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Today, Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 11:30am Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will announce their intentions to file yet another lawsuit challenging two Wisconsin abortion restrictions. 1.The requirement that only a physician may provide an abortion. 2. The requirement that abortion
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) and a bipartisan coalition are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) requirements to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. phone network to make illegal
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Right to Life today responded to the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Ozanne, which asks Wisconsin courts to find a right to abortion in the state Constitution’s protections of
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order and U.S. Postal Service rule that attempts to restrict Wisconsinites’ ability to vote by mail ahead of
MADISON, Wis. — Today, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin laws containing basic safeguards that protect women—including requirements that physicians perform abortions and that women receive a 24-hour waiting period to consider their decision to have their child’s
Latest AFP-WI campaign escalates massive grassroots effort for Tom Tiffany with over 700,000 doors knocked; activists deploying daily through Election Day MADISON, WI — With Election Day rapidly approaching, Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today announced a new $1.5 million statewide ad campaign,
Washington, DC — Today, Reproductive Freedom for All endorsed Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in his bid for Wisconsin governor. Crowley has pledged to enshrine reproductive freedom—including abortion access—in Wisconsin law, if elected. Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini
Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC launches $2 million fall program to defeat Tom Tiffany and win a pro-conservation trifecta Madison – With the possibility of a pro-conservation, pro-democracy trifecta, Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC is spending more than $2 million to deploy
A simmering feud is emerging in Wisconsin’s higher-education “family.” Settling it in a way that helps all types of students, from those seeking job-related certificates to those pursuing four-year or graduate degrees, is a job that will fall to the next governor and Legislature.
KEWASKUM, Wis. (September 10th, 2026) – Twenty-five years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial & Education Center is launching a $4 million capital campaign to build a permanent, indoor Education Center dedicated to ensuring future generations
Recipients are higher education leaders, inspiring cultural and community supporters, Ron and Joyce Wanek, Green Bay Packaging Menomonie, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Stout Foundation & Alumni Association has announced the recipients of the 2026 UW-Stout Polytechnic Alumni Awards. They will be
As Wisconsin lawmakers grapple with how to regulate the use of AI in healthcare, tools for both consumers and clinicians are quickly evolving to play a larger, more autonomous role in the medical field. “There’s many tools out there now,”
Are the current maps partisan? Anti-competitive? Supreme Court must decide.
The odds are pretty good that after all the dust settles in November we’ll have some form of divided government in Wisconsin, just as we do now.
Our campaign is powered by regular folks, not the rich.
James Wigderson is a conservative Republican who doesn’t support Donald Trump. That has turned him into an embattled Don Quixote of the right, tilting at MAGA windmills and defending traditional conservative policies.
News coverage of gun violence should not be stripped of its visceral reality.
My son donated his liver, both kidneys, and his heart. Somewhere out there, people are alive today because of who my son was — because of the kind of young man he chose to be, even at 18 years old.
If economic pressures and other realities make it difficult to persuade voters that things are going well, Republicans likely will turn to a different argument: Things may not be perfect, they might say, but Democrats would only make them worse. Republicans in Ohio are already testing versions of that argument in the state’s closely watched Senate race.
Most Americans feel the economy has gotten worse, and are finding it harder to balance their budget as they buy groceries and gas and pay for housing, insurance and healthcare.
Today, Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 11:30am Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will announce their intentions to file yet another lawsuit challenging two Wisconsin abortion restrictions. 1.The requirement that only a physician may provide an abortion. 2. The requirement that abortion providers in Wisconsin provide informed consent to the mother with
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) and a bipartisan coalition are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) requirements to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. phone network to make illegal robocalls. KYUP rules require voice service providers to ensure that
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Right to Life today responded to the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Ozanne, which asks Wisconsin courts to find a right to abortion in the state Constitution’s protections of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” and to strike
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order and U.S. Postal Service rule that attempts to restrict Wisconsinites’ ability to vote by mail ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Specifically, Baldwin joined a bipartisan group
MADISON, Wis. — Today, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin laws containing basic safeguards that protect women—including requirements that physicians perform abortions and that women receive a 24-hour waiting period to consider their decision to have their child’s life terminated. The lawsuit exposes a remarkable contradiction. Planned Parenthood routine…
Latest AFP-WI campaign escalates massive grassroots effort for Tom Tiffany with over 700,000 doors knocked; activists deploying daily through Election Day MADISON, WI — With Election Day rapidly approaching, Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) today announced a new $1.5 million statewide ad campaign, as reported by The Washington Times, building on a grassroots effort
Washington, DC — Today, Reproductive Freedom for All endorsed Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in his bid for Wisconsin governor. Crowley has pledged to enshrine reproductive freedom—including abortion access—in Wisconsin law, if elected. Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement: “David Crowley knows that the work
Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC launches $2 million fall program to defeat Tom Tiffany and win a pro-conservation trifecta Madison – With the possibility of a pro-conservation, pro-democracy trifecta, Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC is spending more than $2 million to deploy the first phase of an election program to elect David
A simmering feud is emerging in Wisconsin’s higher-education “family.” Settling it in a way that helps all types of students, from those seeking job-related certificates to those pursuing four-year or graduate degrees, is a job that will fall to the next governor and Legislature.
KEWASKUM, Wis. (September 10th, 2026) – Twenty-five years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial & Education Center is launching a $4 million capital campaign to build a permanent, indoor Education Center dedicated to ensuring future generations understand what happened on 9/11 and the extraordinary courage, sacrifice
Recipients are higher education leaders, inspiring cultural and community supporters, Ron and Joyce Wanek, Green Bay Packaging Menomonie, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Stout Foundation & Alumni Association has announced the recipients of the 2026 UW-Stout Polytechnic Alumni Awards. They will be recognized during homecoming weekend at the Alumni Association’s celebration on Friday, Oct. 16…
As Wisconsin lawmakers grapple with how to regulate the use of AI in healthcare, tools for both consumers and clinicians are quickly evolving to play a larger, more autonomous role in the medical field. “There’s many tools out there now,” Frank Meyers of the Federation of State Medical Boards said
Are the current maps partisan? Anti-competitive? Supreme Court must decide.
The odds are pretty good that after all the dust settles in November we’ll have some form of divided government in Wisconsin, just as we do now.
Our campaign is powered by regular folks, not the rich.
James Wigderson is a conservative Republican who doesn’t support Donald Trump. That has turned him into an embattled Don Quixote of the right, tilting at MAGA windmills and defending traditional conservative policies.
News coverage of gun violence should not be stripped of its visceral reality.
My son donated his liver, both kidneys, and his heart. Somewhere out there, people are alive today because of who my son was — because of the kind of young man he chose to be, even at 18 years old.
If economic pressures and other realities make it difficult to persuade voters that things are going well, Republicans likely will turn to a different argument: Things may not be perfect, they might say, but Democrats would only make them worse. Republicans in Ohio are already testing versions of that argument in the state’s closely watched Senate race.
Most Americans feel the economy has gotten worse, and are finding it harder to balance their budget as they buy groceries and gas and pay for housing, insurance and healthcare.