Committee to consider statue of Wisconsin’s first Black SOS

January 26, 2021 8:41 am Leave a comment

The board in charge of decorations at the state Capitol voted Monday to create a subcommittee to study the prospect of placing a statue of Wisconsin's first Black secretary of state on the building's grounds.

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Travel difficult as storm bears down on southeast Wisconsin

January 26, 2021 8:38 am Leave a comment

A Midwestern winter storm is making travel treacherous as wind-whipped snow piles up in Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on repealing mask mandate

January 26, 2021 8:31 am Leave a comment

The Wisconsin Senate planned to vote Tuesday on repealing Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate, while it remained unclear whether the Assembly would follow suit as required to undo the order.

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TOP BIDDERS: Biggest winning bids from around the state this past week

January 26, 2021 8:29 am Leave a comment

See the biggest winning bids from around the state this past week, from our JobTrac online bidding service.

State favors new Madison site for $120M Wisconsin Historical Society museum

January 25, 2021 3:17 pm Leave a comment

A Big Boy statue from the once-popular restaurant chain stands alongside other artifacts in the basement of the Wisconsin Historical Society's headquarters in Madison. State officials, who have long sought to find a new home for the museum, recently abandoned plans to put a new building on Madison's Capitol Square and now are looking to replace a government building on East Washington Avenue. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

A new $120 million museum for the Wisconsin Historical Society would occupy an entire block of Madison's East Washington Avenue instead of a previously selected site on Capitol Square, according to revised project plans.

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Wisconsin doctors back mask order as Legislature eyes repeal

January 25, 2021 2:53 pm Leave a comment

The Wisconsin Medical Society on Monday announced its opposition to a Republican-authored resolution that would overturn the statewide mask mandate put in place by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

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Wisconsin shows lowest daily COVID-19 total since September

January 25, 2021 11:55 am Leave a comment

Wisconsin health officials on Sunday confirmed 1,119 positive tests for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily total since September.

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Despite GOP claim, few valid voter fraud claims in Wisconsin

January 25, 2021 9:34 am Leave a comment

When Donald Trump continued to falsely claim in December that massive fraud and other voting irregularities had cost him a second term, top Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature said they were reviewing thousands of complaints about the election.

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Evers looks to hire outside attorneys to handle PFAS suits

January 22, 2021 3:42 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers' administration announced Friday that it wants to hire outside attorneys to potentially file lawsuits over PFAS contamination.

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Contractors, congressmen decry Biden’s decision to cancel Keystone XL

January 22, 2021 3:29 pm Leave a comment

Bryan Steil, a Republican congressman from Janesville, speaks on Friday at a press conference held to protest President Joe Biden's decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline project. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Steil's office)

Construction workers joined three Wisconsin congressmen in Racine County on Friday to protest President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel work on the Keystone XL pipeline.

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