Gov. Evers, Dept. of Transportation: Release 2025 Rustic Roads Guide, celebrate 50th year of first Rustic Road
Wisconsin’s first Rustic Road dedicated in 1975, now featuring 126 throughout the state MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced the publication of the new 2025 Rustic Roads Guide. The latest edition
Dept. of Natural Resources: Wisconsin Invasive Species Council announces Invasive Species Action Awards winners
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) congratulates the winners of the 2025 Invasive Species Action Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Invasive Species council during Invasive Species Action Month. The governor-appointed Council advises the DNR and the state legislature on
Rep. Wichgers: Evers divides Wisconsinites over Pride
Madison – Governor Tony Evers continues to divide Wisconsinites with his exuberance for celebrating lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) Wisconsinites. In the past two weeks, Evers issued Executive Order #264, raised the Progress Pride Flag over
Dept. of Natural Resources: Water flow improvement project at Sam Gordy’s Slough to begin in June
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced construction activities will begin at Sam Gordy’s Backwater Complex on June 9, 2025. The project will improve fish habitat by restoring flow with the main Mississippi River channel and
Cate Zeuske: Decoupling a common sense solution to Wisconsin school funding conundrum
At the heart of this issue is what I believe to be a false notion that school choice ‘siphons’ money away from public schools.
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Colleagues introduce bipartisan bills to expand access to palliative care, hospice care
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), member of the Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus, joined her colleagues in introducing a pair of bipartisan bills to expand access to palliative and hospice care. The Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act and Improving Access to
Nancy Gertner and Michael Luttig: Prosecution of Judge Hannah Dugan undermines centuries of legal precedent
Her arrest and prosecution are nothing but the next attempt by the current administration to threaten and intimidate the judiciary because the courts are ruling against the president and his administration daily.
Dan O’Donnell: Now the whole country knows how bad the Wisconsin Supreme Court is
Writing for all eight of her fellow justices, Sotomayor wrote that the Wisconsin Supreme Court grossly violated Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights when it denied them a religious exemption to the state’s unemployment tax and, in so doing, treated the organization differently than other religious groups.
Bill Kaplan: Trump and GOP – more dead, sick and hungry
Trump and the GOP-led Congress want to pay for tax cuts skewed to the rich with draconian cuts in health care coverage and aid to feed the hungry.
Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin members of Congress stand up to rogue feds
U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore toured Wisconsin’s only the ICE detention facility and demanded answers about the people being targeted for deportation in the state.
Mark Lisheron: At center of America’s essential debate, Johnson says resist spending frenzy
Johnson laments Medicaid’s ‘legalized fraud’ and says childless adults should work.
Michelle Bryant: Threats to Medicaid coverage endanger us all
Many of the proposed cuts in the Trump administration’s budget, don’t just harm specific groups—they have a ripple effect on families and communities.
Paul Fanlund: Enough with the obsessing about what Democrats got wrong
While the Biden saga dominated recently, the Democratic bickering and blame-placing is getting old now six months into the second Trump presidency. Everyone has a prescription for Democrats, many directly conflicting with others.
John Nichols: Pride flag opposition puts GOP on the wrong side of history
Those efforts do not merely seek to erase the heritage of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community. They also dismiss the rich legacy of enlightened Republicans, like former Gov. Dreyfus, who stood on the right side of history.
Edward J. Huck: America must support more critical thinking skills
Teaching people to be skeptical of a source is not an indoctrination tactic, it is an essence of democracy.