The nominees to an obscure board that hears appeals of local decisions on the siting of livestock facilities finally got confirmation hearings on Thursday after several members’ terms had long expired.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) objects to some of the findings in an audit conducted by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, which found problems with the department’s community corrections program.
The auto industry and public agencies are looking ahead to a bigger transition to electric vehicles, and it’s not just adding more charging stations.
Faced with a growing number of options for where to enroll their children in school, parents quickly narrow their choices based on their own educational experience as students.
“The scope and impact of this issue is really immense,” Dr. Ben Weston, chief health policy advisor for Milwaukee County and medical services director of its Office of Emergency Services, said during a virtual briefing Tuesday.
State and national agencies are warning of fire dangers across Wisconsin, as warm spring weather arrives.
April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, and Wisconsinites are urged to be aware of how family violence can affect pets – as well as the need for owners to provide pets a suitable living environment.
It’s almost an everyday dilemma for consumers – whether to believe a food expiration date.
Milwaukee County has seen a rise in overdose deaths involving xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer. Last year the county saw at least 51 deaths involving xylazine and the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities held a more than four hour meeting on Thursday in an attempt to find ways the Legislature can facilitate free expression on the state’s public university campuses.
As Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz took the stage at her election victory party Tuesday night, the three current members of the liberal minority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court watched from off stage, arm-in-arm, as they took in the moment they became a majority.
Here in Wisconsin, the average price per gallon of gas is $3.322, about 10 cents per gallon more expensive than last week.