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Wisconsin energy policy needs to increase energy availability, not subsidize utilities’ gambles.
Gas plants used to power data centers increase costs for consumers, risk of exposure to pollutants, and accelerate the harms of climate change.
It’s possible that taxpayers will be on the line for most of a $20 million loan given to the UW Athletic Department in 2020.
The conjunction of a member-owned co-op and an employee labor union is unique. Group Health Cooperative has a chance to regard this as an opportunity, find common ground with employee organizers and become a national model for labor-management cooperation.
Before Operation Metro Surge sent thousands of armed federal agents into Minneapolis, terrorizing families and spreading chaos and violence in formerly peaceful residential neighborhoods, local parent organizations were already setting up networks to provide mutual aid and safely transport children of immigrants to and from school.
Couldn’t understand the words, still the message came through loud and clear.
I surely was not the only one who laughed out loud when Congressman Andy Ogles described the Super Bowl halftime show as “gay pornography.” I viewed the show as stylized and choreographed in the same tradition that has defined pop‑music halftime shows for decades. But all of a sudden we are to believe that a cultural emergency has befallen the country.
Maybe the culture wars started with the Dixie Chicks. The “Dizzy Chicks” hated on Dubya and the president’s supporters returned the disfavor. Today, even Big Bird is suspect.
The state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund contained more than $2.1 billion at the end of 2025, well above the threshold to maintain the lowest employer tax rate schedule. The state Department of Workforce Development yesterday issued a financial summary for
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov Nonpartisan coalition including seniors, agriculture stakeholders, and hunger relief organizations urges lawmakers to quickly approve key investments to prevent Wisconsin taxpayers from having to pay as much as $205 million in penalty fees to the Trump Administration on top of hundreds of millions the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will cost in future budgets MADISON — A nonpartisan coalition of over 160 stakeholders, including AARP, agribusinesses, hunger relief organizations, and advocacy groups from across Wisconsin
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin lawmakers split along party lines on a GOP bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Wisconsin energy policy needs to increase energy availability, not subsidize utilities’ gambles.
Gas plants used to power data centers increase costs for consumers, risk of exposure to pollutants, and accelerate the harms of climate change.
It’s possible that taxpayers will be on the line for most of a $20 million loan given to the UW Athletic Department in 2020.
The conjunction of a member-owned co-op and an employee labor union is unique. Group Health Cooperative has a chance to regard this as an opportunity, find common ground with employee organizers and become a national model for labor-management cooperation.
Before Operation Metro Surge sent thousands of armed federal agents into Minneapolis, terrorizing families and spreading chaos and violence in formerly peaceful residential neighborhoods, local parent organizations were already setting up networks to provide mutual aid and safely transport children of immigrants to and from school.
Couldn’t understand the words, still the message came through loud and clear.
I surely was not the only one who laughed out loud when Congressman Andy Ogles described the Super Bowl halftime show as “gay pornography.” I viewed the show as stylized and choreographed in the same tradition that has defined pop‑music halftime shows for decades. But all of a sudden we are to believe that a cultural emergency has befallen the country.
Maybe the culture wars started with the Dixie Chicks. The “Dizzy Chicks” hated on Dubya and the president’s supporters returned the disfavor. Today, even Big Bird is suspect.
The state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund contained more than $2.1 billion at the end of 2025, well above the threshold to maintain the lowest employer tax rate schedule. The state Department of Workforce Development yesterday issued a financial summary for the UI Trust Fund covering 2025. The fund is made
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov Nonpartisan coalition including seniors, agriculture stakeholders, and hunger relief organizations urges lawmakers to quickly approve key investments to prevent Wisconsin taxpayers from having to pay as much as $205 million in penalty fees to the Trump Administration on top of hundreds of millions the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will cost in future budgets MADISON — A nonpartisan coalition of over 160 stakeholders, including AARP, agribusinesses, hunger relief organizations, and advocacy groups from across Wisconsin today sent a letter to members of the Wisconsin State Legislature,
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin lawmakers split along party lines on a GOP bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.