NEW: The DNR is asking to triple funding for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. JFC co-chair Rep. Mark Born says the whole program is in jeopardy after a WI Supreme Court decision barred lawmakers from blocking conservation projects. tmj4.com/news/state-cap…

.Speaker Robin Vos says he's open to the idea of a crane hunt but wants to see that it would keep the population sustainable. "Sandhill cranes mate for life, so usually if one of the two is killed in a pair, it usually means that they don't repopulate as quickly as they should."

Gov. Evers is reviving a plan that would let voters change state law. He also called Republicans’ plans for funding K-12 education “a joke” and criticized the Dept. of Public Instruction for how it decided to lower the bar on standardized test scores. tmj4.com/news/state-cap…

The Wisconsin Senate plans to vote this week on final passage of a measure putting the state's voter ID requirement in the state constitution, thereby making it harder to repeal The Assembly plans to pass the measure next week, which would then place it on the April ballot

Inbox: Republicans Rep. Adam Neylon and Van Wanggaard are proposing legislation to exempt gun safes from Wisconsin's sales and use tax. This comes roughly a month after a tragic school shooting in Madison.

Wisconsin Republicans want to ban cell phones in the classroom -- an idea that's gotten support from both Democrats and Republicans in other states. Students and teachers at one Wisconsin school that already bans phones say they've seen positive results. tmj4.com/news/state-cap…

In a case challenging Act 10, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denies a motion to bypass the appeals court. Justice Janet Protasiewicz also rejects the Legislature's motion for her to recuse herself.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' 400-year veto to increase school funding was not a violation of his partial veto powers.