Thomas Nelson and Jerald Podair: 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald, it’s time to fix American shipbuilding
More U.S.-built cargo ships would help revitalize the country’s industrial landscape.
Jackson Walker & Mike Nichols: Superior coal terminal is latest victim of declining Great Lakes shipments
A coal terminal in Superior will terminate its operations this year as cargo shippers are moving less tonnage via the Great Lakes.
Bruce Murphy: The growing wealth of Children’s Wisconsin
Raising millions in charitable dollars while executives get rich.
Dave Zweifel: On the 5th anniversary of Jan. 6, the lies keep coming
The fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol this week offered yet another example — as if we needed more — of the continued attacks on American democracy, on the truth, on common decency, embodied by one of the most despicable men to ever hold power in America.
Jamie Stiehm: The dark day democracy almost died
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, was a solemn anniversary for Congress, five years to the day since a mob of President Donald Trump’s followers broke into the Capitol and savagely battled the police officers defending us, those trapped inside.
Gregory Humphrey: Democrats don’t need new message for 2026 — use one already screaming at us
The threat to American democracy should be more than enough to mobilize every Democratic voter in the country. Every independent voter. Every Republican voter who grasps the necessity and urgency of our time.
Scott Walker: Michael Reagan was more than the Gipper’s son
A leader and an inspiration to the next generation
A Better Wisconsin Together: Tom Tiffany votes to take healthcare away from 60,000 Wisconsinites
MADISON, Wis. — Republican Congressman and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany has once again voted to hike costs and take healthcare away from thousands of his constituents, a move that even some of his most extreme right-wing colleagues did not follow. Yesterday,
ACLU Wisconsin: Voting rights groups, Wisconsin voters challenge Trump administration’s unwarranted grab for private data
Madison, WI – On behalf of Common Cause and three Wisconsin voters, attorneys from Law Forward, the ACLU’s national Voting Rights Project, and the ACLU of Wisconsin filed a motion Thursday to intervene in the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC)
Law Forward: Voting rights groups, Wisconsin voters challenge Trump administration’s unwarranted grab for private data
MADISON, Wis. – On behalf of Common Cause and three Wisconsin voters, attorneys from Law Forward, the ACLU’s national Voting Rights Project, and the ACLU of Wisconsin filed a motion Thursday to intervene in the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission
Scaife campaign: Earns endorsement from Fraternal Order of Police
GERMANTOWN — Conservative Grant Scaife announced he has secured the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, Kettle Moraine Lodge adding to his growing list of law enforcement endorsements. The Lodge is comprised of both active and retired law enforcement officers
Gov. Evers: New blackout and retro license plate designs now available for Wisconsin drivers to purchase
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), today announced that Wisconsin’s newest state license plates, a Blackout design and a Retro butter yellow design depicted here,
U.S. Rep. Fitzgerald: Votes against Obamacare bailout
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1834, which would extend temporary COVID-era Obamacare subsidies for three years. This legislation does not include safeguards to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in Obamacare marketplaces. “My
WisDems: Chair statement on Van Orden ACA election year theatrics
MADISON, Wis. — In response to Rep. Derrick Van Orden doing a complete 180 after years of trying to undermine and defund the Affordable Care Act, Party of Wisconsin Chair Devin Remiker released the following statement: “DC Derrick has learned how to
Rep. Udell: Illuminates Republicans’ property tax catastrophe
MADISON, Wis. — This year, property taxes across Wisconsin rose drastically. Representative Randy Udell (D-47th District) released the following statement: “After a year of layoffs and rising prices, nobody needed higher property taxes. This increase is due to the State Legislature,