JANESVILLE – After a back and forth across two meetings, the Rock County Board settled on language in a lobbying resolution Thursday night that would push for the state to pick up more of the financial burden of the circuit court system and lessen the burden on Wisconsin counties.
EVANSVILLE – The Evansville Community School District is planning four community information sessions to meet with the public about an upcoming operational referendum.
The state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee plans a public-input meeting on the 2021-23 budget at UW-Whitewater in April.
Clerks said one thing that could improve Wisconsin elections is an extra day to count absentee votes.
The question of how to protect the public from the coronavirus continued to be a political football after Wednesday's state Supreme Court ruling.
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck declined on Thursday to discuss the dispute between the committee she serves on and the state's attorney general.
The state Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance plans a public hearing in Janesville next week.
Janesville officials made their annual presentation to local state legislators Friday and complained about state funding.
The debate on legalizing marijuana is reverberating among Rock County officials and advocates in the aftermath of the county board’s decision to put a marijuana advisory referendum question on the November ballot.
Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, who is seeking a fifth term in 31st Assembly District, is being challenged by Democrat Brittany Keyes, a physical therapist from Beloit.