Politics

Wisconsin lawmakers are tackling proposals related to policing, and the Senate approved several.

Wisconsin families who want to send their children to a private school using a voucher paid for by taxpayers would increase to three times the federal poverty level under a Republican-backed bill passed Tuesday by the state Assembly.

The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public funding under a mostly symbolic bill up for a vote in the state Assembly.

Wisconsin will receive $700 million less than initially expected in federal coronavirus relief money and get it in two payments a year apart.

The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday, May 11 Andrea Palm as deputy secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The full Wisconsin Senate was set Tuesday to take the Legislature's first floor votes on police reform legislation since George Floyd's death.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature was scheduled to vote Tuesday on bills that would make it more difficult to vote absentee.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly scheduled votes Tuesday to override vetoes by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of bills that would prevent health officials from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine and prohibit the closing of churches during the pandemic.

Milwaukee prepares for nearly $400 million in federal COVID relief. The U.S. Treasury Department has released guidance on how the American Rescue Act money can be spent.

Wisconsin lawmakers this week are expected to take their first votes on police reform measures since George Floyd's death sparked a national reckoning on policing and racial justice.