Politics & Government

The state Department of Natural Resources policy board plans to vote this week on whether to hire its own attorneys in a pair of lawsuits seeking to block the fall wolf hunt.

U.S. Senate hopeful Sarah Godlewski says she raised $1.36 million in the third quarter.

After nearly a year without a permanent fire chief, the Rhinelander Fire Department will soon have a new leader. Brian Tonnancour accepted an offer for the position this morning.

Several female Vilas County departments heads don’t believe their concerns about the County Chairperson’s ability to lead are being taken seriously.

Environmental groups and tribal communities are asking the Biden administration to stand with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in her call to shut down the Line 5 dual pipelines, which run under the Straits of Mackinac.

A conservative think tank and former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ decision excluding the group’s writers from press briefings, which lower courts have said was legal.

Attorney General Josh Kaul said Monday that the investigation is a partisan political effort that lacks credibility, wastes taxpayer money and is not serious.

Gov. Tony Evers has issued a formal apology for Wisconsin’s role in Native American boarding schools, joining with leaders from the state’s tribes at an Indigenous Peoples Day event.

As COVID cases continue to rise in Northern Wisconsin, Johnson presented false and misleading information about the tool that most health professionals laud as the key to overcoming the pandemic — the vaccine.

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