Ben Eisen: Transportation policy for the way Wisconsinites actually want to travel
Transportation policy should begin with the people who use the system: where they want to go, how they want to get there and how those choices may change as new technologies become available.
Brian Reisinger: Urban food deserts and rural farm closures share unseen links
Event will explore connections between food deserts and Wisconsin’s disappearing farms
George Mitchell: People have never cared more nor known less how their food is produced
As an ill-informed city slicker when it comes to agriculture, I had an eye-opening opportunity to tour of the Seneca Foods processing plant in Janesville.
Liam Julian: Peer pressure prevents students from speaking up on politics
In a survey, among students who self-censor, 91 percent cited classmates as a concern. Forty-one percent cited the teacher.
John Gurda: Socialists ended corruption in Milwaukee politics
Where do Milwaukee’s socialists land on the broad and bewildering spectrum of leftist political movements? A short history of local socialism might shed some useful light on today’s national ferment.
Bill Kaplan: Trump and GOP face rout on November 3
Congressional Republicans are reading the polls and tea leaves. Many are avoiding Trump, one ran a TV ad critical of Trump, and some are voting no on GOP policies. But not Wisconsin Republicans.
Bill Christofferson: No need to pretend; Trump is on the ballot
If Wisconsin voters realize Trump really is on the ballot, that could be fatal for his alter ego, Tom Tiffany.
Bruce Thompson: How successful has the Trump economy been in creating jobs?
Graphs of jobs, labor force and manufacturing tell a different story than the campaign speeches do.
Jeffrey Leverich: What will Dems do if GOP negates election?
Preparing for this year’s November election, Democratic attorneys general are coordinating to sue the administration to block its voter-suppression efforts and its attempt to overturn states’ right to control their own elections, as stipulated by the Constitution.
Dave Zweifel: McConnell returns for end of his miserable Senate career
McConnell is stepping down after his term ends at the end of the year, but his lengthy unexplained absence became an issue in the race to succeed him between Republican Rep. Andy Barr and former Democratic Rep. Charles Booker.
WisDems: ICYMI: Democratic doctors, nurses aim to flip Congress seats with a focus on healthcare
MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, reporting from ABC News highlighted Democratic nominee for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District Mitchell Berman’s plan to defeat Bryan Steil and bring his nursing experience in the ER and VA hospitals to Congress. While Steil voted to strip healthcare
Gov. Evers, Dept. of Natural Resources: Celebrate PFAS awareness week, highlight Evers administration’s efforts to ensure safe, clean water statewide
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR),today kicked off PFAS Awareness Week in coordination with the state’s Midwest neighbors, including Michigan and Minnesota. Gov. Evers earlier this year signed bipartisan legislation releasing $125 million in stalled funding from the state’s PFAS Trust Fund to fight PFAS contamination
Crowley campaign: David Crowley and Sarah Godlewski to campaign across Wisconsin, calling out Congressman Tom Tiffany’s failure to do anything about the gas crisis
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – This week, David Crowley and Sarah Godlewski will travel across Wisconsin to meet with farmers and working Wisconsinites to discuss the impact of record-high gas and diesel costs being driven by MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany’s and Donald Trump’s war with
Clean Wisconsin Action Fund: Endorses Nic Cravillion
NEW FRANKEN, WI — The Clean Wisconsin Action Fund, a leading Wisconsin environmental advocacy organization, has announced its endorsement of Nic Cravillion in his campaign to represent the citizens of Wisconsin’s First Senate District in the November general election. “We appreciate
WisDems: MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany blames gas prices on Iran, says it’s “outside of our control” despite voting to continue war-of-choice in Iran
MADISON, Wis. — In a recent PBS interview, MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany blames high gas prices on “instability in the Middle East and Iran” but says it’s “outside of our control,” despite voting to continue the war-of choice in Iran five times.