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House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP

September 21, 2021 8:08 pm Associated Press

The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee…

Wisconsin lawmaker Jacque out of hospital after COVID-19

September 21, 2021 3:58 pm Associated Press

Wisconsin state Sen. Andre Jacque has been discharged after a five-week hospital stay that included being intubated and placed on a ventilator due to…

Campaign confirms Kleefisch tests positive for COVID-19

September 20, 2021 3:24 pm WKOW

Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for her campaign confirmed…

Wisconsin election investigator warns of subpoenas

September 20, 2021 3:12 pm Associated Press

The retired conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election is…

Biden easing foreign travel restrictions, requiring vaccines

September 20, 2021 9:39 am Associated Press

President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November, when his administration will require all foreign…

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking removal of DNR chairman

September 17, 2021 1:50 pm Associated Press

A Wisconsin judge has rejected a lawsuit seeking to remove the state Department of Natural Resources policy board’s leader from his post even…

Barnes paid no income tax, was on BadgerCare in 2018

September 17, 2021 10:07 am Associated Press

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes paid no income tax in 2018 and was on BadgerCare as he was running for lieutenant…

Bill would let parents opt kids out of lessons on sexual orientation

September 17, 2021 8:06 am WKOW

Lawmakers debated a bill Thursday at the Capitol that would require schools to let parents and guardians know of any upcoming lesson involving sexual…