Steven Walters: Conservative justices on Supreme Court ignored 2017 plea for recusal rule
Now the liberal-controlled court is being asked by five retired judges to reconsider
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: leads bill to ensure America’s infrastructure is built to last against extreme weather
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Built to Last Act to help local communities and private firms build stronger and more climate resilient infrastructure by equipping the organizations that issue building codes and other standards with the best
John Imes: Rural Wisconsin is asking the right questions about data centers
Large-scale data center development is moving quickly into rural Wisconsin, and the scale is unlike anything the state has seen.
Jim Wood: How Wisconsin combats a high demand for energy
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.
Nancy Stencil and Juliana Reimann: Wisconsin mining can’t come at the cost of nature, history
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?
Mark Belling: Madison, we have a problem
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.
Gregory Humphrey: May 1st is a teaching moment outside of Madison’s school classrooms
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.
David Blaska: May 1, a day without responsibility
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.
Gov. Evers: Requests FEMA support to assess and respond to April storm damage in Wisconsin
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced he has directed Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) to submit a request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist the state in conducting a formal federal preliminary damage assessment of damage caused
Bill Barth: Again, taxpayers stuck with the bill
Two things are immediately obvious. First, it will be American taxpayers who must foot the bill to provide tariff refunds to the U.S. businesses that paid for the tariffs. Second, no one is talking about refunds for American consumers who paid higher prices that were passed along by importers.
MD Kittle: Senator: Biden agency used ‘Benghazi’ to hide emails on Planned Parenthood loans
What on earth does Benghazi have to do with abortion factory Planned Parenthood? It appears to be the codename for cover-up involving some $90 million in taxpayer-funded Covid-era forgivable loans to a nonprofit organization ineligible to receive the government handout.
Dave Zweifel: The spread of misinformation is ruining democracy
Former Democratic state Rep. Jason Fields, now chief strategy officer for the Center for Black Excellence, and longtime Republican activist Tim Higgins of Appleton teamed up to urge Wisconsin citizens to stop swallowing the disinformation being spread about the accuracy of Wisconsin’s elections.
MATC: 114 Madison College apprentices awarded $228K to support careers in the trades
MADISON, Wis. — Madison College trade apprenticeship students are getting a boost in their education and careers, thanks to $228,000 in Ascendium Tools of the Trade grants. The scholarship awards come during the celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, April 26-May 2. A total of 114 students received
Spencer Black: Trump has turned Earth Day into a sad affair
It’s time to renew the spirit of the first Earth Day and call on politicians to protect our air, our water, our land and our very future.
UW-Stout: Wisconsin conservation departments have $44 millioneconomic impact, UW-Stout students’ research finds
Menomonie, Wis. – When the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association needed a partner to help quantify the economic impact of environmental efforts its members were making across the state’s 72 counties, it found what it was looking for at