House requests briefing from postmaster general about ‘alarmingly high’ COVID-19 infections among USPS workers

The House Oversight Committee has asked USPS postmaster general Louis DeJoy to address the “alarmingly high numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths suffered by postal workers.”

Senate votes to move forward with Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial after debating constitutionality

The impeachment trial against the former president opened Tuesday with a Senate debate and vote on whether it's constitutionally permissible to prosecute Donald Trump since he is no longer in office.

President Biden to visit Milwaukee next week in 1st official trip

President Joe Biden will visit Wisconsin next week for his first official trip as president, participating in a TV town hall from Milwaukee.

What to watch as Trump's 2nd impeachment trial kicks off

Trump's lawyers insist as the Senate trial opens Tuesday that he is not guilty on the sole charge of “incitement of insurrection."

WI Republican says marijuana proposal 'likely to be dead upon arrival'
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Should Wisconsin legalize marijuana? Governor Tony Evers wants to use the budget to do that, but the Republican Legislature is likely to snuff out this latest pot proposal.

Senate confirms Biden pick Denis McDonough as VA secretary

The Senate has overwhelmingly voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Stimulus checks: Democrats propose $1,400 payments as part of Biden's COVID-19 relief plan

Democrats on a pivotal House panel on Monday proposed an additional $1,400 in direct payments to individuals as Congress began piecing together a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that largely follows President Joe Biden's proposal for battling the pandemic and reviving a still staggering economy.

WI Republican says marijuana proposal 'likely to be dead upon arrival'

Should Wisconsin legalize marijuana? Governor Tony Evers wants to use the budget to do that, but the Republican Legislature is likely to snuff out this latest pot proposal.

Low voter turnout expected in Wisconsin primary next week

Turnout is expected to be low next week in Wisconsin's spring primary election, where there's one low-profile state race on the ballot in addition to more than 100 local races.

Trump lawyers blast impeachment as 'political theater' on eve of trial

Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday blasted the impeachment case against him as an act of “political theater” by Democrats. The trial is set to begin Tuesday.

Evers says legalized marijuana would net $165M in 2023

Some lawmakers say Wisconsin has been losing money on this because Wisconsinites are going to states that have legalized marijuana.

President Joe Biden chats with troops overseas watching the Super Bowl

"Tonight, I called into watch parties in Kabul and on the USS Nimitz to thank them for their service. We are forever in debt to those who sacrifice so much to keep us safe," Biden said.

Big challenge: President Biden pressed to end federal death penalty

Joe Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling new executions.

George P. Shultz, secretary of state in the Reagan administration, passes away at 100

President Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, George P. Shultz, who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, has died. He was 100.

Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears

Donald Trump’s defenders in the Senate on Sunday rallied around the former president before his impeachment trial, dismissing it as a waste of time.

Governor Evers proposes legalizing marijuana in Wisconsin

Gov. Tony Evers announced Sunday his 2021-23 biennial budget proposes regulating and taxing marijuana much like Wisconsin regulates and taxes alcohol.