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Governor Evers has signed the law to keep the UW Merit Scholarship going. The scholarship, which is worth five thousand-dollars to incoming freshmen with excellent grades, was supposed to end this year. Lawmakers last month unanimously voted to make the scholarship permanent, and yesterday the governor signed it into law. The governor says the Merit Scholarship is one way to keep Wisconsin’s best and brightest in Wisconsin.

Republicans now have a supermajority in the Wisconsin Senate.  Republican Representative Dan Knodl  beat out Democratic businesswoman Jodi Habush  Sinykin in the Wisconsin Senate District Eight election Tuesday.  This gives Republicans a two-thirds majority in the senate, but overriding vetoes from the governor will still be difficult because they’re two seats shy of a supermajority in the Wisconsin House.

Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office released information about her recent efforts to secure funding for our state and water quality issues. “Every Wisconsinite needs to know that when they turn on their faucet, clean and safe water is coming out…” The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Wisconsin will receive nearly $139 million in federal funding for essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades across the state funded by the Senator Tammy Baldwin-supported Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

“We’re trying to make it a little more realistic. They may be using force. They may be using communication skills. They’re not exactly sure what is coming.” Dalton Dey sat in a corner of the Chippewa Valley Technical College building in Menomonie, sobbing. He held a realistic-looking knife in his hands. Menomonie Police Officers Kayla Tisol, an investigator, and her partner, Kelly Pollock, a lieutenant, approached the young man. “Hi, my name is Kayla,” Tisol said. “I work with the

Above Photo: Emily Dzikowich, a dietetics major, does research in the microbiology lab at UW-Stout. She is one of more than 50 UW-Stout students presenting research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 13-15 at UW-Eau Claire. Emily Dzikowich views slides on a microscope in the microbiology lab at UW-Stout.  Emily Dzikowich is looking forward to presenting her research about very small things, soil microbes, on a very large stage — the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. “I have

For the third time in the last 30 days, a big winning Lottery ticket was purchased in Wisconsin Rapids when a $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold for the Monday, April 3, 2023, drawing. Purchased at Kwik Trip on 1111 Lincoln St. in Wisconsin Rapids, the Powerball ticket matched four of five numbers (16-30-31-54-68) plus the Powerball (1). Nicknamed the Paper City, Wisconsin Rapids has recently hosted two other big Lottery wins, including $350,000 SuperCash! winning tickets from the drawings on March 28th (Kwik Trip, 4611 8th St.) and March

Wisconsin’s bail system is changing. Nearly 70 percent of voters in the state last night approved two constitutional amendments that will give judges more power to keep people in jail. The amendments will allow judges to look at the charges as a whole, as well as consider a suspect’s criminal history when setting bail. The changes come after years of work, but were spurred along by the low bail given to the man who killed six people at the Waukesha

In the end, Wisconsin’s most-watched and most-expensive Supreme Court race ever wasn’t even close. Liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz easily won a term on the court, beating former Justice Dan Kelly by almost 11 points. Protasiewicz got just over a million votes, while Kelly got just over 800 thousand. The race set records for spending, with a 45 million-dollar price tag according to some reports. Protasiewicz will join the court for a 10 year term and will hear arguments about Wisconsin’s pre-Roe abortion

Two-thirds of voters in Eau Claire County want Wisconsin’s abortion law changed. Nearly 66 percent of voters yesterday voted for an advisory referendum that tells lawmakers in Madison to change the pre-Roe abortion law that bans abortions in every case except to save a mother’s life. The vote is advisory-only, and won’t change the law. The law, however, is not expected to last. Voters yesterday also elected Judge Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court. She has all but promised to

Voters in Altoona have said ‘No’ to the local school’s 26 million-dollar referendum. The question narrowly failed, losing by just 83 votes. Altoona Schools were asking for the money to convert the old National Business Institute building into an elementary school. Superintendent Dr. Heidi Eliopoulos says voters have decided what they want for their schools. There’s no word if the district will try with another referendum in the next election.