Amid ridership declines, local fiscal restraints, and the loss of federal pandemic aid, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) faces a fiscal “cliff” that could translate into a deficit in its operating budget of nearly $26 million annually in 2025.
Members of the state legislature's powerful budget committee often impede projects or programs they don't like by sidestepping state law in order to exercise a secretive "pocket veto," Wisconsin Watch recently revealed.
In his 2023-25 budget, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing to do away with this process when it comes to conservation and recreational projects paid for by stewardship funds. But GOP lawmakers have already vowed to rip up the document and start over, leaving little chance the Legislature will adopt Evers’ idea, Dee J. Hall writes in the most recent "Your Right to Know" column from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
Late season snow storms always take me back to March 24, 1979 in the tiny town of Franklin in Jackson County.
Imagine this scenario: You just completed your divorce case. The case lasted 120 days and you are anxious to move on with the next phase of your life. You
Wisconsin is a longstanding national leader in enjoying and protecting its abundant natural resources.
In the course of my writing over the years, the topic of spring is among my most frequent musings.
There’s the two-year budget plan that gets a lot of attention at the Capitol.
In just the past decade, the number of emergency teaching licenses in Wisconsin has nearly tripled, suggesting schools are facing increasing challenges from staff shortages and high turnover in areas such as special education.
The spring election isn’t over until April 4. But already spending in this year’s state Supreme Court has demolished the state and national judicial spending records.
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