Dan Shafer: Wisconsin’s fork in the road
After 16 years of GOP control, Democrats have a shot at winning a majority in the Wisconsin State Legislature. This would be a monumental shift, but it’s far from a given — especially in the Assembly.
Michael Lucas: BECI 765: Laws governing transmission lines
When land usage and cost factors are considered, I speculate that rather than the BECI line having a 99% chance of approval by the WI PSC, its chance of being approved is somewhere between 80 and 90%. The deciding factor in the PSC’s decision of whether to approve the BECI line will rest on the quality of the cost-benefit analyses provided by the applicant and intervenors.
Dave Cieslewicz: Here’s how to use $3 billion
The State of Wisconsin has a projected $3 billion surplus. Here’s the YSDA plan for it.
Dan Knodl: Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program: Conservation requires accountability
The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program has existed for decades. If Wisconsin taxpayers are going to be asked to support it for decades more, they deserve more than assurances that the program is working. We should be able to show them.
Rebecca Bernstein: Local clinics brace for federal benefit cuts for refugees
Consider donating to community health centers, free clinics, and food pantries which are our community’s safety net.
John Nichols: Wisconsinites shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s war
The argument that Americans should not have to suffer economically because Trump launched a war of whim has become increasingly common among Democrats on the campaign trail — and even some Republicans.
Gregory Humphrey: From Nixon’s press blacklist to Trump’s media bans, the old lessons still apply
The press is not there to soothe. It is there to verify. To challenge. To publish what is true, not what is comfortable. Leaders may not enjoy that. They are not required to. But before they get to elected office, we should require that they be mature enough to accept the facts.
Dane County Exec Agard: Highway Department and Wisconsin Salt Wise to host Winter Equipment Open House
Event will showcase equipment and best practices for safer, more efficient winter maintenance DANE COUNTY – The Dane County Highway Department, in partnership with Wisconsin Salt Wise, will host a free Winter Equipment Open House on Tuesday, October 20, bringing
Gov. Evers, Dept. of Transportation: Announce Wisconsin to receive nearly $370 million to support 195 projects in communities across Wisconsin
Investments to support local, rural, and urban road and bridge improvement projects statewide MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced that the next cycle of federal funding through the Surface Transportation Program
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers: New action agenda supports sustainable agriculture in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region
(CHICAGO, IL) – The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP) today unveiled the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Sustainable Agriculture Action Agenda, a sweeping regional framework designed to elevate coordination, unify monitoring efforts, accelerate the exchange of knowledge, and
Jensen campaign: Kettle Moraine Fraternal Order of Police endorses Nolan Jensen for Washington County Circuit Court Judge Branch 4
West Bend, WI – Nolan Jensen announced that he has received the endorsement of the Kettle Moraine Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 10 in his race for Washington County Circuit Court Branch 4. Representing 220 active and retired law
Berman campaign: Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union endorses ER nurse Mitchell Berman in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District
RAYMOND, Wis. – Today, Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union endorsed Mitchell Berman, the union member and ER nurse running in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. MASH represents 1,200 workers across Southeastern Wisconsin from its home base in Milwaukee. “Our union
New group pumps $13 million into Wisconsin races to knock Dems, including $9.3 million opposing Crowley
A group that registered with the state just last week reported nearly $13 million in independent expenditures targeting Dem candidates, including a $9.3 million campaign going after Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley.
Dem group running new TV ad calling Van Orden ‘data center Derrick’
The Dem-aligned House Majority PAC released a new TV ad knocking “data center Derrick Van Orden” for taking tens of thousands in donations from the industry.
Wisconsin Ideas Project launches ads praising Crowley, knocking Tiffany
The Dem-aligned Wisconsin Ideas Project is out with four new digital ads praising Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley for his plan to lower costs, while accusing Republican Tom Tiffany of voting in Congress to make life more expensive for Wisconsinites.