
• Wisconsin Sen. Johnson says he hasn't decided on 2022 run
• Milwaukee's Millennial Task Force works to attract and keep young people in the city
• Business community urges state to act on workforce shortage during roundtable
• GOP blocks $15 million for job loss benefit administration
• Dozens urge lawmakers to ban vaccine requirements in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Republicans block medical marijuana
• Vos looks to crack down on those who skip job interviews
• Evers names key campaign staff ahead of 2022 election
• Top Republican ‘confident’ Wisconsin won’t lose $1.5 billion for schools after feds warn funds at risk
• Wisconsin GOP to host 2021 State Convention in Wisconsin Dells
• City leaders push for youth summer employment to help address pandemic effects, worker shortages
• A year in review: How much progress have lawmakers made on police reform?
• Wisconsin Republicans criticized for rejecting Medicaid expansion
• Ex-cop hired to probe Wisconsin election has partisan ties
• Evers orders flags to half-staff in honor of Memorial Day 2021
• Former Speaker Paul Ryan bashes Trumpism, may be setting up presidential run
• Budget committee approves plan to end UW tuition freeze, boost aid for K-12 schools
• Republicans, UW clash over abortion ban proposal
• Mayor Barrett announces city buildings will reopen on June 21
• Labor Secretary Marty Walsh promotes Pres. Biden’s American Jobs Plan as agenda battles GOP criticism
• Sen. Baldwin pushes for tax on opioid manufacturers to fund substance abuse treatment
• Athletes urge lawmakers to ban transgender girls, women from sports teams
• Democratic Wisconsin state Sen. Larson enters US Senate race
• Republicans immediately end Gov. Evers special session to expand BadgerCare
• Gov. Evers makes final pitch for BadgerCare expansion ahead of special session Tuesday
• Bills to bar transgender athletes from sports teams get first public hearings
• Republicans reject a majority of Evers’ plan to combat homelessness
• Wisconsin remains a priority state for redistricting
• Milwaukee city officials working with treasury department to determine how relief funds can be used
• Republicans move to reinstate work-search requirement
• Gov. Evers attempts to sell Medicaid expansion by investing in projects supported by Republicans
• Gov. Evers calls for special session to expand BadgerCare
• GOP lawmakers want to eliminate extra $300/week federal unemployment benefits to address workforce shortages
• Wisconsin DOJ official alleges racial, gender harassment
• Proposed bill would cut state aid to Wisconsin communities that defund police
• Gov. Evers directs $100M in federal funds to expand high-speed internet across Wisconsin
• Milwaukee leaders call for community-wide effort in addressing gun violence following deadly weekend
• Inactive voters could be removed from Wisconsin's voter rolls
• State Capitol demonstrators rally for fair maps, call for nonpartisan redistricting
• Budget committee to weigh cameras for Capitol officers
• Gov. Evers dismisses the idea of Ohio's $1 million lottery vaccine incentive in Wisconsin
• Gov. Evers praises CDC's new mask guidelines
• Wisconsin governor signs bill designating May 14 as Hmong-Lao Veterans Day, orders flags to half-staff
• Milwaukee Democrat calls GOP leader ‘racist’ and ‘disrespectful’ after rejecting Black Historical Society funds
• Mayor Barrett discusses city's plan to spend American Rescue Plan funds
• Amount of federal relief aid designated for economic recovery, pandemic response likely to change, Evers says
• Wisconsin disabled community opposes election law changes
• Wisconsin Assembly calls for a Constitutional convention
• Wisconsin Assembly calls on Evers to send help to border
• Senate approves bills to overhaul police policies, changes to election laws
• Assembly Republicans delay veto override attempts, bill on requiring national anthem passes
• Wisconsin Assembly approves raising voucher school income
• Wisconsin receiving less than expected from federal stimulus
• After mounting pressure to act, state lawmakers will vote on police reform bills Tuesday
• Republicans will attempt to override a pair of Gov. Evers’ vetoes on COVID-19 bills
• Supreme Court to hear transgender sex offender registry case
• Republicans move to reinstate work search requirement
• GOP-led budget committee removes nearly 400 items from Gov. Evers' proposal