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Just a few years after President Donald Trump backed a primary challenger against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the Rochester Republican says he and the president are “tight.” 

Two dozen GOP state lawmakers are asking President Donald Trump to weigh in on whether utilities already doing business in Wisconsin should be given first dibs on building new transmission lines.

For the first time in years, the Wisconsin State Assembly formally recognized February as Black History Month — during the month of February.

The funding is tied up as the Legislature awaits oral arguments and a decision by the state Supreme Court.

Wisconsin Democrats say they’ll introduce a package of bills to lower drug prices, make school lunch free and create a tax credit for low-income people as their first official actions in a new legislative session.

Assembly Republicans voted Tuesday to advance a proposal that would enshrine Wisconsin’s existing voter identification law into the state constitution.

Wisconsin lawmakers held a public hearing on a proposal to enshrine Wisconsin’s existing voter ID law into the state constitution on Tuesday.

Wisconsin state lawmakers were inaugurated Monday to commence a new session — the first after legislative districts were redrawn, shifting the political parties’ share of power in both chambers.

2024 was a big year for Wisconsin politics. This upcoming year is going to be no different. WPR politics reporters Rich Kremer and Anya van Wagtendonk spoke with “Morning Edition” Alex Crowe about what stories they’re watching in 2025.

Wisconsin was front and center of politics for the majority of 2024. WPR Capitol Bureau Chief Shawn Johnson joined “Morning Edition” host Alex Crowe to sum it all up.