DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, ...

Wisconsin Republicans on Thursday continued their yearslong effort to reverse the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s decision not to quantify a specific statewide goal for the state’s gray wolf population with a public hearing on a bill that would require the agency to set one. ...

Tribes in Wisconsin and beyond are opposing the Trump administration’s proposal to end protections for millions of acres of roadless areas on national forest land. The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to repeal the “roadless rule” that’s been in place for 25 years. About 58 ...

According to a Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis, Wisconsin’s general fund balance at the end of the biennium, June 30, 2027, is projected to be $2.37 billion, about $1.53 billion above the projected balance when the 2025-27 biennial budget was enacted last year. According to the LFB on ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — An extreme cold watch will be in effect from Thursday night through Saturday afternoon for the Upper Peninsula, the National Weather Service said. Dangerously cold wind chills as low as minus 32 degrees below zero Fahrenheit are possible, forecasters said. At Iron ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court raised 10 times as much last year as her Republican-endorsed opponent, putting in stark relief the challenge conservatives face in winning the race in the battleground state. The reports filed this week offer ...