While $360 million is going to child care in the most recent budget bill, some child care centers are still closing and raising rates. Here's why.

Yes. The state is spending more than it is taking in, and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projects the state is on pace to have a -$1.4 billion general fund deficit by June 30, 2029.

Wisconsin’s new budget will spend down most of the state’s reserves, resulting in a balance of $770.5 million on June 30, ...

With the number of law enforcement officers in Wisconsin near record lows, the bill aims to ease staffing shortages with ...

Wisconsin's new state budget eliminates the state's sales tax on household energy bills, saving taxpayers more than $178 ...

State senior living groups say they appreciate Wisconsin lawmakers for their “generosity” in funding the state’s Medicaid HCBS waiver program.

In a rarity in recent years, the state budget received just enough support from legislative Democrats. In exchange, they got ...

Readers had mixed feelings about the new tax cuts on retirement income, with some who support it worrying about its impact on ...

Wisconsin's new state budget provided funding to maintain minimum payment rates to assisted living facilities part of the ...

WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN CENTURY-OLD ABORTION BAN Wisconsin Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, said that he did not receive a copy of the budget until 8:55 a.m. on Wednesday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature announced a deal Tuesday on a new two-year budget that cuts income taxes, increases ...

The State Senate Democratic Committee said Sen. Rob Hutton, who voted against the budget, has the most flippable seat in ...