Dept. of Public Instruction: State Superintendent Underly delivers 2024 State of Education Address
MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today delivered the 2024 State of Education Address at the Wisconsin State Capitol. During her remarks, Dr. Underly renewed her call for increased investment and opportunity in public education and emphasized the importance of student
WisDems: U.S. Rep. Van Orden tries to cover up his extreme abortion views, including opposing exceptions to rape and incest
MADISON, Wis. — Desperate to cover up his long-standing extreme anti-abortion views, Derrick Van Orden is attempting to pull the wool over voters’ eyes and cover up the years he has spent railing against women’s reproductive freedom. Unfortunately for Van Orden, the
Hovde ad accuses Baldwin of lying about her role in fentanyl bill
GOP businessman Eric Hovde’s latest TV ad accuses U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, of lying about getting a major fentanyl bill passed.
Dale Kooyenga: Manufacturing is Wisconsin’s fastball. Opportunities abound for economic growth.
Opportunity is knocking in our region.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany: Demands a third-party investigation into Madison’s duplicate absentee ballots
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a follow-up letter to the City of Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl highlighting her office’s repeated pattern of shifting explanations regarding the ongoing duplicate absentee ballot scandal. Additionally, Rep. Tiffany requested an independent,
Bill Barth: Reform primaries for better outcomes
It’s worth watching ballot initiatives in several states this November.
Mike Tate: We must win back trust in elections
Wisconsin has protections in place this year to make sure our elections are safe and show voters that our state is committed to ballot security.
Gregory Humphrey: Wausau mayor underscores what is wrong with Wisconsin politics
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny was carrying on his spat with the city clerk over the ballot box. He took a new low in Wisconsin politics and is now a national news story. This underscores why there is an interest, and a need to watch what Trump supporters are doing, ‘in our name.’
William Osmulski: Tracking Wisconsin’s recent public school budget scandals
Wisconsin’s public schools are proving just how little taxpayers can trust them to be good stewards of their money.
Alan Chavoya and Rachel Ida Buff: The struggle continues for community control of police in Milwaukee
The achievement of SOP 575 emerged out of the grief, rage and demand for better from the relatives of those killed by police, and it highlights what diligent grassroots organizing against police crimes can accomplish.
JFC approves $825K for DOT to issue replacement license plates, rejects $4.9M ask to cover costs for standard plates
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines today to approve $825,700 in funding to cover the Department of Transportation’s costs to issue replacement license plates. But the motion approved 11-4 also rejected the agency’s request for $4.9 million to pay for issuing standard license plates.
WisDems: On the airwaves — “Mexican bank long tied to the Mexican drug cartel flew $26 million in cash over the border to Hovde’s Sunwest Bank”
MADISON, Wis. — In the past few days, Eric Hovde has come under criticism for doing business with a Mexican bank long reported to have ties to the cartel. As Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed last week, Banco Azteca, a Mexican bank
Dept. of Natural Resources: Reminds hunters to test harvested deer and take action to slow the spread of CWD this fall
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters to test their deer for CWD this fall. Testing is available statewide, but the DNR is particularly interested in samples from priority areas near recent CWD detection locations. CWD
Midwest Environmental Advocates: Asks California regulators to revoke lucrative carbon credits for Wisconsin livestock facility with history of environmental violations
Madison, WI— Today, Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA) submitted a complaint to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) asking the agency to invalidate carbon offset credits generated by a Kewaunee County livestock facility with a long history of violating Wisconsin’s water quality laws. The
Gov. Evers: ICYMI – Gov. Evers celebrates launch of the U.S. Climate Alliance Governor’s Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative
MADISON — In celebration of National Clean Energy Week, Gov. Tony Evers this week highlighted the launch of the U.S. Climate Alliance Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative. Bolstered by robust federal investment by the Biden-Harris Administration toward building a national clean energy