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After hours of heated debate Thursday, lawmakers in the Wisconsin Assembly approved four bills aimed at restricting transgender rights in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections estimates the changes could lead to an increase in the state’s prison population of 4,600 people.

Republicans sent a bill to the governor’s desk Tuesday that would reset the way the state measures standardized test scores after Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction overhauled the system last year. Gov. Tony Evers has said he will “probably veto” the plan.

As President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up deportations, the state Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would require Wisconsin county sheriffs to comply with federal immigration authorities.

You asked, so we found out why it seems like Wisconsin’s Capitol is visible from anywhere in Madison.

On “Wisconsin Today,” Reps. Francesca Hong and David Steffen discuss the work of the Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency.

Legislators are trying to establish a standardized set of rules for what election observers are allowed — and not allowed — to do at Wisconsin polling places.

Milwaukee Public Schools would be required to have a police presence under a bill that passed the Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday. It was part of a package of crime bills advanced by Republicans.

Just a few years after President Donald Trump backed a primary challenger against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Rochester Republican says he and the president are “tight.” 

Two dozen GOP state lawmakers are asking President Donald Trump to weigh in on whether utilities already doing business in Wisconsin should be given first dibs on building new transmission lines.