Wisconsin rail service to Chicago and the Pacific Northwest will share in a $140 million upgrade from the federal government. The investment, awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, will be used to overhaul 41 passenger locomotives that pull trains on the popular Hiawatha route connecting Milwaukee and Chicago and trains that pass through Wisconsin enroute […]
The prediction market platform Novig is suing to stop the state Department of Justice from using the state’s gambling laws to prevent the firm from operating in Wisconsin. Novig’s federal lawsuit follows DOJ’s lawsuits in April that charged three other prediction market platforms with violating Wisconsin’s recently adopted online sports gambling law. In the new […]
Three Wisconsin legal organizations are advising the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s office to take steps to avoid intimidating voters after the sheriff posted it was dispatching deputies to polling locations on primary Election Day last week. The issue arose against a backdrop of increasing worries over potential election interference in a key swing state during President […]
The University of Wisconsin system says it will freeze tuition for two years and keep potential increases in the following two years capped at the rate of inflation if the state provides $190 million in the next state budget. “This proposal means four years of predictable tuition with costs that remain well below inflation,” UW […]
The unions that won a circuit court ruling to overturn Wisconsin’s Act 10, the 2011 law stripping most public employees’ collective bargaining rights, are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reinstate that ruling after an appeals court reversed the lower court. The plaintiffs filed their state Supreme Court appeal Monday. They include unions affiliated with […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany began his general election campaign against Democratic nominee Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley by seeking to paint his opponent as a fan of data centers. Data centers have become a source of great concern for Wisconsin voters. Crowley’s Democratic primary opponent Francesca Hong made the issue central to […]
Michele Magadance Skinner, a Republican candidate for state Senate and an Eau Claire County board member, is being sued by the state Senate Democratic Campaign Committee which seeks to remove her from the ballot ahead of the November election arguing that she is not a legal resident of Wisconsin. Skinner is challenging Sen. Jeff Smith […]
In a show of unity following a divisive and chaotic primary, Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley met for breakfast with the losing candidates in the primary along with lieutenant governor nominee Sarah Godlewski and top Wisconsin Democrats. Democrats are competing to hold onto the governor’s office against Republicans U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and David Varnam […]
Vote counting to pick a Democrat to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District finally reached a conclusion Wednesday, with Brad Smith called the winner by the Associated Press. With just over 50% of the total number of votes cast in the Democratic primary, Smith had 480 votes more than […]
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley maintained a slight lead over state Rep. Francesca Hong late Tuesday evening in the Democratic contest for the nomination for governor, prolonging the uncertainty of a primary characterized by unprecedented chaos over the last two months. An error in uploading absentee ballot data in Milwaukee caused a delay in reporting […]
