
Christina Lieffring: What’s ahead in Wisconsin politics in 2026?
Madison politics reporters discuss their perspectives on WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair.”
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Madison politics reporters discuss their perspectives on WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair.”

Wisconsin Republicans want you to believe their policies are the key to solving the very problems those Republican policies created.

Trump’s military actions against Venezuela violated the War Powers Resolution requiring consultation with Congress.

The current president’s regime is so full of lies, violence, corruption, cruelty and incompetence that a spreadsheet is needed to catalog the damage done to the United States and the world.

I’m one of about three Americans who hasn’t rushed to judgement on the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. What I have are a lot of questions and zero faith that this Justice Department and this FBI will provide impartial answers.

The federal government has formally declared that medically transitioning minors does not meet professionally recognized standards of care for children.

MPS finally steps up remediation

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and her allies on the City Council are running the city off a fiscal cliff while shouting down voices of reason.

Subsidization of nuclear energy in Wisconsin is about government favoring one industry over another.

More U.S.-built cargo ships would help revitalize the country’s industrial landscape.

A coal terminal in Superior will terminate its operations this year as cargo shippers are moving less tonnage via the Great Lakes.

Raising millions in charitable dollars while executives get rich.

The fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol this week offered yet another example — as if we needed more — of the continued attacks on American democracy, on the truth, on common decency, embodied by one of the most despicable men to ever hold power in America.

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, was a solemn anniversary for Congress, five years to the day since a mob of President Donald Trump’s followers broke into the Capitol and savagely battled the police officers defending us, those trapped inside.

The threat to American democracy should be more than enough to mobilize every Democratic voter in the country. Every independent voter. Every Republican voter who grasps the necessity and urgency of our time.

A leader and an inspiration to the next generation

My plan targets the outdated assumption that all of state government must be physically concentrated in one of the most expensive regions in the Midwest.

Sorting through the big picture of the year ahead, and analyzing why 2026 could be the year where Democrats win a trifecta for the first time in a long time.

Five years after Jan. 6 insurrection, the nation continues sliding into autocracy, while Wisconsin moves forward.

The tech boom doesn’t have to come at the expense of our environment, our electrical grid, or our pocketbooks — but only if we establish smart policies now.

Madison politics reporters discuss their perspectives on WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair.”

Wisconsin Republicans want you to believe their policies are the key to solving the very problems those Republican policies created.

Trump’s military actions against Venezuela violated the War Powers Resolution requiring consultation with Congress.

The current president’s regime is so full of lies, violence, corruption, cruelty and incompetence that a spreadsheet is needed to catalog the damage done to the United States and the world.

I’m one of about three Americans who hasn’t rushed to judgement on the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. What I have are a lot of questions and zero faith that this Justice Department and this FBI will provide impartial answers.

The federal government has formally declared that medically transitioning minors does not meet professionally recognized standards of care for children.

MPS finally steps up remediation

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and her allies on the City Council are running the city off a fiscal cliff while shouting down voices of reason.

Subsidization of nuclear energy in Wisconsin is about government favoring one industry over another.

More U.S.-built cargo ships would help revitalize the country’s industrial landscape.

A coal terminal in Superior will terminate its operations this year as cargo shippers are moving less tonnage via the Great Lakes.

Raising millions in charitable dollars while executives get rich.

The fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol this week offered yet another example — as if we needed more — of the continued attacks on American democracy, on the truth, on common decency, embodied by one of the most despicable men to ever hold power in America.

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, was a solemn anniversary for Congress, five years to the day since a mob of President Donald Trump’s followers broke into the Capitol and savagely battled the police officers defending us, those trapped inside.

The threat to American democracy should be more than enough to mobilize every Democratic voter in the country. Every independent voter. Every Republican voter who grasps the necessity and urgency of our time.

A leader and an inspiration to the next generation

My plan targets the outdated assumption that all of state government must be physically concentrated in one of the most expensive regions in the Midwest.

Sorting through the big picture of the year ahead, and analyzing why 2026 could be the year where Democrats win a trifecta for the first time in a long time.

Five years after Jan. 6 insurrection, the nation continues sliding into autocracy, while Wisconsin moves forward.

The tech boom doesn’t have to come at the expense of our environment, our electrical grid, or our pocketbooks — but only if we establish smart policies now.