Interviews

Assembly Republican and Democratic authors announced competing bills at a joint press conference last week.

It’s common for state legislators to have a second job in America’s Dairyland. The state Senate and Assembly each meet for only part of the year, allowing time for elected members to seek additional work.

A new report finds that suicide has increased 15 percent in Wisconsin from 2014 to 2023. We explore new legislation to add safeguards to handgun purchases and unpack a new report on why suicide is continuing to increase.

Widely used agricultural pesticides nicknamed “neonics” are posing a threat to pollinators and the crops they support, experts said during a briefing at the State Capitol. 

Lawmakers helped raise a wall on a Habitat for Humanity home in Menasha Tuesday.

Republican Dave Maxey and Democrat Lee Snodgrass disagree on calls to end the practice, but agree on proposed legislation to process absentee ballots early

Putting a spotlight on National Ice Cream Month may have been one of the reasons for a pair of meetings hosted by Gov. Tony Evers Monday, but so was the future of the state’s top seat.

When the funding ends, the industry will be right back in the position it was in: providing a critical but expensive need for families, kids and employers and doing so on low margins and with an underpaid, overworked staff

State legislators are still hammering out details on what the next two-year budget will look like, even as negotiations between Republicans and Governor Tony Evers have gone stale.

A press conference on Thursday introduced the 2025 Pollinator Protection Package. State Representative Lee Snodgrass hosted the event, which was aimed at protecting and encouraging the health of Wisconsin’s pollinators and their habitats.