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When even McDonald’s is becoming unaffordable, America’s inflation problem has become a full-blown crisis.
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When even McDonald’s is becoming unaffordable, America’s inflation problem has become a full-blown crisis.

It was a big week for immigration politics, but in Wisconsin a reality check shows farmers and immigrant workers have a lot in common.

And it’s also time to revisit a regional transit authority.

The list of delegates and alternates Wisconsin Republicans will send to the national convention includes two former governors, several elected officials and two people who served as false electors in 2020.

Among registered voters, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tied at 50% each. Among likely voters, it was 51-49 in Trump’s favor.

GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is up with a new TV ad that focuses on inflation as he says in the spot, “It’s time for a change.”

State tax collections through the month of April are up 0.9% over the year before, slightly ahead of the 0.4% growth that the Legislative Fiscal Bureau had projected for 2023-24.

Bodden, 30, had previously told WisPolitics he planned to run again this fall, but said in an interview today he had promised Tusler once that he would never run against him.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today released the fifth TV ad of her campaign, a spot shot selfie-style in which people praise her for a cap on insulin costs. Baldwin’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on broadcast and cable

The petition to bypass argued someone should no longer be able to sue simply because they believe an existing practice dilutes the value of their ballot. Instead, it called for a standard that would require plaintiffs to show they were impacted by the law.

A Marinette County judge has granted a temporary injunction barring the Elections Commission from requiring clerks to use a new agency-approved envelope that continues to double as a voter’s official request for an absentee ballot.

COnovate, an early-stage company based on UW-Milwaukee research, is developing new battery technologies that could offer faster charging and more storage capacity. Strategy and Commercial Support Lead Jeff Moore presented on the company yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council meeting

Who deserves the credit for Microsoft’s decision to build a $3.3 billion artificial intelligence data center in Mount Pleasant?

Their votes indicate values out of the mainstream, despite their pledges.

Lake Michigan is not at record highs, nor is it at high at all.


Around this same time, within a matter of days, I had two conversations, one with a teacher, another with a parent, both wishing children could somehow be freed from the clutches of cell phones.

In his highly acclaimed book “Poverty in America,” UW-Madison grad Matthew Desmond goes to great lengths to show how America’s poor are constantly exploited by an economy stacked against them.

There was a flurry of speculation last week that Donald Trump might pick Nikki Haley as his vice presidential running mate, though Trump quickly rejected the notion.

Sean Combs’ apology fits the script of most abusers. “I feel horrible…I’m seeking counseling…”

When even McDonald’s is becoming unaffordable, America’s inflation problem has become a full-blown crisis.

It was a big week for immigration politics, but in Wisconsin a reality check shows farmers and immigrant workers have a lot in common.

And it’s also time to revisit a regional transit authority.

The list of delegates and alternates Wisconsin Republicans will send to the national convention includes two former governors, several elected officials and two people who served as false electors in 2020.

Among registered voters, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tied at 50% each. Among likely voters, it was 51-49 in Trump’s favor.

GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is up with a new TV ad that focuses on inflation as he says in the spot, “It’s time for a change.”

State tax collections through the month of April are up 0.9% over the year before, slightly ahead of the 0.4% growth that the Legislative Fiscal Bureau had projected for 2023-24.

Bodden, 30, had previously told WisPolitics he planned to run again this fall, but said in an interview today he had promised Tusler once that he would never run against him.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today released the fifth TV ad of her campaign, a spot shot selfie-style in which people praise her for a cap on insulin costs. Baldwin’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on broadcast and cable TV, as well as digital platforms. It’s part of a

The petition to bypass argued someone should no longer be able to sue simply because they believe an existing practice dilutes the value of their ballot. Instead, it called for a standard that would require plaintiffs to show they were impacted by the law.

A Marinette County judge has granted a temporary injunction barring the Elections Commission from requiring clerks to use a new agency-approved envelope that continues to double as a voter’s official request for an absentee ballot.

COnovate, an early-stage company based on UW-Milwaukee research, is developing new battery technologies that could offer faster charging and more storage capacity. Strategy and Commercial Support Lead Jeff Moore presented on the company yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council meeting in Madison. COnovate is developing a “remarkable fundamentally distinct” material

Who deserves the credit for Microsoft’s decision to build a $3.3 billion artificial intelligence data center in Mount Pleasant?

Their votes indicate values out of the mainstream, despite their pledges.

Lake Michigan is not at record highs, nor is it at high at all.


Around this same time, within a matter of days, I had two conversations, one with a teacher, another with a parent, both wishing children could somehow be freed from the clutches of cell phones.

In his highly acclaimed book “Poverty in America,” UW-Madison grad Matthew Desmond goes to great lengths to show how America’s poor are constantly exploited by an economy stacked against them.

There was a flurry of speculation last week that Donald Trump might pick Nikki Haley as his vice presidential running mate, though Trump quickly rejected the notion.

Sean Combs’ apology fits the script of most abusers. “I feel horrible…I’m seeking counseling…”