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Wisconsin News

Green Bay and Marinette lift bridges to close for inspections

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Northeast Region announces routine maintenance and inspections of lift bridges in the cities of Green Bay and Marinette in Brown and Marinette counties will take place next week. The bridges will be closed during inspections. On ...

Evers signs law for online sports betting in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill into law Thursday that legalizes online sports betting, making it the 33rd state to allow the practice. But gamblers in Wisconsin will have to wait months or maybe even longer before they can start to legally place bets. The law ...

Marinette tax proposal fails; Kennedy elected circuit court judge

Voters in Wisconsin's spring election turned down a Marinette County property tax request and elected Robert A. Kennedy Jr. as circuit court judge in Florence and Forest counties. The property tax referendum in Marinette County sought a levy increase of $1.5 million to support public safety ...

Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, widening its liberal majority

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority will grow after state Appeals Judge Chris Taylor was elected to a 10-year term Tuesday. Her victory over her conservative opponent, Appeals Judge Maria Lazar, was declared by the Associated Press at 8:36 p.m. All results are unofficial until ...

Evers signs bills releasing money to combat PFAS contamination

Gov. Tony Evers signed a pair of bills Monday that will release more than $133 million for communities to fight water contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — better known as PFAS — in Wisconsin. The bill signing is the culmination of about three years of debate over the ...

Marinette tax referendum is on today’s spring ballot

Marinette County voters today will decide a referendum that seeks to raise the county's annual property tax revenues by $1.5 million to support public safety and other essential county services. If approved, the levy would result in an estimated property tax increase of $20 per $100,000 of ...