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View Comments MADISON - Hospitals and clinics would be barred from requiring their staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under legislation Assembly Republicans passed. Even before the vote, Democratic  Gov. Tony Evers signaled he would veto it if it got to him. Assembly Bill 299 would also forbid government officials and business owners from requiring any person to provide proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination to receive services, access buildings, participate in events or transact bu...

View Comments MADISON - The Assembly passed a slate of policing bills Wednesday that would ban chokeholds in most instances and require reporting on no-knock warrants. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he planned to sign the bills but urged lawmakers to pass farther-reaching legislation as well. "The people of Wisconsin are demanding systemic change and reform in our state, and there is much more work left to do," Evers said in a statement. "So, while I plan to sign these bills, I am also c...

The Milwaukee Bucks and other businesses joined a letter to state officials opposing Republican-led bills on voting, which Evers is likely to veto.

View Comments MADISON - Wisconsin schools could lose $2.3 billion in federal funding under budget action by the Legislatures Republican-controlled finance committee — nearly $1 billion more that could be lost in pandemic relief aid than previously believed.  Republican lawmakers writing the states next two-year state spending plan last month allocated an additional $128 million for K-12 schools, far below a state spending threshold required under federal relief laws that provide schools with...

View Comments MADISON - Republican lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would eliminate the extra $300 per week unemployed people in Wisconsin have received under a federal program for those who lost work during the coronavirus pandemic.  Proponents say the legislation would boost the worker supply, but Gov. Tony Evers said in an interview Wednesday before the legislation passed that he was likely to veto it. “I can’t imagine that I’ll be signing it,” Evers said. Assembly Speak...

Six GOP lawmakers and one legislative staff member requested permission this week to take a trip to Phoenix on Friday and return Saturday.

Republicans also approved letting teenagers get drivers licenses without having to take DMV tests.

Their plan is nearly $1 billion less than what Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed for capital plans on UW campuses, other facilities.

Wisconsin Senate to vote on limiting ballot drop boxes and requiring more paperwork for absentee ballots Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Poll worker Patty Riley goes through some paperwork while waiting for voters at Marshall High School on North 64th Street in Milwaukee during the Wisconsin primary election on Tuesday. The only contest on every ballot is the state schools superintendent race. MADISON - Republicans in th...

Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate approved legislation Wednesday to limit the availability of ballot drop boxes in some communities.