Rep. Anderson: Introduces bipartisan bill to help staff small police agencies
Madison, WI – Today Representatives Bob Donovan and Clinton Anderson, along with Senators Jesse James and Brad Pfaff, introduced LRB-2712. The bill creates a pilot program providing grants to small law enforcement agencies that would cover labor costs and unreimbursed
Dept. of Administration: Makes state chief information security officer announcement
Madison, Wis. – Today, the Department of Administration (DOA) has announced William (Bill) Brinkley as the incoming Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Wisconsin effective June 2, 2025. Brinkley most recently served as the director of information technology operations with the National
Wisconsin Family Action: Responds to slate of radical anti-family legislative proposals
MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Family Action (WFA) strongly opposes a series of legislative proposals currently circulating in the Capitol that represent a sweeping assault on Wisconsin’s constitutional values, parental rights, free speech, and the very foundations of family and biological reality.
Rep. Vining: Introduces mental healthcare bill package
MADISON–Representative Robyn Vining introduced the “Mental Healthcare is Healthcare” legislative package of 9 bills today to expand mental health access for Wisconsinites. These 9 bills are in addition to LRB-1684 introduced last week to train mental health professionals on the
Secretary of State Godlewski: Launches public records database to increase transparency and improve access
Madison, WI – Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski today announced the launch of a new, online, searchable database of public records—marking a major step forward in her office’s commitment to transparency, accessibility, and modernization. “For the first time, anyone with
Wisconsin Technology Council: Knock-on effects: How NIH cuts will ripple through economy plenary panel at Entrepreneurs’ Conference
MADISON, Wis. – The proposed cuts to the National Institute of Health research funding will not only hit home with researchers in major institutions but will have a trickle-down effect in the supply chain. Learn more on impact on the afternoon
UW-Stout: Manufacturing engineering seniors recognized for intern contributions at Andersen Widows, Darley
Morgan, Taylor making continuous improvements to empower employees, build better industries Menomonie, Wis. – Twenty University of Wisconsin-Stout students received the university’s Outstanding Cooperative Education and Internship Program Student of the Year Award for excellence and achievements in their positions, contributions
Jackie Anderson: Food assistance for Wisconsin rural communities on the line
One of the most concerning provisions in the budget reconciliation bill would shift a large portion of the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from the federal government to the states.
Richard Moore: Apocalypse, interrupted
Some unkind souls have likened Tony Evers’s gubernatorial years to a zombie apocalypse, but I’m here to sort of defend the poor governor, especially about the apocalypse part.
David Blaska: Ben Wikler helped elect Donald Trump
Wisconsin’s Dem chairman ran interference for old Joe.
Bill Kaplan: Republicans want a stacked deck
Congressional Republicans have lost their backbone and common decency. Their America is not for most of us. Beyond shame.
O. Ricardo Pimentel: Trump’s America is not the America I know and love
A country led by an authoritarian leader who thumbs his nose at the rule of law is not the America I know. And it certainly isn’t great.
Jerry Hanson: Mr. President: Is your heart so hard you expel even the innocent?
Mr. President, unclench your fist and open your arms to those already here who deserve the privilege to remain.
Dave Zweifel: GOP attack on education is bewildering
The strange attacks on education aren’t confined to Trump’s tantrums over higher education. It is just as real to a different degree for public education here at home.
Paul Fanlund: Tim Walz brings his everyman appeal to Cap Times Idea Fest
Walz will be Idea Fest’s marquee speaker on Friday night, Sept. 12, at the Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.