Evers, GOP leaders reach $1.8 billion education funding, tax cut deal
Dem Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislative leaders reached a $1.8 billion deal to pump more money into schools, drive down property taxes, send Wisconsinites a rebate, plus exempt cash tips and overtime from the state income tax.
Steven Walters: Wisconsin plays role in national redistricting fights
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upped the stakes.
Michelle Bryant: If you hear the dogs, keep going
Some of the very same states leading the charge to weaken voting rights and diminish Black political engagement are also advancing legislation that criminalizes poverty and homelessness. There is a pattern here and it is difficult to ignore.
Bruce Thompson: The impact of two cases challenging Wisconsin’s Congressional districts
Both judicial panels have essentially kicked the cases back to Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Noel Johnson: Wisconsin shouldn’t get a pass on federal voting rights laws
In 44 other states, you can walk into an election office, eyeball voter registration records and make copies on the spot. Not in Wisconsin. Why? Because in 1993, Congress handed the state a permanent exemption. Thirty-three years later, that carve-out makes as much sense as a car phone — and it is past time to end it.
David Blaska: We’re keeping Chairman Schimming
His detractors discredit the party. … What should be a moon-shot send-off for Tom Tiffany for governor and Eric Toney for attorney general may disintegrate into an attempt to shoot down hard-working and popular party chairman Brian Schimming.
Brian Fraley: What happened to the Wisconsin Idea?
The searches for the next president of the University of Wisconsin System and the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison are the two most important higher education hires in Wisconsin. Who, exactly, is speaking for the rest of Wisconsin in these searches?
Jim Langdon: Adding bipartisan lawmaker regents could clean up UW System
Daylight is the best disinfectant to dysfunctional governance.
Richard Moore: Hold your horses! You need a license first
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Bill Kaplan: Engineered suffering, slashing healthcare and SNAP
All Wisconsin GOP members of Congress ignored Wisconsin doctors and bishops. But the public backlash to their enthusiastic support for the BBB prompted Wisconsin Republicans to double talk and disingenuously refer to the BBB as the Working Families Tax Cuts Bill.
Jerry Hanson: Walworth County should reconsider its ICE cooperation agreement
ICE’s tactics and actions have gone rogue; not matching the mission of the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office.
Arthur I. Cyr: Trump’s flouting of War Powers Act is nothing new
From the beginning of the United States, there has been tension between the executive and Congress over foreign policy.
Crowley tells ‘UpFront’ Milwaukee County could face $1M deficit due to rising fuel prices
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a Dem candidate for governor, says the county could face a $1 million deficit because of the rising fuel prices, blaming President Donald Trump and the Iran war.
Talking Trade Live, Part 1: ‘More tariff uncertainty in 2026—how will business cope?’
Talking Trade hosts Sandi Siegel and Ken Wasylik join Carroll University professors Dr. Alexandra Sielaff and Dr. Lilly Goren at Carroll University on April 22, Earth Day, for a discussion of the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade policies over the past year. Part one of a three-part series.
Dept. of Justice: Officer involved shooting investigation in Superior, Wis.
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in the City of Superior in Douglas County, Wis. on the evening of Sunday, May 10, 2026. At