Republicans

Gov. Tony Evers says he will veto the tax proposal if it reaches his desk.

Wisconsin voters took in the barbs, slams and jabs at a GOP debate watch party in downtown Milwaukee Wednesday night. But they were left with major policy questions.

Thousands of people filed into the Fiserv Forum Wednesday for the GOP presidential candidates debate. Meanwhile, protesters also gathered in downtown Milwaukee including a pro-union group.

More than 150 people marched for various rights that the marchers say the GOP threatens.

WUWM's Maayan Silver spoke to people at the Brookfield Farmers Market and a debate watch party in Milwaukee.

Eight GOP presidential candidates will take part in the event at Fiserv Forum. Protests await.

The Republican Party is shifting its attention to Milwaukee, a city that will host both the first GOP primary debate on Wednesday and the party's nominating convention next summer.

Milwaukee has often had visits from presidents of both parties who find it a convenient point of contact with voters proud to be part of either the middle class or the working class.

Republican lawmakers voted to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million despite a projected record-high $7 billion state budget surplus, leaving the university nearly half a billion dollars short of what it requested.

Wisconsin Republicans have again allowed therapists, social workers and counselors to try to change LGBTQ clients’ gender identities and sexual orientations — a scientifically discredited practice known as conversion therapy.