Not reaching a deal on a massive bill increasing state aid to Wisconsin’s local governments will only increase the chances that Milwaukee runs out of money, forcing deep cuts to police and fire ...

Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, right at lecturn, is surrounded by fellow Republican lawmakers in the Assembly chamber, as he discusses details of a funding plan to save Milwaukee ...

MILWAUKEE -- Bankruptcy filings were up nearly 50 percent in Wisconsin during the first half of the year, according to court records. There were 7,667 bankruptcy petitions filed statewide through June ...

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed into law a bipartisan proposal to provide financial aid to Milwaukee, as well as allow the city and county to raise the local sales tax. The move is ...

The sales tax in Milwaukee will go up 2 cents per dollar next year after the Common Council voted Tuesday to raise the rate as part of a bipartisan plan to avoid bankruptcy. City leaders who pushed ...

MILWAUKEE - Bankruptcy filings were up nearly 50 percent in Wisconsin during the first half of the year, according to court records. There were 7,667 bankruptcy petitions filed statewide through June, ...

MADISON, Wis.MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has handed cash-strapped Milwaukee a lifeline to stave off bankruptcy, allowing the city to raise sales taxes without voter approval as part of a larger local ...