Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: 78th Alice in Dairyland top candidates announced
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the six top candidates to become the 78th Alice in Dairyland. The candidates are Allison Foster, Michelle Stangler, Mikayla Flyte, Natalie Roe, Olivia Lulich, and
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Successfully pushes Trump to release wrongfully withheld funding for dairy farmers
Trump Admin stiffed 88 Midwest dairy farmers and processors for $6.5 million in Dairy Business Innovation grants that Baldwin championed Baldwin followed up on her demand from last week to release the funding with a call to the Secretary of
Dept. of Transportation: US 18/151 construction project in Verona scheduled to begin March 17
Work to improve US 18/151 between County G and WIS 69 in Verona, Dane County, is scheduled to begin on Monday March 17, 2025. Other improvements include adding auxiliary lanes between County G and WIS 69 and interchange improvements at
Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 7
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss reaction to Trump’s tariffs, results of the Marquette University Law School Poll, the latest action on a major transmission line bill and more.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the latest in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel.
Mark Lisheron: Emergency responders can’t find a place to live close to where they save lives
Door County is among spots where housing is beyond reach.
Hans Meyer: On Wisconsin’s glacial lakes, wake-enhanced boating damaging and dangerous
It’s not that wake boats are bad boats, they’re just inappropriate for Wisconsin’s glacial lakes with their defined shorelines.
Scott Walker: Trump must stand strong against the left’s rage
Do not let the protesters’ noise drown out the voices of hardworking taxpayers. This is the message for President Trump and everyone who voted for him in November. I know it well.
Dave Zweifel: Wisconsin Republicans all in on squeezing working families
Who would side with taking money from the nation’s poorest and give it to the rich? Why, all six of Wisconsin’s Republican House members, of course.
Richard Moore: The huge problem with the courts
As Ron Paul put it so long ago: “Unless and until Congress asserts itself by limiting federal court jurisdiction, judges will continue to act as de facto lawmakers.”
FRI News Summary: Wisconsin education officials scrambling as Trump issues order to dismantle U.S. Dept. of Education
TOP STORIES Wisconsin officials scramble ahead of Trump order shuttering federal education agency… preliminary executive order … seeks to eliminate the agency to “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law” … directs [Ed Sec.] McMahon to “take all necessary
Driftless Area Voters for Wisconsin: Immigration legal expert coming to Nelson
On March 15, the Driftless Area Voters for Wisconsin (DAVFW) will host a local subject matter expert who will explain the intricacies of immigration law and what the rights are for those concerned about deportation. Topics to be covered include clarification of
WisDems: ICYMI: Schimel says he’ll be ‘support network’ for Trump and rehashes election conspiracies
MADISON, Wis. — Reporting from the Wisconsin Examiner yesterday highlighted new comments by extreme politician Brad Schimel who is once again bending the knee to Donald Trump while undermining our democracy and casting doubt on the 2020 election. According to the Wisconsin Examiner, Brad
Gov. Evers: Appoints Phil Grassmann as Rusk County sheriff
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today appointed Phil Grassmann as Rusk County Sheriff. The appointment fills a vacancy being created by Sheriff Jeffery Wallace’s retirement. Grassmann will complete the remainder of the unexpired term that ends January 2027. “With more
Wisconsin Policy Forum: State budget bright spots abound in 2025, but caution also warranted
2025-27 State Budget Brief Media ReleaseDownload… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products. Username or