Anya van Wagtendonk

In the days since two Minnesota lawmakers were shot in their homes, Wisconsin representatives have differed about security needs for elected officials in the state.

Lawmakers in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would formally classify gig drivers for transit apps — such as delivery drivers and rideshare operators — as independent contractors, rather than employees.

Ben Wikler, the outgoing chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, says he’s hoping to write a book that will offer lessons to national Democrats.

Wisconsin Democrats on Wednesday announced legislation aimed at proactively responding to measures out of Washington that they say will hurt Wisconsinites, including potential changes to federal funding for state programs.

After critics of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tried twice to recall the powerful Republican, GOP lawmakers are pushing a bill that would tighten the rules for circulating recall petitions. Under the bill, people circulating recall petitions would need to live in Wisconsin.

Arguments began Monday in a lawsuit that could change Wisconsin’s participation in a national group that helps maintain state voter laws.

In one of their first votes on this year’s budget, Republicans on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee approved ongoing funding for a handful of positions at the state’s licensing agency. But the number of jobs funded at the Department of Safety and Professional Services by Thursday’s vote fell well short of what Gov. Tony Evers’…

A budget bill that would form the cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s agenda passed the U.S. House last week with support from all six of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen. But Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is now leading opposition to the legislation as it makes its way through that chamber.

Wisconsin would lose about $314 million in food assistance from the federal government under the massive budget bill passed by the U.S. House early Thursday, according to an an analysis of the proposed cuts by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Hundreds of nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison say they’ll go on strike next week, after months of contract negotiations.