Gov. Evers, WisDOT: Announce over $135 million awarded to local communities to support more than 300 road improvement projects over the next four years
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced more than $135 million in state funding has been awarded to local communities to assist in improving deteriorating county highways, town roads, and city and
American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation: Registration opens May 1 for 2027 Slumberland American Birkebeiner, Kortelopet & open track races
Hayward, WI – April 29, 2026 – Registration for the 2027 Slumberland American Birkebeiner presented by Rex, North America’s premier cross-country ski marathon will open Friday, May 1 at 8AM-CT. At that time, skiers can sign up for the full American Birkeberiner 50k
Affordable Wisconsin Agenda: In the news: State Senator Brad Pfaff keys in on housing, introduces affordable Wisconsin legislative packages in La Crosse
MADISON, WI – Yesterday, State Senator Brad Pfaff held a press conference in La Crosse, highlighting Senate Democrats’ commitment to addressing Wisconsin’s housing crisis and cutting costs.Senator Pfaff was joined by La Crosse County Board Supervisors Grant Mathu and Kelly Liebold,
UW-Green Bay: Nourish Farms receives UW-Green Bay’s Council of Trustees Community Service Award
Green Bay, WI—During the UW-Green Bay spring Council of Trustees reception and dinner this spring, Nourish Farms, located in Sheboygan Falls, was presented with the Community Service Award in recognition of their substantial contributions to communities in Northeast Wisconsin. The Community Service
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Conservative “Citizens-Only” group sues to protect freedom of speech in Wisconsin elections
The News: On behalf of Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV), the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed a lawsuit seeking an emergency order blocking Wisconsin’s new law restricting who can circulate nomination papers. The law was recently signed by
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.