Politics

Gableman argued Protasiewicz shouldn’t participate because, as a Supreme Court candidate in 2022, she issued a press release calling his investigation “disgraceful.”

The state’s Safe Drinking Water Loan Program is allowing smaller Wisconsin villages to fund needed water projects they otherwise couldn’t afford.

The projects will introduce a mix of internet technology to unserved areas: about 76 percent fiber, 10 percent fixed wireless, and 14 percent satellite.

Fincantieri Marinette Marine laid off nearly 100 workers on Wednesday, about a week after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling much of a multi-billion dollar order for ships that would have been built in Wisconsin.

Federal immigration “strike teams” are in Minnesota looking for undocumented Somali immigrants, after President Trump referred to them as “garbage” and said he doesn’t want them in the U.S.

A pair of bipartisan bills in the state Legislature would cap interest rates on payday and installment loans, and implement new restrictions on short-term lending.

Wisconsin is among the Democratic-led states that could lose federal food assistance payments, after threats from the agency that oversees the program.

John W. Miller will become the agency’s secretary and CEO beginning Dec. 15.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is backing a bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products in Wisconsin, a move one industry activist says would protect farmers from a newly enacted federal ban.

Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has entered Wisconsin’s 2026 race for governor, joining a crowded Democratic primary field and vowing to “get things done the Wisconsin way” if elected.