Anya van Wagtendonk

Wisconsin Democrats have introduced a bill that would do away with restrictions on abortion in Wisconsin, including repealing a Civil War-era law long interpreted as banning abortion in the state.

Republicans in the state Assembly approved a series of changes to Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance program Tuesday, including renaming it “reemployment assistance” and adding requirements for eligibility.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who run the Legislature both say they’re having productive conversations about passing a tax cut, even as timing of the state budget is in limbo.

Wisconsin Republicans are reviving bills that would make wide-ranging changes to unemployment benefits and prevent local communities from establishing guaranteed income programs.

The center is expected to cost $419 million, and will consist of a 395,000-square-foot facility. School leaders say it will allow them to accept an extra 1,000 engineering students each year.

Wisconsin’s decades-old land purchase program is “on life support,” a Republican supporter told environmental advocates Wednesday.

Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, will not be seeking another term leading the state party.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined other states in filing more than a dozen lawsuits, appeals or “friend of the court” filings, all pushing back on actions out of the White House and other federal agencies.

Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who led a failed investigation into the 2020 election results, should lose his license for three years, according to a recommendation from the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

Wisconsin leaders are reacting to Trump tariffs with tempered optimism, concern or outright castigation.