MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin governor’s creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be “attention grabbing,” but it was constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The 4-3 ruling from the liberal-controlled court ...

MARINETTE — Theatre on the Bay will present “Murder on the Orient Express” Thursday, May 15 through Sunday, May 18 at the Bayshore Arts Center in Marinette, Wis. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Isolated on the Orient Express train, and with a ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking qualified stakeholder applicants to serve on the DNR’s Wolf Advisory Committee. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, May 4. The purpose of the WAC is to assist the DNR with the implementation of the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive ...

Wisconsin saw a record number of fires in January and February this year due to a lack of snow as climate change has set the stage for more wildfires. Wisconsin averages 864 wildfires that burn around 1,800 acres each year, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Jim ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The municipal clerk in Wisconsin’s capital city has quit amid investigations into how she failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in the November elections. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s office announced City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl’s resignation on ...