Dept. of Transportation: Training and experience help reduce teen crashes
National Teen Driver Safety Week highlights efforts to keep teens safe The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and Division of Wisconsin State Patrol recognize National Teen Driver Safety Week to raise awareness of the importance for
Dept. of Natural Resources: Celebrate Wisconsin’s forest products this week
Forest Products Week Is Oct. 19-25 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) joins the nation in celebrating Forest Products Week from Oct. 19-25, 2025. Wisconsin has 17 million acres of public and private forested land that provides
Patrick McIlheran: Bill would use tax credit to lower cost barrier to new nuclear in Wisconsin
Measure includes shifts in state’s priorities in law for ‘only way we keep lights on’
Sherrie Tussler: Public is in the dark about FoodShare rule changes that will create great harm
Food drives do not end hunger. Effective public policy does.
Eileen Harrington: Madison is not D.C.
Although the polarization endemic to Washington, D.C. is felt here as well, there are stronger and more real currents in Madison that should provide some hope.
Bill Kaplan: Trump refuses health care negotiations
Trump and congressional Republicans must listen to Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin: negotiate to extend the expiring ACA tax credits, stop GOP punitive actions and end the shutdown.
Dave Cieslewicz: Who hates America?
Mike Johnson’s got a lot of chutzpah. For a guy who meekly rolls over and lets Trump trample on the prerogatives of his branch of government, for a guy who says nothing or openly supports Trump as he tramples on the Constitution over and over again — for THAT guy to say that it was the No Kings protesters who hate America is just ludicrous.
Barbara Dittrich: Hate has no home here?
No Kings protester’s ‘Is He Dead Yet?’ shirt is a sign of perilous times.
Dan Shafer: Thousands protest peacefully at “No Kings” in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee, the “No Kings” protest was held at Cathedral Square Park, followed by a march through downtown. See dozens of photos from the scene.
Michelle Bryant: Troubled waters: Trump may be capsizing the truth about sea bombings
What we are witnessing should not only raise questions about due process and international law, but also about intent and the true nature of this military escalation.
Dept. Natural Resources: To host Wild Rose Fish Hatchery open house Oct. 25
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to an open house event at the Wild Rose Fish Hatchery Education Center in Wild Rose on Saturday, Oct. 25 beginning at 8 a.m. This free event will allow attendees
Dave Zweifel: Trump grabs the headlines as consumers quietly get screwed
Regulators were finally set to end the practice by many of the nation’s large financial institutions of brutalizing consumers with unconscionable overdraft fees, as much as $32 even if the bank customer’s account had been just a penny short.
David Couper: Actions threaten to pit local police against feds
Immigration enforcement has become a flashpoint between local and federal authority, and the stakes are not merely political. They are moral, constitutional, and deeply personal for the men and women in uniform who must decide where their duty lies.
Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association, Wisconsin Paper Council, Wisconsin Council on Forestry: Wisconsin “Forests FIRST” project aims to strengthen our state’s forest products industry health and economic future
Wisconsin’s forest products industry is integral to our state’s environment, economy, and quality of life. To ensure that this important element of Wisconsin’s heritage continues to thrive for future generations, a coalition of forest products industry stakeholders is taking a
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, Lakes at Stake Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s Green Fire: Advance balanced, science-based wake-enhanced boating policy
MADISON, Wis. – After months of bipartisan discussions, with lawmakers from both the Assembly and Senate, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, along with Lakes at Stake Wisconsin and Wisconsin’s Green Fire, reaffirm their support for a balanced, science-based framework to regulate wake-enhanced