Effective Thursday, Jan. 16, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) declared highways are officially frozen statewide, and the frozen road law will expand to include the entire state.
Wisconsin policymakers are nearing a crossroads on how to fund the state’s transportation system, as transportation revenues lag, project costs sharply increase, and a growing reliance on the state’s general fund may prove unsustainable.
Election workers count ballots during Election Day on Nov. 5, at Milwaukee Central Count at the Baird Center in Milwaukee. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
It’s a known risk for the municipal clerks who run Wisconsin elections: Starting at 7 a.m. on Election Day, they have around 16 hours to finish counting every vote, or they may start facing accusations of a fraudulent late-night “ballot dump.”
Wisconsin is hurtling toward another nationally watched, pivotal state Supreme Court election.
The April 1 race has two possible outcomes: A guaranteed liberal majority until 2028 or a 3-3 split with Justice Brian Hagedorn, a conservative-leaning swing vote, again wielding outsized influence.
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has halted the work of a nonprofit that donated used books to prisoners for nearly 20 years, calling it necessary to prevent drugs from entering state prisons through secondhand books.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) celebrates the one-year anniversary of Wisconsin Wayfinder: Children's Resource Network, a service connecting families of children with delays, disabilities, special health care needs, or mental health conditions to resources.
December is here and with it another season of holiday celebrations. Don’t cut the party short by driving impaired. It is dangerous, reckless and never the only option.
