Lawmakers set $639M in new funding for schools, voucher expansion in next state budget
The Legislature's budget-writing committee is set to take up transportation funding on Sept. 5.
The Legislature's budget-writing committee is set to take up transportation funding on Sept. 5.
A week of below-normal temperatures left corn in southwest Wisconsin needing some heat to mature, according to the weekly Wisconsin crop progress and condition report issued Monday.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — After receiving positive feedback from two players who had the procedure in recent weeks, the Seahawks sent five more players to have an orthopedic procedure known as Regenokine done to prepare for the start of the…
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Tennis Association says that the Trump Organization has suspended its suite agreement for the U.S. Open while President Donald Trump is in the White House — but wants the chance to renew when he's…
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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — When the Washington Redskins went three-and-out on the first two drives of their third preseason game, players feared they'd get an earful.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The clock is ticking for the Tennessee Titans, who have had two ugly preseason losses and need to clean up what coach Mike Mularkey says are too many mistakes.
MADISON — The Legislature’s budget-writing committee Monday approved $5 million for the planned expansion and renovation of the La Crosse Center.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A driver for the ride-hailing service Lyft was fatally shot and his passenger wounded in Cleveland.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State spending on K-12 schools would increase by $639 million over the next two years, low-spending districts would get a boost and wealthier families could qualify for taxpayer-funded private school vouchers under a plan approved Monday…
DETROIT (AP) — For a surprise choice, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi appears to check the boxes needed to tackle the massive job of leading Uber from a rapidly growing but dysfunctional money-loser to a company that can turn a consistent…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh is playing games.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Just one week after calling off their five-month QB competition, the Denver Broncos have found themselves dealing with another quarterback conundrum.
Lawmakers on the state's budget-writing committee voted on Monday to approve the largest funding boost to Wisconsin's K-12 schools since before Gov. Scott Walker took office.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin budget committee action (all times local):
NEW YORK (AP) — The Samuel Jackson-Ryan Reynolds action-comedy "The Hitman's Bodyguard" topped the North American box office for the second straight weekend, but overall business was extremely soft thanks to modest new offerings and the competition of the Floyd…
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — Norfolk Southern says three of its railroad employees and two contract workers have been injured after two machines used in track maintenance collided on one of its rail lines in West Virginia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-ranking political appointee at the Environmental Protection Agency has been cited by federal financial regulators for unspecified violations while serving as the top executive at a community bank in Oklahoma.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on developments in legal and state disputes involving the Dakota Access oil pipeline (all times local):
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Goode has won the long snapper job again for the Green Bay Packers following the release of undrafted rookie Derek Hart.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have given coach John Harbaugh a contract extension, even though the team has missed the playoffs in three of the past four years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with rates on three-month bills rising while those on six-month bills were unchanged.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a Sioux City man of attempted murder for firing more than a dozen shots at a Woodbury County sheriff's deputy.