Wisconsin News

Legislative bodies perform two critical and complementary functions. The first is to pass bills; the second is to not pass them.

Wisconsin legislators have taken the first step to amend the state Constitution to make it harder to recall them, the governor, attorney general and other state officials.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL BRING A QUICK COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

A mandate to improve fire safety at nursing homes has led to beefed-up protection for some of Wisconsin's most vulnerable residents.

Wausau Police Department officials say multiple guns were found Saturday under a Wausau bridge.

A winter weather advisory will remain in effect for Sheboygan County and the entire state of Wisconsin through 6 a.m. Monday morning, the National Weather Service has announced, even as weather-related pileups have closed highways throughout southeast Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office described conditions on the interstates as "extremely slippery and dangerous" with multiple pileups, including a fatal rollover on Interstate 43 eastbound at Highway 100.

Supplies of the bright red fruit have trounced demand, sending prices paid to independent growers falling to levels not seen in more than a decade, industry watchers say.

Saturday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II in the Pacific Theatre.

A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official says it's too late to cancel a four-day antlerless deer hunt in northern Wisconsin as three Republican lawmakers are requesting.

It's in effect for the following counties: Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Lafayette, Marquette, Richland, Rock, Sauk and Walworth.

Here are 10 trends shaping the future of Wisconsin's tech-based economy: Campus entrepreneurism: A decade ago, it was difficult to find organized entrepreneurial education programs on Wisconsin campuses, the exceptions being the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison and the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship at Marquette University.

State Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack contacted Republican state senators urging support of an amendment to the state constitution that could put her in charge of Wisconsin's high court.

A former employee at Verona-based Epic Systems has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the software company of failing to pay overtime wages.

For the past two months, AyLee Her started most workdays with an error message on his office computer.

I want to talk to you about the challenges people face due to the failed rollout of Obamacare, and what we are doing to protect them here in Wisconsin.

Beginning in January, Wisconsin hospitals will receive monthly reports that detail how they perform in important newborn screening metrics, including how long it took for babies' blood samples to arrive at the state lab to be tested for rare yet deadly disorders.

Outgoing University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly bid system leaders farewell Friday, delivering a lofty speech about the system's responsibility to search for truth.

Wisconsinites utilizing BadgerCare and the State's Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Program .

A new report says two out of every three people who graduate from a Wisconsin college do so with student-loan debt, saddling the state with a dubious No.