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AI is being used for crunching data, detecting fraud, writing software, analyzing language and much more, but business users say human expertise remains as important as ever. Spencer X. Smith, founder of Madison-based digital marketing firm AmpliPhi, emphasized the importance

Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of Saukville, argued AB 465 gives Wisconsinites too young to know exactly what they want more time to figure it out before going through what they call permanent changes

Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement A Better Wisconsin Together From WisPolitics.com … — Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.

Marquette University researcher Qindan Huang is getting nearly $740,000 in federal funding to explore a method for protecting critical infrastructure from corrosion. Huang is an associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering in the Milwaukee university’s Opus College of

Could Gaetz’s grift be any more obvious? His performative conservatism any more odious? He is soliciting funds for a planned run for governor in 2026 (a likely stepping stone to a presidential bid two years later) by posing as a MAGA champion bravely taking down the hated Establishment. Gaetz isn’t stupid, but he’s counting on Trump’s supporters to be.

Some pundits are suggesting that Democrats should have been “the adults in the room” and rescued McCarthy. But this is piffle on stilts, because there was nothing adult about Kevin’s short and lamentable reign, and it would have been pointless for the Democrats to pretend it was worth propping up. Let’s review some of the key moments in his fall.

The most depressing thing about McCarthy’s fate is what it says about the state of our system. Practical politics, governing, doing what’s in the long-term best interests of the county or even of your party — all of that is in peril.

As the world watches and wonders what has happened to the leader of the free world, Americans continue to be embarrassed and stunned at the new and lower basement that the GOP has willingly taken the country.

I entered my University of Wisconsin presidency with a firm understanding of the university. Job one was to prepare the campuses to reopen for the fall 2020 semester.

Every governor, elected statewide by the people, should be able to pick their team.

Housing in Madison is not only unaffordable for the poorest Black families, its cost puts it out of the reach of median-income Black households in nearly every part of the city.

Big profits, big executive salaries. big donations, all paid for by rate payers.

The VA rule, inconspicuously called “Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation,” would lower the reimbursements both ground and air ambulance providers receive when transporting a veteran in an emergency to a level substantially below the actual cost of service.

If the next bellwether case proceeds to trial, we may soon learn whether a jury believes PFAS causes these ailments. And if the jury finds against 3M, future PFAS litigation will not resemble past PCB litigation. Instead, it will mirror past asbestos litigation, potentially wiping out some companies.

The Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act offer critical protections by expanding access to the polls, preventing voter suppression, and ensuring everyone’s ballot counts.

It’s fitting that we celebrate the manufacturing companies and skilled manufacturing workers across our state because the manufacturing industry is Wisconsin’s leading economic contributor, accounting for roughly $68 billion – nearly 20% of Wisconsin’s GDP.

AI is being used for crunching data, detecting fraud, writing software, analyzing language and much more, but business users say human expertise remains as important as ever. Spencer X. Smith, founder of Madison-based digital marketing firm AmpliPhi, emphasized the importance of human feedback for an AI training method called reinforcement

Dem Rep. Lisa Subeck ripped Republicans for trying to restrict medical freedoms with a bill to ban gender-affirming care for kids, which she says would also increase suicide rates. But co-authors Rep. Scott Allen, of Waukesha, and Sen. Duey Stroebel, of Saukville, argued AB 465 gives Wisconsinites too young to know exactly what they want more time to figure it out before going through what they call permanent changes

Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement A Better Wisconsin Together From WisPolitics.com … — Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s still waiting for a top-tier GOP opponent, raised $3.1 million during the most recent fundraising period, her campaign tells WisPolitics. The Madison Dem also finished September with nearly $7 million

Marquette University researcher Qindan Huang is getting nearly $740,000 in federal funding to explore a method for protecting critical infrastructure from corrosion. Huang is an associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering in the Milwaukee university’s Opus College of Engineering. She will use the U.S. Department of Transportation grant

Could Gaetz’s grift be any more obvious? His performative conservatism any more odious? He is soliciting funds for a planned run for governor in 2026 (a likely stepping stone to a presidential bid two years later) by posing as a MAGA champion bravely taking down the hated Establishment. Gaetz isn’t stupid, but he’s counting on Trump’s supporters to be.

Some pundits are suggesting that Democrats should have been “the adults in the room” and rescued McCarthy. But this is piffle on stilts, because there was nothing adult about Kevin’s short and lamentable reign, and it would have been pointless for the Democrats to pretend it was worth propping up. Let’s review some of the key moments in his fall.

The most depressing thing about McCarthy’s fate is what it says about the state of our system. Practical politics, governing, doing what’s in the long-term best interests of the county or even of your party — all of that is in peril.

As the world watches and wonders what has happened to the leader of the free world, Americans continue to be embarrassed and stunned at the new and lower basement that the GOP has willingly taken the country.

I entered my University of Wisconsin presidency with a firm understanding of the university. Job one was to prepare the campuses to reopen for the fall 2020 semester.

Every governor, elected statewide by the people, should be able to pick their team.

Housing in Madison is not only unaffordable for the poorest Black families, its cost puts it out of the reach of median-income Black households in nearly every part of the city.

Big profits, big executive salaries. big donations, all paid for by rate payers.

The VA rule, inconspicuously called “Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation,” would lower the reimbursements both ground and air ambulance providers receive when transporting a veteran in an emergency to a level substantially below the actual cost of service.

If the next bellwether case proceeds to trial, we may soon learn whether a jury believes PFAS causes these ailments. And if the jury finds against 3M, future PFAS litigation will not resemble past PCB litigation. Instead, it will mirror past asbestos litigation, potentially wiping out some companies.

The Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act offer critical protections by expanding access to the polls, preventing voter suppression, and ensuring everyone’s ballot counts.

It’s fitting that we celebrate the manufacturing companies and skilled manufacturing workers across our state because the manufacturing industry is Wisconsin’s leading economic contributor, accounting for roughly $68 billion – nearly 20% of Wisconsin’s GDP.