Office of the Commissioner of Insurance: Office of the Commissioner of Insurance administrative actions June 2026
Madison, Wis. — The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) is responsible for administering and enforcing the insurance laws of Wisconsin. This includes monitoring the financial and marketing practices of individuals and companies. Each month, OCI publishes the administrative actions
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Baldwin demands RFK, Jr. restore abruptly cancelled teen pregnancy prevention funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are sounding the alarm on the Trump administration’s recent decision to terminate nearly all Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program grants and are calling upon Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary
Tricia Braun: Data centers becoming an economic engine in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has spent generations building its economy on things the world needs: manufacturing, agriculture, logistics, power, water and skilled labor. Today, another essential industry is being added to that list: data centers.
Steven Goodman: Wisconsin is sitting at the center of the next infrastructure boom. Are we ready?
The AI revolution runs on data centers. The Midwest — and Milwaukee — has a real opportunity to be part of that story. But opportunity doesn’t wait.
John Imes: Build it here. Power it here. Prosper here
Why Wisconsin’s clean energy future is about affordability, jobs, and independence
Bill Kaplan: Rip-offs galore
While Trump is ripping off taxpayers enriching himself, his family and cronies, he is ripping apart healthcare affordability and coverage for millions.
Satya Rhodes-Conway: As we celebrate 250 years as a nation, work every day to keep our republic
I hope you will join me in pledging to work every day to keep our Republic, and to achieve the as yet unrealized dream of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Rolf Lindgren: Profound quotes by James Madison in context
If more Americans knew these quotes and government followed Madison’s advice, we would have a lot more prosperity and a lot less government.
Michelle Bryant: Clarence Thomas: Black robe, white justice
With opinions that are routinely packaged as principled constitutional jurisprudence, Thomas’ selective legal philosophy of a “colorblind Constitution” is only used when it advances a particular political agenda.
Jill Underly: Remember that education made our democracy possible
Nearly 250 years later, this promise of public education continues.
Scott Walker: America at 250 should heed Reagan’s Independence Day lesson
On July 4, 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave one of the most powerful addresses of his career.
Jessica McBride: Wisconsin Democrats celebrate the Fourth of July and 250th… haphazardly
Nothing screams the Fourth of July like signs ranting about ICE, cruelty, and taxing the “rich.” At least that’s the case in The World According to Chris Larson. … Other Wisconsin Democrats tried harder than Larson to camouflage, for a day at least, the fact that their party often paints a very grim and pessimistic picture of a dystopian America.
Ruth Conniff: Marking the 4th of July in the midst of a federal crackdown
What does it mean to celebrate freedom from tyranny and the birth of a government founded on equal rights and the consent of the governed amid the current ICE surge?
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development: Awards City of Lancaster with grant for fire and EMS station renovation
(Stevens Point, Wis., July 6, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Wisconsin State Director Andrew C. Iverson announced today that the agency is awarding the city of Lancaster with a $1.125 million grant to renovate its existing fire and
Dave Zweifel: America’s sad celebration
The Americans who signed that Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, were taking the first step to rid their fledgling country of authoritarian rule. Now, 250 years later, we have to wonder how to get rid of another authoritarian regime.