Dept. of Transportation: Wisconsin DMV identified nearly 6,000 vehicles with odometer rollback; $37 million fraud loss last year
On National Odometer Day, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds car buyers to verify vehicle mileage before they buy. Fraud through “odometer rollback,” changing the mileage shown on the vehicle’s odometer, is becoming more
MON News Summary: State joins suit over federal EV charger funding
TOP STORIES Wisconsin is now involved in 16 lawsuits against the Trump administrationAG Kaul noted newest suit over EV charger funds, “Here in Wisconsin, we are in line to receive over $60 million in funds to support electric vehicle infrastructure.
Dan Knodl: Governor Evers and Supreme Court play as legislators
A healthy democracy relies on process, balance, and respect for the distinct roles each branch of government plays. When one branch chooses to override the others, the result isn’t policy progress. It’s a warning sign.
Melissa Ratcliff: This Mother’s Day, let’s give moms the care they deserve: Expand postpartum Medicaid
Extending Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum is a commonsense, life-saving step that would benefit families across our rural, suburban and urban communities.
Bill Kaplan: Representative Van Orden’s Medicaid theatrics
Van Orden is more interested in theatrics to obscure his votes than protecting the Medicaid coverage of 152,900 in the 3rd CD.
Kirt Johnson: Turning Point vs. Wisconsin GOP: Time for a reality check
Turning Point’s assertions that they would do so much better running RPW are totally unfounded, disingenuous, and self-serving.
Dave Zeug: ‘The walleye wars’
Recent reports about harassment of tribal spear fishermen exerting their treaty rights brought memories of the spring of 1988.
Gregory Humphrey: Father of Abundant Life Christian School shooter, must face weight of courts for height of irresponsibility
Society can no longer abide with deaths and tragedies due to willfully stupid and selfish gun owners. A 3-year-old girl would be alive if common sense had been employed.
David Blaska: Is the Madison school shooter’s father guilty?
Would the felony charges against him have been filed in a less progressive jurisdiction than Dane County?
Sarah Kuhns: Inmates shouldn’t have to barter for menstrual products. Prisons must do better.
As of April 2024, only 25 states in the U.S. mandate free access to menstrual products in correctional facilities. Wisconsin is not one of them.
Michelle Bryant: First COVID, now tariffs
Black businesses need us to show up! … Trump’s so-called Liberation Day threatens to return Black entrepreneurs to an employer’s figurative plantation.
Dave Zweifel: Perkins Coie defies Trump’s trampling of rights
John Skilton, one of Madison’s most celebrated attorneys, dropped me a note earlier this week to which he attached the recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell that declared in strong terms that Donald Trump’s action targeting the Perkins Coie law firm is clearly unconstitutional.
Arthur I. Cyr: Carney embodies Canadian calmness in crisis
Prime Minister Mark Carney is former head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, ideally suited by experience and calm temperament to deal effectively with President Donald Trump.
Bill Barth: Why is America’s postal service struggling?
The U.S. Postal Service he founded has become — let’s try to say this without profanity — a stumbling mess.
Wisconsin Building Trades Council: New study shows Wisconsin’s union building trades dominate in training Wisconsin’s construction workforce
MMadison, WI – The Wisconsin Building Trades Council (WBTC) is highlighting a new study that shows the leading role that joint labor-management (union) apprenticeship programs take in addressing Wisconsin’s skilled labor shortage. The new report, published by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute and the Project