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Wisconsin Public Radio » Politics
4d ago
Steil was appointed to the role last week by Rep. French Hill, the House Financial Services chair who has emerged as a major crypto backer in Congress.
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4d ago
The State Building Commission on Friday approved a new proposal to use unspent funds for a new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It comes after Republicans on the commission blocked a similar proposal last month.
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4d ago
State workers are vacating several Madison office buildings as the state prepares to put those downtown properties up for sale.
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5d ago
About $5 million has already been raised by two judges vying to be the next justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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5d ago
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has once again signed on to legislation that would ban transgender student athletes from competing on teams that don't match their assigned gender at birth.
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5d ago
Three candidates have filed nomination papers for state Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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5d ago
It passed along party lines as Democrats protested that Republicans were playing politics ahead of a high-profile Supreme Court election.
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6d ago
Two candidates have emerged as the contenders for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court after a filing deadline Tuesday evening.
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1w ago
Wisconsin lawmakers held a public hearing on a proposal to enshrine Wisconsin's existing voter ID law into the state constitution on Tuesday.
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1w ago
Wisconsin state lawmakers were inaugurated Monday to commence a new session — the first after legislative districts were redrawn, shifting the political parties' share of power in both chambers.
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