Mar. 20, 2025 11:45a
(WGTD)---Although it’s early in the state budget process, there’s already talk that a budget stalemate is brewing.
Speaking on the WISN TV program ‘UpFront’ earlier this month, Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August of Lake Geneva said Republicans could hold up passing the budget...
Mar. 20, 2025 10a
(WGTD)---WGTD will be hosting a forum Thursday evening for candidates running for a seat on the Racine City Council.
There are five contested races in the April 1st election.
The event will be held in the ‘quad’ conference room at Gateway in Racine beginning at 6.
While an in-person...
Mar. 20, 2025 9:40a
(WGTD)---1st District Congressman Bryan Steil will hold a telephone town hall meeting next week. It’s scheduled for Monday evening at five.
Constituents can monitor the call by registering in advance online or by calling Steil's office at 608-752-4050.
The event comes as opposition...
Mar. 18, 2025 9:45p
(WGTD)---The Racine City Council failed to get a quorum at its regularly-scheduled meeting Tuesday night.
Because only six of the council’s 14 members showed up on time, Mayor Cory Mason had to cancel the session, even though the agenda was jam-packed with items that drew a full...
Mar. 17, 2025 8:10p
From WGTD News:
26-year-old Abdullah Rashada, Jr. escaped a conviction of 1st Degree Intentional Homicide in Racine Court, but he's still going to prison. After a jury earlier this year acquitted Rashada of the murder charge, a judge yesterday sentenced him to a two-year prison...
Mar. 16, 2025 9:45
(WGTD)---Proposed redevelopment projects emanating from downtown Racine's Verdant boutique hotel and restaurant are among projects up for consideration at Tuesday night's Racine City Council meeting.
Dominion--the Milwaukee-based company that created the Verdant out of a vacant...
Mar. 14, 2025 4p
(WGTD)---A ten-day balloon adventure is wrapping up this weekend in Williams Bay.
It’s a fundraiser that features over 100,000 balloons artistically configured to build on a theme titled “Voyage into the Deep Sea.”
Speaking this week on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Today was...
Mar. 13, 2025 7:30p
(WGTD)---Preliminary budget-cutting has reduced Kenosha Unified's projected deficit for next year from $19 million to $4.4 million.
The school board got a briefing Thursday night in the wake of the failure of a referendum last month that would've negated the need for painful cuts...
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