MILWAUKEE – Governor Tony Evers announced Friday, March 12, all Wisconsinites will be eligible for a vaccine May 1. While many of us will have to wait until then, the 1C vaccine group is expected to be eligible by the end of this month. DHS has now added restaurant workers to the groups eligible in 1C.[…]

MADISON – Officials with the World Dairy Expo, the largest convention and exposition in Dane County, are exploring venue options outside the Madison area for this year’s event, due to local COVID-19 restrictions. Currently, Dane County, which has been home to the event for more than 50 years, remains the planned host for the expo.[…]

MADISON – While the City of Madison provides services residents need, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said what the city needs are options. That’s as the city faces tough budget cycles in the coming years, according to Rhodes-Conway. “In part because of the coronavirus pandemic, in part because of the structural issue in how severely the state[…]

LA CROSSE – Taxes in Wisconsin could be on the rise. The pandemic has left many strapped for cash, including local governments. Governor Evers’ is proposing in his biennial budget, giving counties and municipalities the ability to raise their local sales tax by 0.5% and control over how they spend it. One local official supports[…]

MADISON – A new proposal from Gov. Tony Evers would double the maximum amount counties can impose in sales taxes and let larger cities enact their own sales tax on top of that. The plan is expected to be part of the governor’s biennial budget when it is unveiled on Tuesday. Under his proposal, counties[…]

GREEN BAY – We now know who’s next in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as a part of Wisconsin’s Phase 1B rollout. But, despite being urged by Wisconsin Manufacturing & Commerce, the state’s largest business lobbying group, manufacturing workers are still excluded. Teachers, child care workers, essential workers and even prisoners are among those[…]