On April 7 Glendale‑River Hills voters will decide a four‑year, $5 million‑per‑year referendum that officials say is needed to preserve programs and staff.

Kamala Harris stopped in Madison on Sunday to promote her memoir 107 Days and acknowledged gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes during a moderated conversation at the Orpheum Theater.

All 18 Milwaukee County Board seats are on the April 7 ballot, but only three districts are contested. Here’s what supervisors do and which races to watch.

Six Democratic lawmakers filed a bill in Madison to allow medical aid in dying for eligible terminally ill adults, setting age, prognosis and repeated-consent safeguards. Supporters call it dignity; critics call for caution.

City defendants asked a federal judge to toss large parts of former alderwoman Kathleen Cummings' civil‑rights suit, arguing many claims are time‑barred.

State senators probed Attorney General Josh Kaul over Bloomberg‑funded legal fellows; Kaul said the hearings were political theater. The panel plans an April report.

Rep. Sylvia Ortiz‑Velez was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after prosecutors say she threatened a fellow lawmaker over a Hispanic Heritage Month resolution; she denies the allegation.

Two Wisconsin Republicans circulated a Feb. 23 memo proposing the death penalty for certain child sex crimes, with DNA ties and automatic Supreme Court review. The move faces steep legal and political hurdles.

A new Fire & Police Commission partnership lets UWM criminal justice graduates submit transcripts instead of taking the written MPD exam, giving them preference points and direct interviews.

Democrats and a union coalition filed legislation to phase Wisconsin’s minimum wage to $20 by 2030, index it to inflation and raise the tipped wage. Supporters say it would lift pay for hundreds of thousands of workers.

Jim Troupis asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to disqualify Justices Jill Karofsky and Rebecca Dallet from a fake‑electors petition, citing 2020 remarks and court filings. The move heightens an already heated, long‑running legal fight.

A coalition led by the Wisconsin PTA filed a 105‑page lawsuit in Eau Claire alleging long-term underfunding left students without a "sound basic education."

Oversight commissioners and community groups want Milwaukee police to make problem‑oriented policing a formal policy to tackle persistent neighborhood problems.