🎧 Reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs discusses the racial makeup of police departments in relation to the communities they serve.
Two new single family homes are coming to the north side of La Crosse next summer after an application for federal housing money from the city was awarded to Habitat for Humanity La Crosse area.
A two-year pilot program providing legal assistance and representation for tenants facing eviction in La Crosse County is expected to launch in June.
Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee advanced an appropriations bill that would increase spending for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs by $18 billion from last fiscal year.
More research into the contaminated groundwater on French Island will begin soon after the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved a half million dollars for the project.
Students at La Crosse Polytechnic School are no longer allowed to use the playground across the street at Cameron Park due to safety concerns.
Wisconsin's 2023 Teacher of the Year Sarah Kopplin was one of many rally speakers calling for passage of Gov. Tony Evers' proposed budget increasing school funding.
A workforce training center expansion at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater La Crosse is one step closer to development after receiving financial support from La Crosse County.
Amid rising construction costs and deteriorating conditions, a proposal to increase the highway department budget for La Crosse County by $3 million was on the table for consideration at Thursday’s county board meeting.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said earlier in the day he was optimistic lawmakers can come to a bipartisan agreement.
An analysis details a web of fundraising and spending by five nonprofits that underscore what the New York Times described as flaws in how political nonprofits are regulated.
The state's high court ruled the contested measure, known as "Marsy's Law," was legally adopted after being passed by the Legislature and affirmed by voters.
Citing statewide court backlogs and understaffing, attorney organizations in Wisconsin have called for more pay to boost public attorney staff retention and prevent a constitutional crisis.
The surplus is jaw-dropping and more than the state has ever seen before.
The lawsuit alleges the Republicans and their attorneys broke multiple laws, including counterfeiting public records, illegally interfering with official procedures, defrauding the public and engaging in conspiracy.
Over 100 people died and 9,700 were injured in crashes involving school buses in 2021, according to the National Safety Council.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have largely supported efforts this session to crack down on crimes like carjacking and reckless driving.
The end of federal pandemic relief dollars, record inflation, a teacher shortage and increasing student mental health needs are creating a perfect storm in school districts across Wisconsin. The final deal on the next 2 years of education funding is expected to be among the last decisions th…
As reported by WisPolitics.com, the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee removed 545 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers' priorities from the state budget decrying them as dramatic expansion of state government. But Dems countered that many of those policies have big fiscal impacts -- and are overwhelm…
On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, Emilee and JR discuss how Assembly Republicans rolled out details of their plan to dedicate one penny of the state's 5-cent sales tax to shared revenue while allowing Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to each impose new sales taxes.…
Experts say the state’s political geography makes it unlikely that any new set of legislative maps would give Democrats a certain or even likely majority.
Madison has invited three finalists for its Lake Monona Waterfront design challenge to present their vision for the future of the shoreline from Williamson Street to Olin Park. Here are their concepts.
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Elections and the city of Madison's continued grappling with race and policing were what most triggered my reporting chops in 2022.
My first year at the Wisconsin State Journal gave me — and hopefully our readers — several stories worth looking back on.
"Someday in a more enlightened future, we will have a memorial day commemorating school children lost to mass shootings," writes columnist Michael Paul Williams.
Six months out from the November election, Republican and Democratic senatorial and gubernatorial candidates could hardly differ more on abortion policy.
Six months out from the November election, Republican and Democratic senatorial and gubernatorial candidates could hardly differ more on abortion policy.
Michels, who also owns a home in Hartland, said he has "spent the bulk of my time in Wisconsin" and blamed "special interests in Madison" for the report.
A Democratic group said Wednesday it plans to spend at least $21 million on ads supporting Gov. Tony Evers, the latest sign of increased spending in battleground Wisconsin's governor's race.