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Incumbent, GOP-backed challenger to face off in Wisconsin school race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader will face a Republican-supported challenger after both advanced in Tuesday's three-person primary. The winner in the April 1 general election will guide education policy in the battleground state during ...

Evers unveils $119B budget, calls for tax cuts, pushback on tariffs

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday decried what he called “irresponsible decisions in Washington” and “needless chaos,” saying his new two-year spending proposal was designed to prepare for drastic cuts from the federal government. Evers released ...

Incumbent Wisconsin schools leader, GOP-backed challenger advance in primary

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader will face a Republican-supported challenger after both advanced in Tuesday's three-person primary. The winner in the April 1 general election will guide education policy in the battleground state during President Donald Trump's second term. Jill Underly, currently serving her first term as state superintendent, and Brittany Kinser, a private school advocate, both advanced in Tuesday's primary. Jeff Wright, a rural school superintendent, was eliminated. Underly was first elected to head the Wisconsin ...

Wisconsin court rules Republican had no right to bring voting lawsuit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit challenging the use of a mobile voting van in 2022. The lawsuit sought to ban the use of mobile voting vans in any future election in the ...

Long Lake road projects to get $2.5M WisDOT grant

A grant of $2.52 million will be awarded for a road project in the town of Long Lake in Florence County under Wisconsin’s Agricultural Roads Improvement Program. The work will be done on Lost Lake Road, Chipmunk Rapids Road and Dream Lake Road, as the program aims to improve aging roads and culverts critical to moving agriculture and forestry products. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced the funding earlier this month as part of $150 million dedicated to ARIP in the 2023-2025 biennial budget. In June 2023, Evers signed Wisconsin Act 13 to expand ...

Mass layoffs begin of federal workers

NEW YORK (AP) — Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil ...