February 13, 2024 Lawmakers advance bill requiring Universities of Wisconsin to admit all top-performing high schoolers The Universities of Wisconsin would be required to guarantee admissions for up to the to 10% highest-performing members of the Badger State's high school population.
February 13, 2024 Wisconsin's GOP-led Legislature makes second attempt to draw maps before Supreme Court does Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Senate is attempting to pass a new legislative map before the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court does, officials say.
February 12, 2024 Surprise retirement of GOP congressman sparks competition for Wisconsin seat Republican U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher announced his retirement from Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District, triggering potential candidates vying for his seat.
February 12, 2024 Battleground Wisconsin: Swing state locked in clash over Somali refugee resettlement Wisconsin – a major battleground in the 2024 presidential election – is currently a battleground over a refugee resettlement controversy.
February 7, 2024 Wisconsin inmate's daughter files federal suit over solitary confinement suicide Megan Hoffmann Kolb is suing Wisconsin prison officials over the suicide of her father, Dean Hoffmann, in solitary confinement last year.
February 7, 2024 'Suspect' in Wisconsin bar shooting makes 'emphatic' denial in newlywed killings: lawyer "Person of interest" questioned by police in the fatal shootings of newlyweds Emerson and Gina Weingart in a Wisconsin bar on Feb. 1. No charges have been filed.
February 7, 2024 Universities of Wisconsin launch online course website, including nearly 100 from bachelor, master programs The Universities of Wisconsin launched a new online course program in an effort to market prospective students around the world. This comes as the college fights declining enrollment.
February 7, 2024 Wisconsin teen accused of injuring 6 in shooting to be tried in adult court A 16-year-old boy charged in a Wisconsin shooting that wounded six people after a Juneteenth celebration will be tried as an adult after a judge granted prosecutors' request.
February 6, 2024 Wisconsin man pleads guilty to charges connected to death of 9-month-old he was babysitting Antoni Cirra pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide and first-degree endangering safety. He is set to be sentenced on March 8.
February 6, 2024 WI justice's campaign ads used horse imagery in nod to lewd inside joke about opponent, top staffer says Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz's campaign reportedly snuck horse-related imagery into her 2023 ads to reference a lewd inside joke about opponent Dan Kelly.