Immigration

A number of Wisconsin schools will be using gunshot-detection sensors when classes resume this fall to try to get police to respond more quickly to a mass shooting. The sensors are among various security upgrades schools are rolling out with grant money state lawmakers approved this...

BARRON — The avian flu has returned to Wisconsin. The USDA says 84,000 turkeys could have been exposed at a farm in Barron County owned by Jennie O Turkey Store, and the birds have been quarantined so they can be monitored. Testing began more than one month ago after the turkeys...

Two of Wisconsin's top Republican leaders hailed the U.S. Supreme Court's tie vote which struck down President Barack Obama's immigration plans. But state Hispanic groups condemned the decision and said it could hurt up to 34,000 Wisconsinites who could have benefited. On a 4-4 tie...

Dear Editor, We appreciated the Star-Observer story about the Francis family and their struggle with legal immigration. Our family, friends and concerned neighbors have contacted Senators Kohl and Feingold, and Rep. Kind to try to help get this situation rectified. The Francis family...

The official language of the state of Wisconsin will be English if some lawmakers get their way. The group has introduced a bill (AB 289) which would make English the official language of the state. The primary author of the bill is longtime Democratic lawmaker Rep. Marlin Schneider,...