State

Fri
28
Oct

Marijuana, election administration, abortion, levy increases among ballot questions before voters across state

Wisconsin communities will take up questions about legalizing marijuana, election administration, clean water, abortion, and local levy increases on the November ballot.

The ballot questions include 23 requests for tax levy increases, including to fund emergency services and law enforcement.

Mon
24
Oct

Stay alert, look for pedestrians to save lives on road

Everyone is a pedestrian, whether commuting to the bus stop, entering or exiting a building, or just out for a walk. There are many benefits of walking, but pedestrians can be vulnerable on the roads.

Mon
24
Oct

Fiscal Facts: Wisconsin has seen record 13.8 percent-increase in property values

Total property values in Wisconsin grew by a record 13.8 percent in 2022, marking the largest increase in decades of data.

Mon
24
Oct

Fiscal Facts: Public safety spending up for Cities, Villages in 2020, while other spending decreased

Amid the crisis of the pandemic’s onset in 2020, Wisconsin cities and villages increased spending on police, fire, and EMS services, while reducing other expenditures.

Mon
24
Oct

Double check to make sure you’re being safe online

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recognizes its role in supporting the information systems and technology on which we are increasingly reliant.

Thu
13
Oct

Those with student loans can attend free workshop

Two state departments will hold an online session to help people with student loans save money, discover repayment tools and avoid scams.

Thu
13
Oct

Fiscal Facts: Electric, hybrid vehicle registrations surge

Hybrid and electric vehicle registrations continued their recent rapid increases throughout Wisconsin in 2021. In less than a decade, the number of electric and hybrid vehicles registered in Wisconsin has more than doubled.

Fri
30
Sep

Bomb threats, canceled events, empty schools: How a bullying probe paralyzed a Wisconsin town’s democracy

On the day of the third bomb threat, a bell echoed through Kiel, Wisconsin’s empty middle school.

Students had gone home days ago after the first bomb threat, and they would finish the school year virtually. Graduation ceremonies were postponed. Sports games canceled. The Memorial Day parade? Nixed. 

Fri
30
Sep

Back Home with Chris Hardie: Corn moving to maturity

Fall is officially here and farmers will soon be busy bringing in the harvest of corn and soybeans as the growing season comes to an end.

Mon
26
Sep

Fiscal Facts: Public sector work force takes hit

Amid a historically tight labor market, reports from Wisconsin’s largest public employee retirement systems show that between retirements and other exits, state and local employees left their jobs at record rates in 2021.

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