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72 Wisconsin school districts are asking voters to approve a combined $802 million in new debt, $40 million in recurring funding, and $776 million in nonrecurring funding. The final bill of goods? $1.6 billion.
The Milwaukee County Executive spent an hour discussing his personal background, record in office, and priorities if he were to win the election in a conversation at Marquette with Derek Mosley.
If you’re a conservative who lives in a blue state or county, you face a terrible dilemma regarding abortion: stand on principle and probably lose, or use strategy and still possibly lose.
Today we’re joining forces for Wisconsin Roots Rising, a 24-hour statewide day of giving that brings together community-driven organizations and programs from both of our networks in a single coordinated campaign.
President Trump shared a fake endorsement from Denzel Washington on social media, raising questions about misinformation and the president’s willingness to spread it.
What does it mean for an American president to frame U.S. foreign policy in nihilistic terms?
Changing Wisconsin law to mirror the federal law exempting tips and overtime from the income tax would reduce state collections by $2.7 billion over the next decade, according to a new report from Forward Analytics.
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce and Development announced $6.6 million in grants to train workers on artificial intelligence and other skills. The grants, to be distributed across 84 employers, are meant to train over 3,800 people
The measure of this new political era cannot simply be the number of progressive policies passed in Madison. It must also be whether those policies create a Wisconsin where our children can build successful lives without having to leave home to do it.
Legislating through amending Wisconsin’s supreme law should raise skepticism. It means politicians are unwilling to use regular order and seek compromise by working together to find broad solutions. Remember that when you vote.
Other states, including Minnesota and North Carolina, have already shown that regulators can challenge utility assumptions and require closer examination of alternatives rather than treating new gas plants as the default response to projected load growth.
These promising trends continue into 2026. From January to June of this year, preliminary estimates continue to show a decrease across the four key categories of crime
As immigrants—work-authorized or unauthorized— participate in the economy both as workers and consumers, they tend to increase demand for labor and expand the overall size of the American economy.
They have hurt Democrats in the polls in recent years.
When it comes to their high-profile national supporters, David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are a study in stark contrasts.
By most rational accounts, the congressional race in Wisconsin’s sprawling 7th District in northern Wisconsin should be no contest.
When you fill out your ballot this fall, don’t stop after the governor’s race. Three proposed amendments to the Wisconsin Constitution are on the Nov. 3 ballot, and each one puts a firm limit on government power.
This constitutional amendment question will be on every ballot across the state, and its intentionally confusing language makes it seem like it’s anti-discrimination, but the devil is in the details.
Wisconsin amendment would bar unjust preferences, defeating agencies’ so-sue-me attitude
Find economic statistics that matter to you and see how they’re doing under the Republicans and Trump. Then please cast your vote.
72 Wisconsin school districts are asking voters to approve a combined $802 million in new debt, $40 million in recurring funding, and $776 million in nonrecurring funding. The final bill of goods? $1.6 billion.
The Milwaukee County Executive spent an hour discussing his personal background, record in office, and priorities if he were to win the election in a conversation at Marquette with Derek Mosley.
If you’re a conservative who lives in a blue state or county, you face a terrible dilemma regarding abortion: stand on principle and probably lose, or use strategy and still possibly lose.
Today we’re joining forces for Wisconsin Roots Rising, a 24-hour statewide day of giving that brings together community-driven organizations and programs from both of our networks in a single coordinated campaign.
President Trump shared a fake endorsement from Denzel Washington on social media, raising questions about misinformation and the president’s willingness to spread it.
What does it mean for an American president to frame U.S. foreign policy in nihilistic terms?
Changing Wisconsin law to mirror the federal law exempting tips and overtime from the income tax would reduce state collections by $2.7 billion over the next decade, according to a new report from Forward Analytics.
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce and Development announced $6.6 million in grants to train workers on artificial intelligence and other skills. The grants, to be distributed across 84 employers, are meant to train over 3,800 people across the state as part of the Wisconsin Training for
The measure of this new political era cannot simply be the number of progressive policies passed in Madison. It must also be whether those policies create a Wisconsin where our children can build successful lives without having to leave home to do it.
Legislating through amending Wisconsin’s supreme law should raise skepticism. It means politicians are unwilling to use regular order and seek compromise by working together to find broad solutions. Remember that when you vote.
Other states, including Minnesota and North Carolina, have already shown that regulators can challenge utility assumptions and require closer examination of alternatives rather than treating new gas plants as the default response to projected load growth.
These promising trends continue into 2026. From January to June of this year, preliminary estimates continue to show a decrease across the four key categories of crime
As immigrants—work-authorized or unauthorized— participate in the economy both as workers and consumers, they tend to increase demand for labor and expand the overall size of the American economy.
They have hurt Democrats in the polls in recent years.
When it comes to their high-profile national supporters, David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are a study in stark contrasts.
By most rational accounts, the congressional race in Wisconsin’s sprawling 7th District in northern Wisconsin should be no contest.
When you fill out your ballot this fall, don’t stop after the governor’s race. Three proposed amendments to the Wisconsin Constitution are on the Nov. 3 ballot, and each one puts a firm limit on government power.
This constitutional amendment question will be on every ballot across the state, and its intentionally confusing language makes it seem like it’s anti-discrimination, but the devil is in the details.
Wisconsin amendment would bar unjust preferences, defeating agencies’ so-sue-me attitude
Find economic statistics that matter to you and see how they’re doing under the Republicans and Trump. Then please cast your vote.