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MADISON, Wis. — A group of Wisconsin Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a package of bills they say will help address the state’s workforce shortage. “The Stronger Workforce Initiative” includes more than half a dozen individual bills that range from tying unemployment benefits to the state’s unemployment rate to prohibiting able-bodied adults without kids from turning down a job solely...

A group of Wisconsin Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a package of bills they say will help address the state's workforce shortage.

Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly passed a slate of bills that will effect curricula and transparency in state schools.

Already thin, Republican support for nonpartisan redistricting in Wisconsin may be fading.

Already thin, Republican support for nonpartisan redistricting in Wisconsin may be fading.

Committee holds public hearing on bill to create opioid, meth data system May 5, 2021 6:53 PM Site staff Updated: There’s an effort at the state Capitol to create an opioid and methamphetamine data system. Wednesday a committee held a public hearing on the bill, which passed the Assembly on a voice vote last session but was stalled due to the pandemic. It looks to establish and maintain statewide data on hospital discharges and stays related to opioid and meth use or...

Thy neighbors vote Now, say you want to vote again by, for example, appropriating your neighbors absentee ballot. It would help to know whether he’s already requested a ballot. For that, you’d need to look him up on the state’s public voter database, myvote.wi.gov. You’ll also need to know his date of birth. If he hasn’t asked for a ballot yet, you could pretend to be him and request it. Unless you’ve also stolen his driver’s license, you’d have to indica...