The potential effect of Governor Evers’ proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin School System will be discussed on The West Side on Monday, March 18 at 10 a.m. on 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7 WRFW-FM/ River Falls. Read more
Gov. Tony Evers is proposing to restore $3.5 million to the University of Wisconsin-Extension under the next budget and to boost the number of county agriculture agents.The Democratic governor’s proposal calls for $1.5 million in the first fiscal year and $2.5 million in the next to "improve…
SIREN, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin prosecutor has been reprimanded by state officials for pursuing female defendants.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gas taxes would increase but the cost to fill up may actually drop, income taxes would be cut for the middle class and most of the laws passed during a lame-duck legislative session that weakened the governor and attorney general would be repealed under Democratic Gov. T…
On the cusp of Gov. Tony Ever's first budget address this week, two western Wisconsin lawmakers suggest compromise and bipartisanship are a long way from happening in state government. Freshman state Sen. Jeff Smith, D-Eau Claire, said the idea of working together got off to a rough start la…
Equity and sustainability were key themes Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes said his office is focused on during a visit to the Rice Lake Democratic Party headquarters on Monday.
Rep. Romaine Quinn got an earful at a listening session Monday at the Rice Lake City Hall when he asked for input into what taxpayers wanted to see in the next 2-year state budget.
Rice Lake City Council reaffirmed its decision Tuesday to reduce full-time firefighters from 12 to 11 as part of the 2019 city budget.
MADISON (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will call for enacting a nonpartisan redistricting process as part of the state budget he introduces on Thursday.
Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019 Wisconsin State Budget Address will air live 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) and Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and will stream live online at wpt.org and wpr.org.
In an about-face from the state’s previous practice of not pardoning criminal offenders, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to consider restoring rights for felons that were taken away because of convictions.
More than two decades after the first refugees from Somalia arrived in Barron, immigrants from that war-torn country account for nearly a quarter of the city’s population.
Gov. Tony Evers used his first State of the State address on Tuesday to announce he has directed Attorney General Josh Kaul to leave a federal lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act.During December's lame-duck session of the state Legislature, legislators passed a new law that makes it …
A contract released by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, shows taxpayers are paying $840,000 to defend Republican lawmakers in a redistricting lawsuit, and the figure could go higher.The Wisconsin State Journal reports Vos released the contract Tuesday after initially citing attorney-…
In 2017, the manufacturing sector in Wisconsin produced $59.1 billion in economic output, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the most recent year for which figures are available. That year, manufacturers employed 16.4% of the state workforce, nearly twice the national average…
ALTOONA — Four Chippewa Valley Republican lawmakers gathered Thursday to promote a proposal to reduce income taxes by 10 percent for middle class families in the state.Rep. Romaine Quinn, R-Barron, said the proposal calls for families who earn less than $150,000 or individuals who earn less …
Wisconsin alcohol producers say the federal government shutdown is impacting their businesses.
Barron County residents using the federal WIC and Foodshare programs will continue to receive benefits through February, according to county administrator Jeff French.
It was a packed house at the Town of Rice Lake Municipal Building Monday night.
Discussion over the future structure of the Rice Lake Fire Department picked up again in the City Council’s first meeting of 2019.
Two incumbents and two new candidates are on the ballot for three seats on the Rice Lake Board of Education to be elected April 2.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker didn't want to go out like this.
Vacant for more than a year, the former Heritage Manor was approved to be purchased by the City of Rice Lake at the City Council meeting Dec. 11 at a cost of $200,000.
Several liberal advocacy groups filed a motion in federal court Monday to block Wisconsin’s new limits on early voting that Gov. Scott Walker signed into law Friday.The new limits restrict early voting to two weeks statewide.Citizen Action of Wisconsin and One Wisconsin Institute filed the m…
Gov. Scott Walker signed several bills Friday afternoon that will limit the power of his successor, Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers.
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