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Wisconsin News

Ethanol rules under review

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states beginning in 2024 under a rule proposed Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed rule is a victory for the biofuels industry, which for years has pushed to ...

Wisconsin DNR plans to release wolf comments ‘eventually’

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials aren’t saying when they’ll release hundreds of public comments on their new draft wolf management plan. Department of Natural Resources officials released their first new wolf management plan in almost 25 years in November. The plan ...

Evers proposes $3.8 billion in state building projects

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday proposed spending $3.8 billion on building projects in 28 counties around the state, with nearly half directed toward work across the University of Wisconsin System. The plan will first go to the state building commission on March ...

GOP Wisconsin budget committee leaders say flat tax rate unlikely

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are unlikely to include their plan for a flat 3.25% income tax rate in the state budget, heads of the Republican-controlled Legislature’s powerful budget committee said Tuesday. Rep. Mark Born and Sen. Howard Marklein, co-chairs of the ...

GOP lawmakers propose limiting UW tuition increases

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican head of the state Assembly’s higher education committee wants to limit future University of Wisconsin tuition increases to no more than the rate of inflation, an idea unveiled Tuesday that comes after a decade of frozen tuitions. The proposal from ...

Evers wants extended bar hours for GOP convention

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wants bars to stay open until 4 a.m. next year for the Republican Party’s national convention in Milwaukee. A provision in Evers’ budget proposal would allow bars in 14 counties surrounding Milwaukee to extend their hours to ...