Gov. Evers campaign: ICYMI: Gov. Evers, WisDOT Celebrate Borealis Ridership Surpasses 18,500 in the First Month
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today joined the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) in celebrating preliminary figures released by Amtrak that show the new Borealis train between St. Paul and Chicago saw 18,500 riders in just its first month of service. According
ACLU Wisconsin: Court says RNC protest rules are constitutional, parade route to stay in place
MILWAUKEE— A federal judge Monday night ruled that the City of Milwaukee acted in accordance with the Constitution when establishing rules regulating protests during the Republican National Convention. The judge decided that the city’s parade route does not need to
Baldwin campaign: ICYMI: Tammy Baldwin wraps up her “Fired Up for Tammy” tour
MADISON, Wis. — In case you missed it, Tammy Baldwin campaigned across Wisconsin on her four-day “Fired Up for Tammy” Tour last week to discuss the ways she is working to defend our freedoms and find solutions to the kitchen table
Dave Zweifel: Officials need to get serious about openness statutes
It’s time that Wisconsin’s top elected officials — namely, Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul — get serious about enforcing the state’s openness statutes.
Bruce Murphy: The plague of rising health care costs
Wisconsin’s a leader in high costs and inflated executive salaries. Is there a solution?
Melinda Brennan and Colleen Connell: During RNC and DNC, peaceful protests show American democracy at its best
Neither of our organizations should have to resort to litigation to get a parade route near delegates and others gathering for the convention.
John Nichols: Biden won’t win with this kind of campaign
The president says he won’t bow out. But his efforts to renew his candidacy are risk-averse, uninspired, and dangerously misguided.
Paul Fanlund: Joe Biden lost me in these three post-debate moments
Millions are grateful to President Joe Biden for beating Donald Trump once and for his policy record, but his post-debate actions suggest he should withdraw from the presidential race.
Scott Walker: Democrats will stick with Biden
President Biden will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. The race will be much closer than many people think. Former President Donald Trump can be victorious, but it will take message discipline to win over swing voters in battleground states like mine, Wisconsin.
Dave Cieslewicz: The silence of The Donald
Since the debate he has shown the unusual discipline to not step on Joe Biden’s self-destruction story. He has followed the old political truism that, when your opponent is digging himself a hole, don’t take away his shovel.
Karen Stokes: Donald Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ remarks have done him damage
A new poll shows Black voters believe President Joe Biden performed better than Donald Trump during Thursday’s debate, suggesting Trump’s remarks about “Black jobs” may have caused him damage with Black voters, according to Newsweek.
David McGrath: Trump can’t fool all the people all the time
Perhaps 11-year-olds would have gotten burned in Trump’s shell game. But the 12 adult jurors in New York who were not bamboozled have set an example, going forward, for the rest of the country on how to stand up for truth and the American justice system.
TUE News Summary: GOP platform omitting stance on national abortion ban draws criticism
TOP STORIES Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion … [RNC] platform committee began its meeting Monday, a week before the start of the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin … Conservative activists who were accustomed
Gov. Evers: Seeks applicants for Brown County circuit court
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applicants for the Brown County Circuit Court – Branch 4. The appointment will fill a vacancy being created by Judge Kendall M. Kelley’s resignation, effective Aug. 2, 2024. The new judge
Lyerly campaign: Energizes community with successful in-person events throughout the holiday week
(Green Bay, WI) – Dr. Kristin Lyerly, the dynamic candidate for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, celebrated a momentous long holiday week by engaging directly with the community through a series of highly successful in-person events. The week’s activities drew significant