Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: 2024 Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin board of directors election results announced
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2024 Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors election results. On July 1, 2024, the following dairy producers will begin a three-year term
Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 14
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss problems at Milwaukee Public Schools, the effort to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, the state Supreme Court ruling against Racine using a mobile voting van, Milwaukee’s new elections chief, the Dem Party state convention and more.
Dept. of Transportation: Public meeting for WIS 113 in Dane and Columbia counties
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is conducting a public involvement meeting to discuss improvements on WIS 113 from County P in the Town of Vienna to the City of Lodi in Dane and Columbia counties. The meeting is scheduled
WisDems: FLIP FLOPPER: Bryan Steil’s changing stories on Trump’s “horrible city” remarks
MADISON, Wis. — Scrambling to contain the fallout from Trump telling a meeting of House Republicans yesterday that Milwaukee was a “horrible city,” Republican Bryan Stiel offered dramatically different stories about what exactly Donald Trump said. “Bryan Steil can’t keep his story
A Better Wisconsin Together: MAGA Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel tries to dodge his record in support of banning abortion in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Whether it was misleading political spin or he just has a bad memory, Brad Schimel’s claim on a recent right-wing radio show that he has never supported using an 1849 Wisconsin law to ban abortion is directly
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians: Responds to town on roads
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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider voter reaction to Trump’s felony conviction in hush money trial
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider voter reaction to former President Trump’s felony conviction for falsifying business records in hush money scheme. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Dan Knodl: MPS scandals reveal need for improved oversight
We need urgent and comprehensive reform. Our children deserve better than a system that prioritizes property over pupils. We must hold MPS accountable for its spending and outcomes. We need greater transparency in how funds are allocated and used. We must demand that every dollar is spent with the sole aim of improving student achievement.
Brian Fraley: DPI and MPS craft corrective action plan that focuses on bureaucratic processes, children left out of the equation
This is a plan about process, not about people, not about kids. It may be needed, but it doesn’t scratch the surface of the scandal at DPI and MPS.
Mike Nichols: The top to bottom failure of Wisconsin’s prison system
We’ve discovered in recent weeks that many of the people we pay to run our schools and prisons are either incompetent or, in some instances, possibly criminal. And it’s a top-to-bottom issue.
Paul Fanlund: As BRT and rezoning advance, recall Paul Soglin’s narrative
Former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says there is insufficeint data to suggest there will be enough ridership to support bus rapid transit, so city leaders have “turned to abusive land use policies” to make it work.
Christina Lieffring: The free market will not solve Madison’s jets-vs.-housing problem
As centrists fall for the fantasy, who will end up living in the flight path?
Dan Smith: Hospitals critical to the health of rural communities
Policymakers on both sides of the aisle spend a lot of time talking about ways to strengthen rural communities — and rightly so. They must remember that unless our local hospitals are kept secure and strong, our rural communities cannot be secure or strong either.
Wisconsin Historical Society: Madeline Island Museum announces new two-year “Passages” exhibition, “Bad River” documentary screening with producer Mary Mazzio and return of the popular Indigenous Artist-in-Residence series
LA POINTE, Wis. – Madeline Island Museum, a site managed by the Wisconsin Historical Society and located in the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior, is open for the season. The museum features a variety of engaging events, including a new two-year exhibition entitled “Passages:
Dave Zweifel: Thank John McCain for big decrease in U.S. uninsured rates
It will be seven years ago next month that McCain, suffering from terminal cancer, walked to the front of the Senate floor and dramatically signaled thumbs down to the bill that would have meant the death knell for the ACA.