Experts say the new laws will strengthen emergency response across the state by funding more educational costs and increasing the payment EMS services get for treating but not transporting patients.

A bipartisan bill seeks to change the crime of impersonating a police officer from a misdemeanor to a felony. The move comes ...

A bipartisan bill in the Wisconsin State Legislature would let the city install traffic cameras to ticket speeders and red ...

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Wisconsin is one of many states to protect cops through a bill of rights, but it excludes state-employed police. Some lawmakers want to change that, while critics worry they are receiving special ...

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A K9 officer for a police department in southeastern Wisconsin resigned in 2024 amid an internal investigation that began after his ex-girlfriend, herself a police officer in the area, alleged that he ...

The Trump Administration is pushing states to put more federal funding into slower, but cheaper-to-install, satellite internet. Critics fear a giveaway to the companies of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

Wisconsin is one of many states to protect cops through a bill of rights, but it excludes state-employed police. Some lawmakers want to change that, while critics worry they are receiving special ...