Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation: Launches “Wisconsin Futures” website, billboard campaign
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — The Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation has launched a new public education initiative, “Wisconsin Futures,” featuring a new website and a statewide billboard campaign aimed at helping people better understand how policy decisions shape everyday life in
Dept. of Natural Resources: Reminds hunters to apply for a 2026 elk hunting license by may 31
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds Wisconsin hunters that they have until May 31, 2026 to apply for a chance at a 2026 elk hunting license. Wisconsin’s elk hunting season is a unique hunting opportunity, open
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Nominees announced in Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin election
MADISON, Wis. – The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced eleven nominees for nine open seats in the 2026 Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors election.Nine districts are up for election, which began on May
UW-Eau Claire: Spring commencement ceremonies set for May 16 at The Sonnentag
A total of 1,636 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students will graduate during spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 16, at The Sonnentag. Candidates from the College of Business and the College of Health and Human Sciences will receive diplomas at a 9 a.m. ceremony.
Evers, GOP leaders reach $1.8 billion education funding, tax cut deal
Dem Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislative leaders reached a $1.8 billion deal to pump more money into schools, drive down property taxes, send Wisconsinites a rebate, plus exempt cash tips and overtime from the state income tax.
Steven Walters: Wisconsin plays role in national redistricting fights
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upped the stakes.
Michelle Bryant: If you hear the dogs, keep going
Some of the very same states leading the charge to weaken voting rights and diminish Black political engagement are also advancing legislation that criminalizes poverty and homelessness. There is a pattern here and it is difficult to ignore.
Bruce Thompson: The impact of two cases challenging Wisconsin’s Congressional districts
Both judicial panels have essentially kicked the cases back to Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Noel Johnson: Wisconsin shouldn’t get a pass on federal voting rights laws
In 44 other states, you can walk into an election office, eyeball voter registration records and make copies on the spot. Not in Wisconsin. Why? Because in 1993, Congress handed the state a permanent exemption. Thirty-three years later, that carve-out makes as much sense as a car phone — and it is past time to end it.
David Blaska: We’re keeping Chairman Schimming
His detractors discredit the party. … What should be a moon-shot send-off for Tom Tiffany for governor and Eric Toney for attorney general may disintegrate into an attempt to shoot down hard-working and popular party chairman Brian Schimming.
Brian Fraley: What happened to the Wisconsin Idea?
The searches for the next president of the University of Wisconsin System and the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison are the two most important higher education hires in Wisconsin. Who, exactly, is speaking for the rest of Wisconsin in these searches?
Jim Langdon: Adding bipartisan lawmaker regents could clean up UW System
Daylight is the best disinfectant to dysfunctional governance.
Bill Kaplan: Engineered suffering, slashing healthcare and SNAP
All Wisconsin GOP members of Congress ignored Wisconsin doctors and bishops. But the public backlash to their enthusiastic support for the BBB prompted Wisconsin Republicans to double talk and disingenuously refer to the BBB as the Working Families Tax Cuts Bill.