The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday is scheduled to send to Gov. Tony Evers a pair of bills making it easier to carry concealed firearms in Wisconsin, including in vehicles on school property.

The Democratic candidate for governor, Tony Evers, said on Monday that if he's elected, he would be open to toughening licensing requirements for Wisconsin's concealed-carry law, which adopted by his Republican rival.

Concealed weapons could be carried in Wisconsin without a permit under a "right-to-carry" bill headed to the state Senate for a vote as soon as next month.

Republican lawmakers say Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is firing blanks if he thinks he can convince the Legislature to give him the authority to prohibit guns on his city's buses.

The state Department of Justice quietly agreed to stop enforcing concealed carry class size limitations last year.

Wisconsin's Department of Justice has launched a new website for residents to apply for and renew concealed carry weapon licenses.

A man who was walking near a school with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle on his shoulder and a handgun in a holster had his loitering conviction overturned Tuesday by a Wisconsin appeals court, a victory for open carry advocates.

Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill legalizing concealed switchblades and knives.

It looks like a Republican bill that would allow people with concealed weapon permits to carry guns on school grounds is going nowhere in the state Assembly.

Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a pair of bills expanding and simplifying Wisconsin's concealed carry law.

The state Senate has passed a pair of bills making it easier for active military personnel and retired police officers to carry concealed weapons.

A Cottage Grove man is fighting to get a concealed carry permit after the state denied him because he's been convicted of domestic violence.

The state Department of Justice has moved a lawsuit over concealed carry class sizes to federal court.

A gun rights group has filed a lawsuit against Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen alleging his state Justice Department's concealed-carry rules limit training class sizes.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has revamped its website to make it more user friendly.

Wisconsin's top cop says the Connecticut school shootings may have been unpreventable.

The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?

The next big issue in the national debate over guns -- whether people have a right to be armed in public -- is moving closer to Supreme Court review.

An Illinois law prohibiting individuals from carrying loaded guns outside the home violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

The state Justice Department is preparing to enact a second round of emergency rules enabling the agency to issue concealed carry permits.

Wisconsin lawmakers voted Thursday to extend temporary guidelines for the issuing of concealed weapons permits until mid-December.

A state appeals court says Winnebago County's judges can bar prosecutors from carrying concealed weapons in courtrooms.

Wisconsin’s new concealed-carry law, while heralded by many gun-rights advocates, has created some confusion for employers and property owners.

The Legislature's rules committee voted Thursday to extend through mid-October temporary regulations that enacted Wisconsin's concealed carry law.

Concealed carry applicants in Wisconsin would need instruction in the use of deadly force and how to avoid violent situations under new rules the state Justice Department has proposed.

The state Supreme Court won't help a prosecutor carry a concealed weapon in the courtrooms.

Winnebago County judges say they are prohibiting guns in their courtrooms to ensure everyone has a safe environment in which to settle a dispute.

The Winnebago County district attorney plans to file a petition with the state Supreme Court on Monday asking that he be allowed to carry his gun in the county courthouse.

Local governments can ban concealed weapons at all manner of polling sites, from city halls to assisted living facilities, state election officials have concluded.

Republicans in the state Senate don't plan to vote on a bill doing away with minimum concealed carry training requirements.