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(The Center Square) - Wisconsin’s technical colleges are asking for $168 million in the state’s next two-year budget, including $59.4 million in general aid for the 2027-29 budget. The Wisconsin Technical College System currently has 293,000 students at 16 colleges in the state. The budget request, approved by the boar
(The Center Square) – There’s now a pierce tag for the people who have moved out of Wisconsin. The Institute for Reforming Government released a report that says out-migration over the past decade has cost the state $3.5 billion in lost revenue. "Over the last 10 years, more than 900,000 filers have left the state, mos
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin advocacy group has attempted to estimate the impact of Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding veto by creating a tool to estimate the property tax impact of the $325 per pupil funding increase allowance. Voters will have the chance to eliminate a governor’s partial veto power by bloc
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin has seen 32 fatalities from all-terrain and utility task vehicles this year and the DNR says that it will have additional law enforcement officers over the Labor Day weekend. Eighteen of the fatalities were on UTVs and 14 on ATVs across the state with the most recent being two accidents
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance released $10 million in funding from a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances settlement to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, with Republican members of the committee and Gov. Tony Evers pointing fingers at each other over a delay in the funding. Sen.
(The Center Square) – Flock cameras are the latest issue in Wisconsin’s race for governor, and the latest issue where the two candidates seem to agree. Democrat candidate and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley on Tuesday signed an executive order that changes how Flock cameras will be used in Milwaukee County. "P
(The Center Square) – For the second time in a month, a Wisconsin judge has ruled that Milwaukee County’s carve-out from contributing to the state’s Common School Fund is unconstitutional. This time, however, the ruling was not a mistake. The state’s most recent budget included an exception that allowed Milwaukee Count
(The Center Square) – The two candidates for Wisconsin governor will take part in a debate on Oct. 21 without an audience at the Marquette University Law School. Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany will take part in the debate between 7 and 8 p.m., hosted by WISN with moderators Matt Smith and Gerron Jord
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday the state is looking into banning Flock cameras as communities throughout the state question if they should continue to use the cameras. “Whether that is the answer, all’s I know is we have to have an answer,” Evers told reporters. The license-plate-reading c
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s election managers are telling local election managers not to worry about President Donald Trump’s new executive order for mail-in ballots. The Elections Commission approved a new clarification for local election clerks that explains how to handle the order that would have the Post Offi
(The Center Square) – Americans voters say local governments should have the most say on whether data centers are approved, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found that 50% of those surveyed want local governments to have the most power, 21% think it should be state governments, 11% think th
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Elections Commission plans to send a letter thanking the Milwaukee Elections Commission for its promised release of documents by this Friday related to an error at Milwaukee Central Count on the night of the recent primary. On Friday, the MEC acknowledged that a team led by its deput
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