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Cooke campaign: New poll: Rebecca Cooke grows lead over Derrick Van Orden to 50-46 in closely-watched House race

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – A new poll shows Rebecca Cooke leading Rep. Derrick Van Orden 50-46 (+4) in the highly competitive race that could decide control of the House of Representatives.  This latest poll shows Rebecca growing her lead by three points from

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Marquette Law School: New Marquette Law School national survey finds 61% think Trump wins almost always or most of the time at the Supreme Court

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

MILWAUKEE — A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds 61% of adults think the United States Supreme Court is ruling for President Donald Trump “almost always” or “most of the time,” while 39% say the Court is ruling

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DC Wrap: House passes Iran war powers resolution with Wisconsin Republicans voting against

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin’s House Republicans oppose a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing negotiations with Israel and Iran.

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Missy Hughes: Self-serving politicians undercut surplus spending deal

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Both sides of the aisle in this governor’s race chose their ideological corners over the people they want to lead.

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Dan Shafer: Tom Tiffany is unfit for office

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

The presumptive GOP nominee in the race for governor is an election denier, and seeking to overturn the results of a free and fair election is extreme in a way that goes beyond policy disagreements.

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Bill Marsan: Wisconsin’s transmission debate needs facts, not false choices

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Transmission development should never be about a race to the bottom. Transmission is long-lived, critical infrastructure, and the hard part isn’t submitting low-cost bids. It’s delivering projects on time and maintaining a regulatory structure that holds people accountable for decades after the press releases stop.

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Nina Chat: Making Wisconsin classrooms open to parents will benefit students

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Open classrooms can connect all the parents, students and teachers as one family.

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Testin latest to push for another vote on failed $1.8 billion surplus package

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

State Sen. Pat Testin, who’s leading the Senate GOP’s campaign effort this fall, told an event hosted by Grover Norquist that he’s pushing for another attempt to pass a $1.8 billion surplus package.

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Picture of a hallway at the Milwaukee School of Languages

Cavalier Johnson, Howard Fuller, Gregory Wesley and JoAnne Anton: DPI failing Milwaukee students by holding reading funding

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

State schools superintendent reverses course and says DPI lacks authority to support the Milwaukee Reading Coalition at all. That directly contradicts the guidance provided in previous year.

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Dane County takes another look at license plate cameras after canceling Flock contract

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Portrait of Gregory Humphrey

Gregory Humphrey: Why America’s 250th birthday doesn’t feel like 1976’s celebration

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

For a nation that once threw itself a year‑long Bicentennial bash — tall ships crowding New York Harbor, wagon trains converging on Valley Forge like a Norman Rockwell recreation — the silence today is deafening. And it is very sad as we prepare to observe the semiquincentennial.

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Wisconsin communities end contracts with surveillance company Flock over privacy, misuse concerns

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Natalie Eilbert: On the tyranny of screens

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Screens are unavoidable, and can be used for good, but only if we change our doom-spiral routine.

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Dodge County considers moratorium on data centers

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Minocqua Brewing’s Bangstad not on the ballot for governor — yet

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Francesca Hong sued over credit card debts

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Mandela Barnes rolls out ag agenda ahead of Trump’s Wisconsin visit

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Ahead of state trip, Trump approval drops in nationwide Marquette poll

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Pres. Trump to visit Wisconsin on Friday, kicking off an embattled campaign season

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Van Orden highlights Trump admin efforts for Wisconsin farmers ahead of Friday visit

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
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Cooke campaign: New poll: Rebecca Cooke grows lead over Derrick Van Orden to 50-46 in closely-watched House race

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. – A new poll shows Rebecca Cooke leading Rep. Derrick Van Orden 50-46 (+4) in the highly competitive race that could decide control of the House of Representatives.  This latest poll shows Rebecca growing her lead by three points from February. She continues to be popular among voters overall, with

Read More »

Marquette Law School: New Marquette Law School national survey finds 61% think Trump wins almost always or most of the time at the Supreme Court

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

MILWAUKEE — A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds 61% of adults think the United States Supreme Court is ruling for President Donald Trump “almost always” or “most of the time,” while 39% say the Court is ruling for him “only some of the time” or “almost never.”

Read More »

DC Wrap: House passes Iran war powers resolution with Wisconsin Republicans voting against

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin’s House Republicans oppose a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing negotiations with Israel and Iran.

Read More »

Missy Hughes: Self-serving politicians undercut surplus spending deal

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Both sides of the aisle in this governor’s race chose their ideological corners over the people they want to lead.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: Tom Tiffany is unfit for office

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

The presumptive GOP nominee in the race for governor is an election denier, and seeking to overturn the results of a free and fair election is extreme in a way that goes beyond policy disagreements.

Read More »

Bill Marsan: Wisconsin’s transmission debate needs facts, not false choices

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Transmission development should never be about a race to the bottom. Transmission is long-lived, critical infrastructure, and the hard part isn’t submitting low-cost bids. It’s delivering projects on time and maintaining a regulatory structure that holds people accountable for decades after the press releases stop.

Read More »

Nina Chat: Making Wisconsin classrooms open to parents will benefit students

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Open classrooms can connect all the parents, students and teachers as one family.

Read More »

Testin latest to push for another vote on failed $1.8 billion surplus package

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

State Sen. Pat Testin, who’s leading the Senate GOP’s campaign effort this fall, told an event hosted by Grover Norquist that he’s pushing for another attempt to pass a $1.8 billion surplus package.

Read More »
Picture of a hallway at the Milwaukee School of Languages

Cavalier Johnson, Howard Fuller, Gregory Wesley and JoAnne Anton: DPI failing Milwaukee students by holding reading funding

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

State schools superintendent reverses course and says DPI lacks authority to support the Milwaukee Reading Coalition at all. That directly contradicts the guidance provided in previous year.

Read More »

Dane County takes another look at license plate cameras after canceling Flock contract

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »
Portrait of Gregory Humphrey

Gregory Humphrey: Why America’s 250th birthday doesn’t feel like 1976’s celebration

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

For a nation that once threw itself a year‑long Bicentennial bash — tall ships crowding New York Harbor, wagon trains converging on Valley Forge like a Norman Rockwell recreation — the silence today is deafening. And it is very sad as we prepare to observe the semiquincentennial.

Read More »

Wisconsin communities end contracts with surveillance company Flock over privacy, misuse concerns

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Natalie Eilbert: On the tyranny of screens

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026

Screens are unavoidable, and can be used for good, but only if we change our doom-spiral routine.

Read More »

Dodge County considers moratorium on data centers

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Minocqua Brewing’s Bangstad not on the ballot for governor — yet

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Francesca Hong sued over credit card debts

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Mandela Barnes rolls out ag agenda ahead of Trump’s Wisconsin visit

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Ahead of state trip, Trump approval drops in nationwide Marquette poll

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Pres. Trump to visit Wisconsin on Friday, kicking off an embattled campaign season

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »

Van Orden highlights Trump admin efforts for Wisconsin farmers ahead of Friday visit

Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
Read More »
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