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For years, Vaun Mayes has been one of the people Milwaukee turns to in times of crisis. After a heartbreaking series of personal tragedies, it’s time for the community to help him.
Paul was a dreamer, a believer, and one of the most loyal friends anyone could hope for.
I’ve been in the solar industry since 1988. During this time, we’ve pulled the cost of solar electric modules down 99%. We took more than a year to install a gigawatt of solar in 2004; today, we do it in 17 hours. Our ability to do the tasks necessary to slow and reverse climate change has never been greater. I
SHINE Technologies will lead a federally backed project aimed at improving fuel recycling with AI, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The Janesville-based nuclear technology company this week announced it has been chosen for two programs under the
Let’s do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It’s not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls.
Lame-duck governor’s Crowley endorsement lands with a thud
They think they’re winning these things because, when hit with some crazy thing she repeatedly put in writing, Frantic Fran just says she’s evolving and then buries the answer in a Kamala-style word salad.
I am embarrassed that Hong, the purported leader in the Democratic primary, chooses to campaign alongside someone who treats Mao Zedong’s atrocities as a shrug.
In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.
We should learn from the past. Wisconsin utilities invested billions in power plants that were shuttered before reaching their retirement age — with a big debt remaining to be paid.
Deep Tunnel system and decades of strategic investments, the region has captured and cleaned more than 98 percent of the stormwater and wastewater entering the system, well above the national benchmark.
The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.
The fair’s roots actually trace all the way back to 1851 along the banks of the Rock River in Janesville. After years of bouncing from city to city, it finally found its permanent home here in 1892. Now, in 2026, organizers are preparing to welcome over one million fairgoers for the 11-day run, and they are pulling out all the stops for the anniversary.
The greatest gift our parents gave many of us wasn’t simply unconditional acceptance. It was honest instruction about how to succeed in a world that often judges before it listens.
During the recent WEDC trade mission to Africa, state officials sought to deepen the economic ties between Ghana’s Niche Cocoa and Wisconsin. The trade mission took place July 20-25, featuring diplomatic meetings with local officials in both Ghana and South
A new spot from Jessi Ebben’s campaign promises the 7th CD candidate will “stand with President Trump.”
The leader of a UW-Madison research project getting $25 million in federal funding says the effort will offer scientists “unprecedented capabilities” to design and test advanced materials. The National Science Foundation yesterday released details for two new Materials Innovation Platforms,
The indication from internal polling is that the final realistic alternative to Rep. Francesca Hong is Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had dropped out of the race only to return with Evers’ endorsement on July 18.
Today’s Republican Party likes seeing America become increasingly unjust, ever more in service of the rich and powerful. Those who rule over today’s Democratic Party can live with creeping injustice, they’re too spooked by the word socialist to keep us remembering what an equality-seeking, middle-class-building America looks and acts like.
For years, Vaun Mayes has been one of the people Milwaukee turns to in times of crisis. After a heartbreaking series of personal tragedies, it’s time for the community to help him.
Paul was a dreamer, a believer, and one of the most loyal friends anyone could hope for.
I’ve been in the solar industry since 1988. During this time, we’ve pulled the cost of solar electric modules down 99%. We took more than a year to install a gigawatt of solar in 2004; today, we do it in 17 hours. Our ability to do the tasks necessary to slow and reverse climate change has never been greater. I
SHINE Technologies will lead a federally backed project aimed at improving fuel recycling with AI, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The Janesville-based nuclear technology company this week announced it has been chosen for two programs under the U.S. Department of Energy’s $5 billion Genesis Mission, created in
Let’s do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It’s not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls.
Lame-duck governor’s Crowley endorsement lands with a thud
They think they’re winning these things because, when hit with some crazy thing she repeatedly put in writing, Frantic Fran just says she’s evolving and then buries the answer in a Kamala-style word salad.
I am embarrassed that Hong, the purported leader in the Democratic primary, chooses to campaign alongside someone who treats Mao Zedong’s atrocities as a shrug.
In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.
We should learn from the past. Wisconsin utilities invested billions in power plants that were shuttered before reaching their retirement age — with a big debt remaining to be paid.
Deep Tunnel system and decades of strategic investments, the region has captured and cleaned more than 98 percent of the stormwater and wastewater entering the system, well above the national benchmark.
The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.
The fair’s roots actually trace all the way back to 1851 along the banks of the Rock River in Janesville. After years of bouncing from city to city, it finally found its permanent home here in 1892. Now, in 2026, organizers are preparing to welcome over one million fairgoers for the 11-day run, and they are pulling out all the stops for the anniversary.
The greatest gift our parents gave many of us wasn’t simply unconditional acceptance. It was honest instruction about how to succeed in a world that often judges before it listens.
During the recent WEDC trade mission to Africa, state officials sought to deepen the economic ties between Ghana’s Niche Cocoa and Wisconsin. The trade mission took place July 20-25, featuring diplomatic meetings with local officials in both Ghana and South Africa as well as visits with African businesses and institutions
A new spot from Jessi Ebben’s campaign promises the 7th CD candidate will “stand with President Trump.”
The leader of a UW-Madison research project getting $25 million in federal funding says the effort will offer scientists “unprecedented capabilities” to design and test advanced materials. The National Science Foundation yesterday released details for two new Materials Innovation Platforms, splitting $50 million in total funding over a six-year period.
The indication from internal polling is that the final realistic alternative to Rep. Francesca Hong is Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had dropped out of the race only to return with Evers’ endorsement on July 18.
Today’s Republican Party likes seeing America become increasingly unjust, ever more in service of the rich and powerful. Those who rule over today’s Democratic Party can live with creeping injustice, they’re too spooked by the word socialist to keep us remembering what an equality-seeking, middle-class-building America looks and acts like.