Environmental group criticizes We Energies utility rate hikes
Nov 13, 2024 · Environmental groups are decrying increases in We Energies utility rates for customers in Wisconsin, and reliance on fossil fuels.
Wisconsin Republicans are out of step with the times on Act 10
Dec 4, 2024 · The news that a Dane County judge struck down key parts of Act 10 — former Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s signature anti-union law — prompted Walker to comment on X: “Collective bargaining is not a right. It is an expensive entitlement.” That’s the kind of message that helped make Walker a national Republican star back in 2011. The billionaire Koch brothers supported him and his ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate comes to the defense of Jan.
Jan 6, 2025 · As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters imprisoned for their role in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, one of the candidates running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court joined the campaign to rewrite the history of what happened that day, glossing over the offenses of the Jan. 6 defendants.
At Evers’ budget listening session, concern about ‘humanitarian …
Dec 3, 2024 · Gov. Tony Evers held his first budget listening session of 2025-27 in Appleton, Wis. Monday, gathering comments on housing and prisons
Judge strikes down core parts of Act 10 that stripped most public ...
Dec 2, 2024 · Deputy Editor Erik Gunn reports and writes on work and the economy, health policy and related subjects, for the Wisconsin Examiner. He spent 24 years as a freelance writer for Milwaukee Magazine, Isthmus, The Progressive, BNA Inc., and other publications, winning awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, beat …
Republicans promise tax cuts as Wisconsin lawmakers are sworn in …
Jan 7, 2025 · Wisconsin state lawmakers gathered Monday to be sworn in, marking the beginning of the 2025-27 legislative session and giving legislative leaders the opportunity to lay out their intentions for the upcoming session. While Republicans maintain control of both chambers, the margins in both bodies will ...
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer says popular issues …
Dec 12, 2024 · The Assembly Democratic Caucus will enter the next year with 45 members — ten more than last session. Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) speaking at a press conference before an April 25, 2023 floor session.
Gov. Evers wants to let Wisconsin voters propose statewide ballot ...
Jan 6, 2025 · Ahead of state lawmakers’ swearing-in on Monday, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing that the Legislature create a way for Wisconsin residents to directly create ballot measures that make statutory and constitutional changes through the referendum process. The proposal comes ahead of a legislative ...
Department of Corrections, reform advocates pursue different …
Oct 23, 2024 · The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on incarceration, law enforcement and criminal justice issues with support from the Public Welfare Foundation
Wisconsin’s annual financial report records $4.5 billion budget …
Dec 21, 2024 · Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that Wisconsin’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, which is published by the Department of Administration, recorded a $4.5 billion positive balance in the state’s general fund at the end of the 2023-24 fiscal year.. In addition to the general fund, the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund — or …