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Democrats reelect Neubauer as Assembly minority leader

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats reelected Greta Neubauer as Assembly minority leader on Tuesday after she helped the party flip nearly a dozen seats in this month’s elections. Assembly Democrats unanimously selected Neubauer as their leader during an afternoon caucus meeting in ...

Trump favors Duffy for transportation secretary

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Duffy is a former reality TV star who was one of Trump’s most visible ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case affecting elections leader

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court grappled Monday with a case affecting whether the swing state's nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and ...

Boy ‘may now rest in peace’ 65 years after his body found in Wisconsin

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The remains of a 7-year-old boy were buried Friday, a solemn last act in a yearlong effort to confirm the identity of a skeleton found decades ago in a road culvert in Wisconsin. The boy was known as Markku Jutila when he disappeared in 1959, the name given to him by his adoptive parents in Houghton County. But records and DNA tests this year revealed that his birth name was Chester Breiney, the Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, sheriff’s office announced Nov. 8. The boy’s adoptive parents were charged in his death in 1966. Despite incriminating ...

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Enbridge’s contentious plan to reroute an aging pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribal reservation moved closer to reality Thursday after the company won its first permits from state regulators. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials announced they ...

Study: Voters in Wisconsin passed record number of school referenda

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters saw a record number of school referenda on their ballots in 2024 and approved a record number of the funding requests, according to a report released Thursday. The Wisconsin Policy Forum study found that school districts asked voters to sign off on a record 241 referenda, eclipsing the old record of 240 set in 1998. The referenda sought a total of $5.9 billion, a new record ask. The old records was $3.3 billion set in 2022. Voters approved 169 referenda, breaking the old record of 140 set in 2018. They authorized a record total of $4.4 billion ...