MADISON (AP) - President Donald Trump is planning to deliver a speech on the economy in Milwaukee on Thursday. The White House confirmed the planned visit on Monday, which comes two weeks into Trump's presidency. His last trip to Wisconsin…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Minnesota's medical marijuana program needs more money to help cover costs associated with being one of the most restrictive laws in the country. The state's Office of Medical Cannabis is seeking $500,000 over the next…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota law enforcement and state prosecutors are supporting a Republican-sponsored bill that would increase penalties for people involved in riots. Representative Todd Porter of Mandan told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that the proposal…
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's attorney general says he is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his lawsuit Monday, becoming…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A procedural vote in the Senate on Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee sets up an extended debate over the president's executive order barring refugees for at least four months and the direction of U.S. policy toward…
MADISON (AP) - A panel of federal judges has ordered the Wisconsin Legislature to redraw legislative boundaries by November, rejecting calls form those challenging the maps to have the judges do the work. The three-judge panel released its decision in…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Assembly Republican leaders are asking the state Department of Transportation for a review of costs for recently completed, ongoing, and planned projects. The letter sent Friday to DOT Secretary Dave Ross, comes after release of an…
ST. PAUL - Governor Mark Dayton today signed Chapter 2, SF 1 to provide an automatic 25-percent reduction in health insurance premiums for the more than 125,000 Minnesotans facing significant premium increases in the individual market. The following is a…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The former head of President Donald Trump's transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek budget and staff cuts. Myron Ebell left the transition team last week saying, in an…
MADISON (AP) - A highly critical audit of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, released Thursday morning, says the agency budgeted to complete more highway projects than could be done with the money available because it didn't take into account inflation…
ST. PAUL , Minn - Legislators from across greater Minnesota have joined together to call for a $100 million investment in broadband. They're stressing the economic development reach that investment in broadband creates, something they say Minnesota is in need…
SUPERIOR, Wisc. - A group of Superior High School students got to be part of some historic events last weekend in Washington D.C. Six students from the UW-Superior Upward Bound program…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved aggressively to tighten the nation's immigration controls Wednesday, signing executive actions to jumpstart construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and block federal grants from immigrant-protecting "sanctuary cities." "Beginning today the United States of…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been sworn in to be President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. Vice President Mike Pence swore in Haley on Wednesday. The Senate voted 96-4, Tuesday night, in favor…
DULUTH, Minn.-After passing out during yesterday’s State of the State Address, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton was back on track today as he released his budget plans. One area mentioned locally is…
