Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Something special from Wisconsin and Alice in Dairyland celebrate local businesses this holiday season
MADISON, Wis. – As the holiday season approaches, the Something Special from Wisconsin™ (SSfW) program can help consumers choose products for meals and gifts that support local Wisconsin businesses. The red and yellow SSfW logo is a quick, reliable way to identify
Wisconsin Historical Society: Aid association for Lutherans building listed in the National Register of Historic Places
APPLETON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) Building in the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 2024. The building was originally constructed in two phases, in 1952 and
WisDems: Endorses Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. — This weekend, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Administrative Committee voted to endorse Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court. In response, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement: “Now more than ever, our democracy needs ardent
WED News Summary: OLR files complaint against Gableman; Neubauer reelected as minority leader
TOP STORIES OLR files complaint against former justice who led 2020 election probe… 10-count complaint … stems from Gableman’s work investigating allegations of fraud and abuse related to the 2020 election that Trump narrowly lost in Wisconsin. [hired by Speaker
Mike McCabe: In life as in sport
Saying things are better than you think proved to be a losing message. The loss can either be written off as a nightmare or treated as a teaching tool. If it’s the latter, Democrats will zero in on answering one question over all others: How can a pathway to the middle class be created for every single American?
Luke Fuszard: Avoid buyer’s remorse by thinking before you vote
Approaching elections with an open mind and taking the time to gather comprehensive information is crucial.
Richard Moore: Why progressives believe democracy is undemocratic
Expect progressives to launch a major assault on an “imperial” presidency when Trump takes office, the goal being to neuter the presidency and cement the power of the unelected administrative state as the true realization of democracy. The thinking traces back to Herbert Marcuse, the Guru of the 1960s New Left.
Phil O’Brien: Wisconsin’s health care affordability problem
Expanding BadgerCare would close our health care affordability gap, allowing 90,000+ Wisconsin residents with lower incomes and their families to gain access to comprehensive and affordable health care coverage.
Pam Akers: Citizens need additional protection from opioid epidemic
The FDA has approved several overdose reversal innovations over the last several years; however, access to these reversal agents is not currently permitted by the state’s 2023 standing orders, which allow nurses and physicians to provide communities products like naloxone without a prescription or patient order.
Dave Zweifel: We’re improving our capacity to end life on Earth
It barely got mentioned during the just-ended presidential campaign, but the world is embarked on yet another nuclear race, and the United States is leading it.
Dave Cieslewicz: Madison schools keep failing
Of the 16 school districts in Dane County only one performs worse than Madison.
Christina Lieffring: ‘Sustained’ or not, a city report doesn’t discredit Myadze’s accusers
What an investigation into the alder’s behavior means, and what it doesn’t.
OLR accuses Gableman of lying, violating state codes for attorney conduct
The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation is accusing Michael Gableman of lying to the public, his former client and the agency in a complaint that knocked the former justice’s behavior during a review of the 2020 election.
Dept. of Natural Resources: Seeking public comment for environmental review of Germantown Safe Drinking Water Loan Program project
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the village of Germantown is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes recoating and rehabbing
UW-Stout: High-flying: Alum’s work with Lockheed-Martin takes him into rarified air with F-22, other projects
Barry Bauer remembers the moment early in his career with aerospace giant Lockheed-Martin when his team’s four-year project was put to the test. They had been tasked with designing and developing leading edges of the Air Force F-22 fighter aircraft