Gov. Evers, Dept. of Transportation: Announce grants to support 42 new electric vehicle charging stations across Wisconsin
Federal funding Gov. Evers fought for and secured to be awarded to 42 communities across the state to expand Wisconsin’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced 42 locations will receive
Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy: Report: Wisconsin’s talent problem is not who leaves. It’s who never comes.
New analysis finds Wisconsin has relatively low departure rates among college-educated residents but attracts too few newcomers, especially from farther away and among people born in other states MADISON, Wisconsin, September 8, 2026 – Wisconsin has spent years worrying about
Berman campaign: “We’re going fishing” – ER nurse and Democrat Mitchell Berman launches first ad of general election in Wisconsin’s First District Congressional race
Spot features Berman fishing and focuses on ending corruption in Washington, contrasting Berman’s working class background and Republican Bryan Steil’s corporate special interests RAYMOND, Wis. — Today, Mitchell Berman, ER nurse and Democratic candidate for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, launched
Tiffany campaign: Releases new ad: How many victims have to be terrorized before Crowley acts?
MILWAUKEE, WI – Tom Tiffany today released a new ad holding David Crowley accountable for Milwaukee County’s inmate tablet program after devices were used to intimidate victims and witnesses, threaten a police officer, and access child pornography. “More than 1,500 attempts to contact a domestic violence
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board election results announced
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2026 Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board election results. Two certified candidates ran for each of the two open board member positions and the election closed
Governmental Research Association: Nonpartisan research groups in five states win national awards for work on courts, budgets, and housing
BIRMINGHAM September 8, 2026 — The Governmental Research Association presented its 2026 national awards to five independent, nonpartisan state and local policy research organizations. This year’s award winners demonstrate how to engage, inform, and elevate the public’s understanding of pressing
UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: Study shows overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer remains high
Reducing certain ultrasounds could safely lower diagnoses without increasing deaths MADISON, Wis. – Most cases of papillary thyroid cancer in the United States may have been overdiagnosed over the past three decades, meaning they were detected and treated surgically without
Hospital Watch: New study: Wisconsin hospital prices 26 percent higher than Illinois for same inpatient services
All 24 procedures examined cost more in Wisconsin; 23 percent gap persists even within the same health system September 8, 2026 Washington, D.C., September 8, 2026 — A new analysis of commercial hospital prices finds Wisconsin hospitals receive 26 percent higher negotiated rates
Steven Walters: Next attorney general will control $219 million legal settlement
Could spending of settlement cash from Meta and Facebook become issue in fall election?
Dave Zweifel: Tiffany as governor would be an ecological disaster
Tom Tiffany’s voting record in the Wisconsin Legislature earned him the nickname “Toxic Tom.”
Jessica McBride: Rebecca Cooke tricked Democratic primary voters
Derrick Van Orden is the real working-class candidate in the 3rd CD.
Stephanie Bloomingdale: Union solidarity gives economic security to support democracy
In the last year across America, nearly half a million workers joined a union for the first time. There are more union members in America today than at any time in the last sixteen years.
Marcease Warren: Employee-ownership culture makes companies a special place
A growing coalition of companies and organizations is working to expand employee ownership in Wisconsin.
Patrick McIlheran: Data center boom means good times for old-line manufacturing, 50 or 500 hires at a time
Moving around data turns out to demand a lot of Wisconsin-made metal.
Bill Kaplan: Dale Schultz still stands up for Wisconsin
Would that we all could be like Dale and Rachel Schultz, big-hearted and wise, who engage and listen to everyone.