Dan O’Donnell: Cartel politics
The state’s three electrical transmission companies are once again trying to create a government-backed cartel that gives them a monopoly on the highly lucrative business of building out Wisconsin’s electrical grid.
Wyatt Eichholz: Houses have taken a sharp turn toward unaffordable for typical Wisconsin household
Household must earn $108,000 to afford median home in metro Madison, $89,000 in Appleton area.
Michelle Bryant: Boycotts or buy-cott, but do something
The power of economic boycotts in the fight for equity.
Brad Pfaff: Widespread funding freezes damaging to Wisconsin farmers
I urge U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and federal lawmakers to act in the best interests of farmers in Wisconsin. Stand up to Trump and demand that he stop jeopardizing your constituents’ livelihoods and our Wisconsin way of life.
William Holahan: Why Musk can’t smash and grab money from Social Security
The biggest threat to Social Security is ignorance of how it works, not Elon Musk.
Dave Cieslewicz: The pro-government backlash
Donald Trump and Elon Musk could be the best thing that ever happened to government. And not in the way they intended.
Dave Zweifel: The wrong way to trim the workforce
If downsizing the federal government is the real goal, there’s a way to do it while protecting the millions who have no other choice.
Bridget O’Brien: Doctors battle misinformation
RFK Jr. is wrong — and measles may only be start.
R.J. Johnson: Peace at any price is no peace at all
Standing with a country defending its sovereignty and democracy aligns with the very principles that America was founded on. Some of those now berating Ukraine used to believe that, too.
America’s Voice: Launches “At What Cost” campaign pushing back on mass deportations, family separation ahead of Trump’s speech
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, America’s Voice launched a new rapid response campaign called “At What Cost” to bring home to key congressional districts the catastrophic costs associated with President Trump’s dangerous, cruel and chaotic indiscriminate mass deportation and family separation
Roger Bass: Never forget the cost of fascist lies
Ninety years ago, too many people under increasingly autocratic rule stopped caring about the truth.
TUE News Summary: DOGE terminates leases for at least 16 federal offices in Wisconsin
TOP STORIES DOGE terminates leases for federal offices in WIDOGE website lists lease terminations for … [SBA, FDA] in Madison and Milwaukee. … [BIA n Ashland] … Defense Contract Management Agency office in Milwaukee and [FHWA] office in Madison. However,
Schimel campaign: Two questions for Susan Crawford
WAUKESHA, Wisc. – Susan Crawford has a troubling record of denying prosecutors recommendations and providing weak sentences to dangerous criminals. As Democrats’ handpicked pawn for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Susan Crawford’s allies in the media consistently run to her defense and gloss
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Gov. Evers appoints member to board
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Gov. Tony Evers announced the appointment of Gary Besaw to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Board, effective February 24, 2025. Gary will service as a Consumer Representative to serve a term
WisDems: Takes state Supreme Court fight straight to Elon Musk, launches People v. Musk
MADISON, Wis. — After weeks of sowing chaos across the country and throughout the state by firing air traffic controllers, cutting rape crisis centers, and attacking Social Security, out-of-touch billionaire Elon Musk has set his his sights on the Wisconsin Supreme Court