government and politics

City Councillor Craig Sutherland, who represents the city's 8th District, opened a discussion during the Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday about decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Superior.

Wisconsin state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers will be the Democratic candidate for governor, facing Republican incumbent Gov. Scott Walker on Nov. 6. Evers carried the race with nearly 42 percent of the vote, about 39 percent in Douglas County. Firefighter union...

Candidates running for Wisconsin's 25th Senate District are featured on the The Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio at 10 a.m. Monday on 91.3 KUWS-FM in Superior and 90.9 WUSW-FM in Ashland. Incumbent Democrat Janet Bewley of Delta and Republican James Bolen of Cable debate important...

Wisconsin state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers will be the Democratic candidate for governor, facing Republican incumbent Gov. Scott Walker on Nov. 6.

Arrest records, a transgender glass ceiling and the specter of President Donald Trump all loomed large Tuesday as polls began to close in primary contests across four northern states, with Republicans competing to show fidelity to the president and Democrats struggling with another...

Governor Scott Walker ordered flags to half-staff on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in honor of Army Sgt. 1st Class R. Lloyd Ketchum of Superior, who fell at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War.

Superior’s Finance Committee held preliminary discussions about a proposal to cut the city’s landfill fee and develop an ordinance to guide distribution of the city’s terminal tax Thursday.

Douglas County is moving ahead with plans to regulate metallic sulfide mining after the state lifted a decades-long moratorium on the operations. Douglas County's Zoning Committee held its second public hearing on the matter Wednesday before approving a recommendation to the full...