Coalition to Protect Wisconsin’s Lakes: Now largest In Wisconsin’s history
Madison… A coalition with a focus on protecting Wisconsin’s lakes from the impact of wake-enhanced boating that formed less than 5 months ago, is now the largest of its kind in Wisconsin’s history. The effort, which began with 5 groups,
MON News Summary: Evers to propose measure to give voters more say in state laws
TOP STORIES Evers revisits effort to give voters more say in state laws… [Vos and LeMahieu previously dismissed his Constitutional citizen initiative as “desperate political stunt,” but] by including [it] in his 2025-27 biennial budget request, Evers hopes to force
Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate comes to the defense of Jan. 6 insurrectionists
Speaking with right-wing radio host Vicki McKenna on her iHeart Radio podcast on Thursday, former Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, who is running in the April election for a seat on the state’s highest court, complained that the Jan. 6 defendants never got “a fair shot” in court and accused Democrats of “abusing the court system” for “political gain.”
Scott Walker: Beware of an activist judiciary in Wisconsin
The first major test to determine who might be the 48th president of the United States will take place on April 1, 2025, with an election for a vacant position on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Tom Loftus: Remembering Jimmy Carter in Wisconsin and Oslo
When I met President Carter at the airport on his second visit to Oslo in May 1996, I gave him credit for my political career. I was elected in 1976 partly on the Carter coattails. We fell into a friendship that seemed like we had gone to high school together.
Doug Moe: Remembering Tim Cullen
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Samuel Liebert: Voter ID does not need to be in the Wisconsin Constitution
This is a naked, undemocratic power grab. Instead of focusing on an unneeded constitutional amendment, Wisconsin lawmakers should focus on accountability from those officials who administer our elections.
Bill Kaplan: New Orleans, terror and demagogy
The horror in New Orleans had absolutely nothing to do with our supposedly “open border’s policy.”
Dave Zweifel: Strap in for four years of chaos
It all changes in just two weeks, when another four years of negativity and orchestrated chaos begins.
Michelle Bryant: The politics of your finances
We can’t plan for every contingency with the incoming administration, but we can prepare ourselves. Whether the price of gas, health care, student loan debt, or any other basic, every facet of our lives could be impacted. We should resolve now to prepare our financial house to weather the coming storm.
William Osmulski: Basically everyone’s health records were leaked under Biden’s watch
Electronic health information breaches exploded under the Biden Administration, and the person front and center throughout this meltdown was HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm, formerly Wisconsin’s Health Services secretary-designee.
Robert Miranda: American Water Works Association lawsuit against EPA lead pipe replacement harms us all
Milwaukee Water Works is a member of AWWA, which is suing the EPA to reverse lead pipe replacement requirements. It is disgraceful that our city’s public water utility is a member of an organization that is, once again, compromising public health.
Patrick McIlheran: EPA is about to tell industry to flee greater Milwaukee
Ozone designation will bring harsh anti-growth regulations to those living downwind of Chicago.
WI Reads: Nonprofit clears up confusion in state superintendent’s race
Contact: info@wi-reads.org In mid December, Ms. Brittany Kinser announced her candidacy for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. At the time, various communication outlets reported that Ms. Kinser was the co-founder of Wisconsin Reads, a nonprofit group that advocates for evidence-based reading
Baldwin on ‘UpFront’ says she has concerns about some Trump appointees
“Their concerns are different types with regard to each of those nominees, and that’s why I’m going to be very interested to see the FBI vetting materials, to meet with them if possible, and to see the hearings unfold when they are asked tough questions and have to answer,” Baldwin said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.