The Capitol Report

Interest groups spent about $2.7 million more to lobby the Capitol in the last half of 2017 as the state budget dragged on, compared with the same period in 2015, a WisPolitics.com review shows. 

More than half of the appointees on the state Elections and Ethics commissions continued to make political donations to state candidates and groups even after joining the bodies, according to a WisPolitics.com check of campaign finance reports.

Republicans at the Wisconsin state capitol are working hard to curry favor with rural voters in this election year of 2018.

Republicans in Madison and Washington are working to rein in those who get taxpayer-funded aid amid worries from social service advocates that the poor and underemployed are being unfairly targeted.

The state’s first-ever advertising campaign to attract and retain Wisconsin workers is getting a thumbs-up from business and economic development leaders.

An Assembly committee has unanimously approved legislation that would boost compensation for people wrongfully imprisoned.