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Flags across Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff on Saturday in memory of firefighters who have died in the line of duty after an order from Gov. Tony Evers.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature planned to send a dozen election and voting bills to Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday in an attempt to mollify backers of former President Donald Trump who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Wisconsin Republicans on Wednesday proposed making it unconstitutional to accept private grant money to help administer elections.

Wisconsin's budget picture improved by nearly $2.9 billion with a revised forecast released driven by higher-than-expected tax collections that will force the Republican-controlled Legislature to decide whether to spend the surplus, save it or put it toward tax cuts.

Governor Tony Evers ordered the U.S. and Wisconsin to fly at half-staff Tuesday in honor of a former Wisconsin State Patrol trooper.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate tied a record low of 3% in November, a number last hit exactly three years ago.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority says they will make the minimum number of changes necessary to the state's current electoral maps.