Life expectancy drops in Wisconsin due to alcohol, drugs
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Life expectancy in Wisconsin has dropped for two years in a row fueled by increased deaths from alcohol abuse and opioids, a report released Monday from…
Doctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in US
NEW YORK (AP) — As many as 50 people in at least six states have come down with breathing illnesses that may be linked to e-cigarettes or other vaping products.…
Former Wisconsin football player found not guilty of rape
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury deliberated for just 30 minutes on Friday before it acquitted former University of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus on charges alleging that he sexually…
Fed aid to help Wisconsin, 9 other states improve workforce data
WISCONSIN (AP) — Wisconsin is one of 10 states that are receiving federal grants designed to improve the quality of data about the workforce. Wisconsin, like most of the states,…
Willie Nelson brings Farm Aid 2019 to Wisconsin’s dairy land
EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) — Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews will headline Farm Aid 2019 when the music and food festival visits Wisconsin’s struggling dairy country…
Catching up on Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake: Three things you need to know about Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons
By Allison Dikanovic Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service A lot has happened over the past week affecting the future of Wisconsin’s youths in the justice system. As local and state leaders…
Wisconsin’s high supervision rate can cause — rather than prevent — longer incarceration, studies show
Supervision time in Wisconsin is third-longest in the U.S., meaning more chances for revocations and increased prison populations. By Izabela Zaluska Wisconsin Watch Revocations for rule violations — and not…
Badger State Games weekend lineup
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW The Badger State Games’ Summer Games are celebrating 35 years of bringing Olympic-style sporting events to Wisconsin, allowing athletes of all ages and abilities to “Go…
Republicans tweak budget for passage; Evers mum on veto plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans proposed last-minute changes to the state budget on Tuesday to appease skeptical conservatives just hours ahead of the state Assembly vote, saying their plan is…
What to watch as GOP’s revised budget moves ahead
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have rewritten Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget in the past few weeks, pushing it through the Joint Finance…
At 40, Wisconsin CUB sees consumer and environmental fights converging
By Kari Lydersen Energy News Network As a wave of consumer activism swept the country in the 1970s, Wisconsinites formed the country’s first statewide consumer advocacy group focused on utilities.…
High court reinstates much of Wisconsin lame duck laws
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated most of the legislation passed by majority Republicans during a lame-duck legislative session aimed at capping the powers of…
Worker from Wisconsin killed at Tennessee quarry
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a worker from Wisconsin has died at a Tennessee quarry. Nashville police said 22-year-old Colin Sawasky was working in a ditch at Vulcan Materials…
The Latest: Republicans defend not expanding Medicaid
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin budget deliberations (all times local): 5:55 p.m. Republican leaders of the Legislature’s budget committee are defending their decision not to expand Medicaid…
University tuition freeze, DNR scientists up for key vote
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Proposals to continue a University of Wisconsin tuition freeze for another two years and restore previously cut scientist positions at the…
5 indicted in Wisconsin accused of forced immigrant labor
By IVAN MORENO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal prosecutors indicted five people accused of forcing 14 Mexican immigrants to work in farms in Wisconsin, where they “were victims of…
Johnson says abortion issue should be left up to states
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he doesn’t support a federal law mirroring Alabama’s effort to ban most abortions.…
Wisconsin joins bipartisan coalition on allowing marijuana-related businesses banking access
By Shereen Siewert MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul will join a bipartisan coalition of 38 states and territorial attorneys general urging member of Congress to pass the federal…
