State

Another two-year session of the Wisconsin Legislature has begun -- this time with 37 new legislators.

Not a recent record -- 38 newbies started the 2011-12 legislative session.

But it's a lot of turnover due to the new legislative maps resulting from a redistricting forced by a liberal state Supreme Court.

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.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. ~C.S. Lewis

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. ~Seneca the Younger

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.

The ratio of state and local taxes that Wisconsinites paid as a share of their personal income fell to the lowest levels on record in 2022. The same was true of our state's national rank for this share, known as the tax burden.

A record number of school district referenda went before voters across Wisconsin in 2024, who responded by approving them in record numbers.

A former conservative justice of the state Supreme Court could be sanctioned by the high court after a complaint was filed.

Gov. Tony Evers has proclaimed Monday, Dec. 2, as Snowplow Driver Appreciation Day in Wisconsin to remind motorists to slow down and give space to snowplow drivers to safely do their jobs.