State

When Ken Koeppler first heard the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wanted to visit his property, he didn’t think he had anything to worry about.

While starkly different in most details, competing plans to overhaul Wisconsin’s income tax code offered by Gov. Tony Evers and State Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu share one common thread: They would sharply change how the state taxes its highest earners.

Severe weather conditions can damage homes and businesses, which often require urgent repairs.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Department of Administration (DOA) are alerting Wisconsinites to a potential spoofing scam, through which criminals are using the Wisconsin State Capitol Police dispatch number and impersonating law enforcement.

Gov. Tony Evers has proclaimed April 17-21 as National Work Zone Awareness Week in Wisconsin. For more than 20 years, National Work Zone Awareness Week has marked the start of construction season across our country, promoting road worker safety and cautious driving in work zones.

A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal would tighten limits on toxic “forever chemicals” in Wisconsin’s drinking water.

If finalized, the rule would establish the first national standard for PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in public water supplies, bringing uniformity to a jumble of state regulations.

In the past two decades, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has flip flopped on whether a limit on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is constitutional.

Democrats celebrated last Tuesday’s election of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, cementing a 4-3 liberal court majority. But another election result fanned speculation that Republicans could topple that new majority by impeaching Protasiewicz.

In the course of my writing over the years, the topic of spring is among my most frequent musings.

It’s logical when much of my inspiration comes from the land and the seasons. Winters seem to be getting harder as I grow older. The prospect of something green and new is something to look forward to.

Thousands of Wisconsinites have been “adjudicated incompetent” to vote under state laws designed to protect mentally incapacitated people from having someone else fill out their ballot.