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Local officials expect large numbers of voters in the year ahead.
New parents could get an advance on their child tax credits under a bill a local lawmaker helped introduce Wednesday.
The Janesville League of Women Voters invites the public to a talk on redistricting reform and gerrymandering.
Candidates who want to run in the nonpartisan spring elections can start asking for nominating signatures on Sunday.
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-1st District, will hold his ninth telephone town hall at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's staff will hold office hours in Beloit.
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-1st District, announced hours his staff will meet with constituents around the district next week.
The first candidate looking to challenge longtime incumbent state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, has thrown her hat into the ring.
Steil will take constituents' questions in a phone conference Wednesday evening.
Republican Congressman Bryan Steil and his Democratic counterpart, U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, toured local businesses Monday.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan will hold a Rock County town hall at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Edgerton City Council Chambers at 12 Albion St.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., has announced he will conduct a telephone town hall for constituents Thursday evening.
Janesville native Paul Ryan is joining a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
Janesville might not see a deluge of delegates who will put their feet up in a local hotel during the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee in July. But those crowds could create a ripple effect, bringing other visitors to the city.
Two Democratic state lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to help combat student loan debt for beginning farmers.
Former congressman Paul Ryan is moving his family to a suburb of Washington, D.C., Politico reported Tuesday.
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed state Rep. Debra Kolste to the Task Force on Caregiving, which aims to help improve benefits and compensation for caregivers in Wisconsin.
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-1st District, was part of a congressional delegation to Israel last week, the same week that two other members of the House were denied entry to the Middle Eastern country.
Freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil will have a Democratic challenger for his 1st District seat next year.
The 1st District representative responded Wednesday to the controversy over a recent tweet by President Trump.
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., on Monday invited constituents of the 1st Congressional District to call in their questions Tuesday evening.
Rep. Deb Kolste, D-Janesville, has introduced legislation intended to prevent consumers from receiving surprise medical bills.
Rock County Board members narrowly voted Thursday to table a resolution that would place a non-binding advisory referendum on the spring 2020 ballot asking voters if they think Wisconsin should expand Medicaid.
Rock County Board members will vote Thursday on whether to place an advisory referendum on the 2020 spring ballot asking voters if they think Wisconsin should expand Medicaid as allowed under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Gov. Tony Evers visited Janesville on Tuesday to sign into law two bills that allow patients to bypass step therapy and more easily access in-home medication.
Area legislators are split along party lines in their support for the 2019-21 state budget approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature last week.
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Rep. Bryan Steil announced a "telephone town hall" for Wednesday.
The 1st Congressional District's new representative on Tuesday discussed the first bill he has authored.
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First Congressional District Rep. Bryan Steil will hold a listening session at Milton City Hall on Friday.
As talks about merging fire and emergency medical services departments amplify, legislators this week will unveil a bill that would give volunteer firefighters and EMS workers tax credits.
Two measures authored by state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, advanced in the Legislature on Wednesday.
State Rep. Tyler August says he believes Gov. Tony Evers' proposed $1.4 billion hike in education funding is unrealistic. But after touring two Delavan-area schools Monday, he said he expects some kind of funding increase to pass the Legislature.
Beloit Turner High School on Monday got a $25,000 grant to expand its fabrication laboratory and a visit from Gov. Tony Evers, who praised the school district's project during the state's "Fab Lab Day."
The new 1st District representative will hold a "telephone town hall" at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The new lieutenant governor is scheduled to speak in Janesville the night of May 19.
Rep. Bryan Steil's re-election effort raised more than $300,000 in the first three months of this year, Federal Election Commission records show.
A bill co-authored by state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, that aims to help homeless youth unanimously passed the Assembly Committee on Children and Families on Wednesday.
The former speaker of the House spoke to about 700 people at Forward Janesville's annual dinner Tuesday night
Longtime Delavan City Council member Ronald Henriott won re-election in the District 1 race Tuesday night, beating challenger Luis Solis.
Here are the unofficial vote totals for other races in Tuesday's election.
One newcomer will join the Delavan-Darien School Board after Tuesday's election, and two incumbents will retain their seats.
Voters in the Elkhorn Area School District on Tuesday chose to elect two newcomers to the board, unseating an incumbent.
Newcomers Jan Klaehn and Rene Johnson toppled incumbents Curtis Nyhus and Eric Busse to win seats on the Evansville School Board.
A mildly strong Election Day turnout boosted Rock County’s voting numbers, allowing the county to surpass earlier low predictions.
Elkhorn voters picked Tom Myrin, a council incumbent, to serve again on the city council as the District 5 alderman.
Two newcomers edged out the incumbent in the Clinton School Board race.
As Whitewater's newly elected city council member in District 3, Brienne Brown says she's got groceries on the brain.
A newcomer, an incumbent and a former city council member were voted on to the Edgerton City Council.
Janesville City Council’s four incumbents comfortably won re-election Tuesday night, but the fifth-place finisher still has a chance to earn a seat.
Whitewater Unified School District voters on Tuesday chose one incumbent and one newcomer to fill two open school board seats.
Voters rejected the Clinton School District's $41.9 million facilities referendum Tuesday, prompting the school board president to say that officials might look at another referendum.
