Wisconsin Government News

DemocraticFarmerLabor Party lawmakers in Minnesota agreed on a tax package Thursday that will require smokers--among others--to pay more, reported the Associated Press.

An annual report from the state Division of Public Health shows Wisconsin hospitals have significantly reduced the number of the most serious infections and now have a rate below the national average.

The cost of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to reject federally funded Medicaid expansion and instead tighten income eligibility for the program has gone up.

Introducing any fire in the outdoors is strongly discouraged today. The DNR will be suspending all burning permits and citizens should check with local fire officials for any additional restrictions in place.

Wisconsin drivers and passengers should buckle up or they will have a better chance to get a ticket under a new statewide crackdown.

A Wisconsin woman saved her husband from an attacking black bear outside of their cabin by hitting the animal with a gun, authorities said.

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Geneva McKinley, 49, of Milwaukee, was convicted of two counts of filing false tax documents following her change of plea hearing Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court.

Many of the groups who helped Scott Walker win the Wisconsin recall were 501 Tea Party groups that worked in close tandem with his campaign despite their non-political tax designation.

A mining company has reduced the number of test holes it plans to make for a proposed iron ore mine near Lake Superior.

Investigators say a large wildfire caused by logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin wasn't intentionally set and criminal charges aren't expected.

Cher Yang of Fond du Lac, talks with Brittany Junck, a job recruiter for Aerotek of Appleton, during a job fair in Fond du Lac in December.

Walker's Department of Workforce Development released the new figures on Thursday, but they can't be compared to other states until next month.

A wildfire actively burns through the forest along Sutfin Road east of Duck Pond Road in Highland Township, Wis., east of Solon Springs, Wis., late Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

The state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee votes unanimously to add 15 new people to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue specifically to track down those who are delinquent in their state taxes.

Corrections.com May 15 2013 Armenian Prison Officials Hope To Learn From Wisconsin's Prison System By wpr.org - Gilman Halsted Published: 05/15/2013 Armenia decided to partner with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections because of its centralized system for classifying prisoners when they enter the prison, and then preparing them for release from ... (more)

Authorities and zoologists in Wisconsin removed a throng of exotic reptiles being housed in an urban residence this week - including a Gila monster, crocodiles and snakes - as shocked neighbors looked on.

The Waukegan News-Sun reported that 57-year-old Thomas Chmura was arraigned on Tuesday in Lake County.

Firefighters are working to contain a smoky wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that has consumed 8,700 acres, destroyed nearly 50 structures and forced dozens from their homes.

A recent raft of studies has revealed that there are far more unregulated and dangerous chemicals and drugs in U.S. waterways than was perhaps first imagined.

Crews from Wisconsin and Minnesota were trying to control a rapidly growing wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that forced evacuations of the sparsely populated area Tuesday.