WUWM talked to two southeast Wisconsin legislators — one Republican, one Democrat — to hear about their priorities for the upcoming session and the climate of working across the aisle in Madison.

The Marquette Law School poll last asked Wisconsin voters about their support for voter ID in 2021, plus in 2012 and 2014.

Republicans asked Justice Janet Protasiewicz to recuse in a case seeking to overturn a law that effectively ended collective bargaining.

Vos said "70 to 80% of the public" in Wisconsin and the country supports requiring photo identification to vote. National polling from Pew and Gallup released in 2024 shows more than 80% of the public supports voter ID, including majorities of Democrats.

Gov. Tony Evers and state Democrats have set their sights on reducing gun violence in Wisconsin. Part of that push is proposing sweeping gun safety reform.

Postpartum Medicaid expansion, a bipartisan effort in the Wisconsin Legislature, again is in the hands of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers used his seventh State of the State speech Wednesday to urge the Republican-controlled Legislature to enact a wide range of proposals they have rejected in the past, including numerous gun control measures just a month after there was a school shooting not far from the state Capitol.

Republican and conservative leaders in Wisconsin are calling again for tax cuts after Gov. Tony Evers touted his fiscal policy in Wednesday’s State of the State speech. Evers has a “distorted memory” of the policies that led to a $4.

Gov. Tony Evers used his State of the State to urge the Legislature to enact proposals that Republicans have rejected in the past.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday asked that a liberal state Supreme Court justice step aside in a pending case that seeks to overturn a 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most state workers.

Republicans argued the majority of the public — including in Wisconsin — supports requiring voters to show their ID before getting a ballot. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the referendum will ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Evers unveiled a more than $500 million plan to lower child care costs, and support the industry and employers who rely on it.