Bruce Murphy: Hannah Dugan and the battle over ICE
Judge Dugan and Gov. Evers demand due process and are vilified for this.
Deja Vishny and Kristy Parker: As attorneys, we recognized judge’s courthouse arrest was not standard practice
We must remain on high alert to prevent further slide into authoritarianism.
Dept. of Natural Resources: To conduct aerial spraying for spongy moth caterpillars at three state properties
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has finalized aerial spraying plans for its 2025 Spongy Moth Suppression Program, with maps of the five selected treatment areas available online. The treatment sites are at three state parks in Juneau, Marinette
Gregory Humphrey: Attack on Milwaukee judge is ‘whole new descent into government chaos’
When it comes to arresting a judge and threatening a prison sentence for ensuring due process is carried out in a courthouse, well, that is a step that no American can allow Trump to ignore.
Richard Moore: Universal school choice is our only choice now
With universal school choice, there would be government schools, parochial schools, special needs schools, secular schools, neighborhood-founded and run schools, but all those who participate in the universal choice program would be public schools.
Bill Kaplan: Wisconsin doctors oppose cutting Medicaid
All state medical associations, including the Wisconsin Medical Society, urged Congress not to support the $880 billion in Medicaid cuts in the GOP-passed (preliminary) budget reconciliation bill.
Demand Progress: Rep. Van Orden to cast critical vote on ‘Signalgate’
As soon as Tuesday, April 29, Rep. Derrick Van Orden will cast a critical vote that will determine whether Congress will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz over the ‘Signalgate’ controversy. Both Waltz and Hegseth
Paul Fanlund: Democratic leader Ben Wikler reflects and looks ahead
Ben Wikler’s recent announcement that he’s stepping down as Wisconsin’s Democratic leader generated a volume of national coverage I’ve never seen for the head of a state party.
ACLU of Wisconsin: Requests the federal court provide protection for immigrant students, regardless of DOJ claims that DHS is rolling back its illegal revocation of student status for thousands of students
MADISON— The ACLU of Wisconsin this week filed an amicus brief in two separate cases challenging the random revocation of international students’ visas at the University of Wisconsin and other universities throughout the state. The cases are pending in the
Crocker Stephenson: Closing Social Security offices as harmful as benefit cuts. Access essential.
For 40% of America’s retirees, the payments they receive from Social Security makes up half or more of their total monthly income.
Hadley Ott: The Evers Effect: The governor’s trade missions have not been good for Wisconsin
The governor has now visited five European countries in less than two years’ time, and if past performance is any indication of what’s to come, the ‘Evers Effect’ is likely to reduce, not increase, Wisconsin trade.
LaKeshia N. Myers: Trump’s executive order on school discipline provides a pathway from school to prison
The order, which effectively dismantles Title VI protections established during the Obama and Biden administrations, has raised alarms about potential increases in suspensions, expulsions, and arrests that disproportionately impact Black and Brown students, and students with disabilities.
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Challenges Indiana Public School’s Hispanic-Only Party
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) is calling on the Trump Administration to investigate a Hispanic-only party hosted by the Tippecanoe Valley Middle School in Akron, Indiana. Non-Hispanic students were segregated and then denied access to
Tom Still: Wisconsin economy in the crosshairs: Debt reduction versus growth
Debt reduction is a pressing need, but current remedies will likely hurt three of Wisconsin’s key industries – manufacturing, agriculture and science-based research. In the long run, it will be economic growth from those kinds of industries nationwide that reduces the national debt. Let’s keep that economic principle in mind.
E.G. Nadeau: Making America great is costing us dearly
Terms likes stagflation and the Misery Index have already come back into our vocabulary in 2025. It will take several years and a dramatic shift in leadership before we have a healthy domestic economy again.