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If you read the sensational headlines in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, you might think Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany’s campaign arbitrarily blocked one of the Journal Sentinel’s reporters from its campaign event. That did happen.
Tiffany demonstrates a Trump-like scorn for the 1st Amendment.
For about a year these cameras had pretty much flown under the radar in Wisconsin––that is, until stories sprung up of a Milwaukee woman being held at gunpoint for a crime she did not commit.
If you tuned into State Superintendent Jill Underly’s “State of Education” address at the Capitol Thursday, you witnessed a classic (and predictable) display of bureaucratic deflection by a feckless leader who appears to be auditioning for her next gig rather than focusing on her current job.
Improving education means changing the system, not just spending more.
Three imperatives are: Advancing student success and opportunity; elevating innovation; deepening community engagement.
Japan companies have collectively been the No. 1 foreign direct investor in the United States since 2020, totaling $827 billion at the end of 2025. In Wisconsin, Japan runs neck-and-neck with Canada, with $4.2 billion invested by Japan since 2003.
MADISON, WI – State Representative Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) released the following statement Friday after Superintendent Jill Underly provided her State of Education Address: “Dr. Underly’s address made clear both the promise of Wisconsin’s public schools and the responsibility we
Two days after Tom Tiffany said he believes in an open, free press that’s able to ask politicians questions, the GOP gubernatorial nominee’s campaign blocked two Journal Sentinel reporters from attending a news conference in Milwaukee.
In her annual State of Education address, State Superintendent Jill Underly called to change the school funding formula and said “financial questions” schools are facing are the result of “deliberate political choices.”
MADISON, Wis. — This month, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is marking the 50th anniversary of its Death Investigation School, an annual training bringing law enforcement professionals from across Wisconsin together for specialized instruction on
MADISON — As previously announced, on Sat., Sept. 26, 2026, and Sat., Oct. 10, 2026, the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff coinciding with the Final Alarm Ceremony and Silent Procession at
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Over the last week, David Crowley and Sarah Godlewski traveled across Wisconsin to hear from working Wisconsinites about the impacts of record-high gas and diesel costs being driven by MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany’s and Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Tom
If you read the sensational headlines in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, you might think Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany’s campaign arbitrarily blocked one of the Journal Sentinel’s reporters from its campaign event. That did happen.
Tiffany demonstrates a Trump-like scorn for the 1st Amendment.
For about a year these cameras had pretty much flown under the radar in Wisconsin––that is, until stories sprung up of a Milwaukee woman being held at gunpoint for a crime she did not commit.
If you tuned into State Superintendent Jill Underly’s “State of Education” address at the Capitol Thursday, you witnessed a classic (and predictable) display of bureaucratic deflection by a feckless leader who appears to be auditioning for her next gig rather than focusing on her current job.
Improving education means changing the system, not just spending more.
Three imperatives are: Advancing student success and opportunity; elevating innovation; deepening community engagement.
Japan companies have collectively been the No. 1 foreign direct investor in the United States since 2020, totaling $827 billion at the end of 2025. In Wisconsin, Japan runs neck-and-neck with Canada, with $4.2 billion invested by Japan since 2003.
MADISON, WI – State Representative Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire) released the following statement Friday after Superintendent Jill Underly provided her State of Education Address: “Dr. Underly’s address made clear both the promise of Wisconsin’s public schools and the responsibility we have as state lawmakers to support them. Wisconsin has a
Two days after Tom Tiffany said he believes in an open, free press that’s able to ask politicians questions, the GOP gubernatorial nominee’s campaign blocked two Journal Sentinel reporters from attending a news conference in Milwaukee.
In her annual State of Education address, State Superintendent Jill Underly called to change the school funding formula and said “financial questions” schools are facing are the result of “deliberate political choices.”
MADISON, Wis. — This month, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is marking the 50th anniversary of its Death Investigation School, an annual training bringing law enforcement professionals from across Wisconsin together for specialized instruction on how to conduct death investigations. DCI launched its Death Investigation
MADISON — As previously announced, on Sat., Sept. 26, 2026, and Sat., Oct. 10, 2026, the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff coinciding with the Final Alarm Ceremony and Silent Procession at the Wisconsin Fire & EMS Memorial Park in Wisconsin Rapids,
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Over the last week, David Crowley and Sarah Godlewski traveled across Wisconsin to hear from working Wisconsinites about the impacts of record-high gas and diesel costs being driven by MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany’s and Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Tom Tiffany has previously and callously said “affordability” was just a “buzzword,” even