Steven Walters: The battle over on-line betting
Gambling keeps growing in Wisconsin. How did we get here?
Dept. of Natural Resources: 2025 preliminary gun deer opening weekend license sales and harvest totals available
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary deer harvest and license sales totals for the opening weekend of the 2025 gun deer season. Preliminary License Sales Data Preliminary figures indicate that the number of gun
Tom Still: Modernized state tax credits can help young technology firms
Successful tech-based companies become so in different ways, a phenomenon on display of late with the announced $23 billion acquisition of Wisconsin’s Exact Sciences by Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories.
Sam Klinger: Compass Health Center’s Brookfield opening is an investment in Wisconsin’s mental health
We believe that when communities invest in mental health, they invest in everything that makes them stronger—families, classrooms, workplaces, and neighborhoods.
Mike McCabe: The more things change
With life and politics more and more disconnected, no wonder so many people are disillusioned and detaching from the democratic process.
Bill Berry: A grandfather’s record book sheds light on early union years
My grandfather, William J. Taylor, was a labor leader who documented a time when unions were truly united.
LaKeshia Myers: Honoring our heritage: Celebrating Black Catholic History Month
November is Black Catholic History Month—a time to celebrate the profound contributions of Black Catholics to the Church, to remember our spiritual ancestors, and to reflect on the rich tapestry of faith that stretches from the earliest days of Christianity to the present moment.
Paul Fanlund: A first look at the Center for Black Excellence and Culture
Led by Alex Gee, the Center on Madison’s West Badger Road will open early next year. It’s intended to celebrate and foster Black culture.”
John Imes: COP30: From Rio to São Paulo to Belém—local leadership driving global impact
After opening COP30 in Rio de Janeiro with hundreds of mayors, governors, and regional leaders at the Local Leaders Forum, the momentum carried straight into São Paulo and then Belém – and the message has remained consistent, clear, and urgent: the world is looking to local and state leaders to deliver real climate progress when national governments stall. America is showing up – and America is still in.
John Nichols: Maybe Grothman never heard about Ripon’s utopian socialists
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeaulah, joined 198 other House Republicans — along with 86 of the more ill-thought members of the Democratic caucus — in voting last week for a resolution that “denounces socialism in all its forms and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.”
Jeffrey Leverich: Democrats can ride health care issue into 2026
Republicans now own the hardships they created as premiums increase for millions of families, costing them hundreds or thousands of dollars.
John Torinus: How would Cheney have dealt with Putin?
Dick Cheney would have cut through Putin’s manipulations. He would have had no illusions about how Putin operates.
Gov. Evers: Evers, First Lady share Thanksgiving video message
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers today shared a video message celebrating Thanksgiving and encouraging Wisconsinites to take care of each other this holiday season. Any Wisconsinite who needs additional support this holiday season can reach
Dept. of Transportation: Recipe for a safe Thanksgiving weekend
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is sharing its recipe for a safe holiday weekend on Wisconsin roads. Ingredients include plenty of seat belts, a pinch of patience, heaps of courtesy to other travelers, one charged
GOP bills to boost school district consolidation support come amid enrollment decline
As GOP lawmakers advance legislation to encourage school districts to merge amid declining birth rates in Wisconsin, education stakeholders say districts considering consolidation could use extra support.