Dept. of Transportation: Public feedback requested on WisDOT’s 2025 ADA Transition Plan
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) invites the public to review and share comments on the agency’s 2025 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan. The ADA Transition Plan shares information on WisDOT’s efforts to continually improve accessibility throughout the
Opportunity Wisconsin: Tonight: Town hall with Rep. Mark Pocan in Prairie du Chien
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – Tonight, Opportunity Wisconsin will host a town hall event in Prairie du Chien to raise awareness of the Republican Tax Law and its devastating cuts to healthcare, SNAP, and more. Congressman Mark Pocan will headline the
Bruce Thompson: Justice Rebecca Bradley’s favorite obsession
She’s death on “unelected bureaucrats.” What’s that all about?
Matt Raboin: Insiders shutting the door on fresh Democratic candidates
Let’s not fear open processes. Let’s welcome it. Let’s create space for new voices and unexpected ideas. Let’s allow voters — not insiders — to choose.
Bill Barth: Kids, grandkids get our debt bomb
Americans demand more from the government than they are willing to pay for, year after year. That translates to a debt bomb. Look around at your children and grandchildren. They will inherit our bomb.
Mike McCabe: From the ashes
America flourishes when Americans are willing to let go of yesterday and can’t wait for tomorrow to come, anxious to build something brand new. This is truly something to hope for, to plan for, to work for.
James Causey: Milwaukee youth crime is shocking. So are parents who won’t discipline their kids.
If children do not receive discipline at home, how can any adult in public be expected to check them when they misbehave?
Dept. of Natural Resources: Wisconsinites: Limit time outside due to Canadian wildfire smoke
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recommending Wisconsinites reduce their time outdoors Thursday, July 31 and into Friday, Aug. 1 due to ongoing air quality advisories resulting from Canadian wildfire smoke. Canadian wildfire smoke will continue
Mitchell A. Sobieski: Redistribution of credit
When systemic manipulation rewrites who is thanked for doing the real work.
Gregory Humphrey: Bee pollinator research victim of Trump’s Project 2025
Justifying these cuts as a way to redirect funds from climate-related “social agendas” that conservatives have ridiculed for decades is simply negligent in every sense of the word.
Midwest Environmental Advocates: Court of Appeals upholds Public Records Law, rules that plaintiffs who sue over unlawfully withheld public records are entitled to legal fees
Contact: Peg Sheaffer, MEA Communications Director, psheaffer@midwestadvocates.org Judges affirm accountability for officials who violate the law and reject former natural resources official’s argument that text messages are not records Madison, WI—Yesterday, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District I issued a decision in Midwest Environmental
Wisconsin Policy Forum: Mastering apprenticeships: Wisconsin’s efforts to prepare skilled workers
Participation in Wisconsin’s registered and youth apprenticeship programs soared to record high levels in 2024, and our per capita concentration of registered apprentices compares favorably to most other states, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds. These are welcome developments
LFB: ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ impact on Wisconsin Medicaid program unclear
It is unclear what the full impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will have on Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, partly because the federal government has yet to detail some of the implementation requirements, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
UW Health: Specialty-trained pediatric adolescent gynecologist aims to make the uncomfortable comfortable for her patients
MADISON, Wis. – Addressing the gynecological needs of girls and young women requires a different set of skills – talents Dr. Katie O’Brien has been honing for years. Diagnosing common female pelvic conditions sooner and leveraging social media to connect
LoCoco campaign: Governor Scott Walker endorses Anthony LoCoco for court of appeals judge
ELM GROVE – Conservative Anthony LoCoco announced today that Gov. Scott Walker has endorsed his campaign to unseat liberal Lisa Neubauer, who currently serves as a Judge on the Court of Appeals District II. “At a time when radical judges