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Wisconsin regulators approve lower rate hikes for We Energies and WPS

State regulators approved electric rate increases for two of Wisconsin’s biggest utility companies Thursday, but the size of the rate hikes came in lower than the utilities requested. We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, both owned by the same parent company, filed applications in ...

Infant dies from measles as Wisconsin outbreak grows

A Wisconsin infant has died of measles — the first death from the viral illness since 1990, the state health department reported Thursday. The death comes as Wisconsin has experienced the largest number of measles cases in more than 35 years, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer ...

Child dies of measles in Wisconsin, first such death since 1990

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An infant in southwestern Wisconsin has died after contracting measles, the state’s first death from the disease in 36 years, state officials announced Thursday. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services did not specify where the death happened or provide any ...

Crowley defeats Tiffany to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican Tom Tiffany on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black person to lead the battleground state. Crowley’s win over Tiffany, the U.S. representative from the ...

Wisconsin voters pass two of three constitutional amendments

Wisconsin voters approved two of the three constitutional amendments on the ballot Tuesday. Over the past eight years, the Republican-controlled Legislature has frequently used the state’s constitutional amendment process to circumvent the veto pen of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Tuesday’s results give the Republicans a nine for 15 record in those efforts. Under state law, a proposal to amend the state Constitution must be passed in two consecutive legislative terms and then approved by the voters. ANTI-EQUITY Voters approved an amendment that will prohibit state and local ...