Dept. of Public Instruction: Summer food service program seeking sponsors to provide healthy meals to children
MADISON —The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today announced it is seeking sponsors to provide meals to children living in economically disadvantaged and rural areas in Wisconsin through its Summer Food Service Program. Through partnerships and creative collaboration, school districts work with area
Pelosi endorses Wikler ahead of DNC chair vote
Ben Wikler has been endorsed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in his bid for DNC chair. Wikler, who was previously backed by Dem Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, has been rolling out a series of high-profile endorsements leading into tomorrow’s
‘The Insiders’ analyze the Wisconsin Supreme Court race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the spring election for state Supreme Court between Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
John Hallinan: Restrictions on guns can prevent suicides
People who are suicidal frequently plan or think about it for a long time. However the decision to actually attempt suicide is often a spur-of-the-moment decision. Something happens in their life that triggers them to go through with it. So if you make it harder or slow down the time between the decision and the action, can you make a change?
Scott Walker: Trump demonstrates what ‘peace through strength’ means
We are the most powerful country on the planet. It is about time we use our strength to protect our interests in the world.
Scott McCallum: Trump’s tariff plan is the economic change Wisconsin voters asked for
Reevaluating trade deals and carefully leveraging certain tariffs could have a positive impact on the economy, but like any good deal it needs to be well thought out and executed in a way that won’t compound the problems created by Biden.
Gregory Humphrey: Sickening racist appeal following deadly air crash a vile moment from Trump White House
But before any polling is done on what Trump said Wednesday about DEI hires being the cause of a deadly air crash over Washington, D.C., consider who will support his words. We know there will be a strong swell from the Trump base. What does that say about our nation? Our ideals?
Scott Gordon: Are you witnessing anticipatory obedience?
Searching for clarity as Wisconsin confronts a new round of fascist power grabs.
John Nichols: Ken Martin wants democrats to ‘Win the Wellstone Way’
Inspired by the late senator from Minnesota, the DNC chair candidate wants to build a working-class party that organizes diverse urban-rural coalitions.
Mark Lisheron & Mike Nichols: Founding Fathers would cheer Trump administration’s concern about federal grants
The Trump Administration’s focus on federal grants is part of a fundamental dispute over whether Americans should adhere to the Tenth Amendment.
Dave Zweifel: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Chopra dodges Trump’s ax — for now
Even the controversial Trump advisor Peter Navarro, who has returned as a senior advisor after Trump pardoned him, is enamored with Chopra’s ability to get things done.
Richard Moore: Trump moves to squash the real deep state: Meet the SES
President Trump has initiated massive changes to the federal bureaucracy, focusing on reducing its size and scope, particularly targeting the Senior Executive Service, the real seat of power in the federal deep state.
FRI News Summary: Conversative Justice Brian Hagedorn recuses himself from Act 10 case
TOP STORIES Conservative Justice Hagedorn steps aside in pivotal union rights case… Hagedorn drafted the law, known as Act 10, when he was chief legal counsel for then-Gov. Scott Walker. … in a brief two-page order, said the law commands
Hagedorn won’t hear Act 10 lawsuit, Protasiewicz weighing recusal request
Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn has ruled he can’t hear a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on collective bargaining powers for public employees after he helped draft the law and later defended it while working for then-Gov. Scott Walker. Meanwhile, liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz didn’t participate in a procedural motion in the Act 10 suit before the court as she weighs a GOP recusal request.
Vos to be called as witness in discipline case against Gableman related to 2020 election review
The Office of Lawyer Regulation plans to call Assembly Speaker Robin Vos as a witness in its disciplinary case against Michael Gableman over the former justice’s conduct.