Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative: Commends trade framework between U.S. and Indonesia
GREEN BAY, Wis. —Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the country based on milk, is encouraged by the trade agreement framework between the United States and Indonesia, announced yesterday afternoon. Indonesia is the seventh-largest export
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Government watchdog finds Trump Administration illegally froze funding to Head Start nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, released the following statement after a nonpartisan, independent government watchdog found that the Trump Administration illegally withheld funding from
Dept. of Workforce Development: June local employment and unemployment data released
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development today released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates of employment and unemployment statistics for metropolitan areas, major cities, and counties in Wisconsin for June 2025. In brief, the nonseasonally adjusted data for
Gov. Evers: Seeks Trump Administration approval for HUBZone designations to support small businesses, boost rural Wisconsin economies
Governor petitions for federal designation to help local small businesses in eligible counties compete for federal contracts MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), announced today that he has formally submitted a petition to
WisDems: While Derrick Van Orden ignores impact of Big Ugly Bill, he’s turning his efforts to running away from previous support of releasing the Epstein files
MADISON, Wis. — While Derrick Van Orden refuses to hold town halls and talk to voters about the issues that matter most to them — like the fallout from the Big Ugly Bill he voted for — Van Orden is instead focusing
U.S. Reps. Pocan, Jacobs: 46 colleagues urge Rubio to deliver mpox vaccines before they expire
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Sara Jacobs (CA-53) led a letter with 46 of their colleagues to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to distribute all remaining viable mpox vaccines from the United States that were promised
Sen. Stafsholt: Disappointed in UW System’s eleventh-hour tuition increases
Madison – Earlier this month, the UW System Board of Regents met to approve tuition-rate hikes across the board for the 2025-26 school year. As a result, most of the system’s returning students, including its incoming freshman, will be paying 5
U.S. Sens. Baldwin, Collins: Take action to help provide clean drinking water for rural communities
Wisconsin has 714 towns with families and small businesses that would be eligible for funding for testing and treatment under this program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability
Gov. Evers: Launches $110 million in direct child care provider payments, avoiding gap in critical assistance
Governor delivers on promise to secure direct payments to child care providers through bipartisan, pro-kid budget investments MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today launched the Child Care Bridge Payment Program, which will provide $110 million in monthly direct payments to Wisconsin child care providers through June 2026. This investment was made possible as part of a more than $360 million investment t… Please log in to access subscriber content. If
Dept. of Natural Resources: Announces 2025 spring turkey season results
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary totals for the 2025 spring turkey season. Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 50,287 birds this season, a 14% increase from the five-year average. The 2025 spring turkey season started
UW-Stout: Money Magazine names UW-Stout one of America’s Best Colleges for second year in a row
National rankings highlight affordability and student outcomes as university empowers students’ career readiness Menomonie, Wis. – For its dedication to affordability and student outcomes, University of Wisconsin-Stout earned national recognition as one of America’s Best Colleges by Money Magazine for
Spencer Black: Time to finish the de-gerrymandering of Wisconsin
In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
Pat Cifaldi: Tariffs aimed at improving lives of Americans
FDR and Donald J. Trump are after the same outcome: more American workers getting paid more money to spend. FDR used the tools of the U.S. government; DJT is using tariffs. History could be writing about these two presidents as the strangest roommates since Oscar and Felix in the “Odd Couple.”
Gregory Humphrey: Epstein crisis: Does Trump even want to lead nation?
The summer season in Washington has turned into truly the Looney Tunes. We need to seriously ask what has become of actual old-fashioned leadership from both the White House and Congress?
Kristin Brey: Stephen Colbert canceled by CBS: What’s being cut is dissent
At what point do we stop calling the ‘Late Show’ cancelation “just a business decision” and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?