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MADISON, Wis. — While Derrick Van Orden refuses to hold town halls and talk to voters about the issues that matter most to them — like the fallout from the Big Ugly Bill he voted for — Van Orden is instead focusing
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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Sara Jacobs (CA-53) led a letter with 46 of their colleagues to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to distribute all remaining viable mpox vaccines from the United States that were promised
Madison – Earlier this month, the UW System Board of Regents met to approve tuition-rate hikes across the board for the 2025-26 school year. As a result, most of the system’s returning students, including its incoming freshman, will be paying 5
Wisconsin has 714 towns with families and small businesses that would be eligible for funding for testing and treatment under this program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability
Governor delivers on promise to secure direct payments to child care providers through bipartisan, pro-kid budget investments MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today launched the Child Care Bridge Payment Program, which will provide $110 million in monthly direct payments to Wisconsin child care providers through June 2026. This investment was made possible as part of a more than $360 million investment t… Please log in to access subscriber content. If
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary totals for the 2025 spring turkey season. Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 50,287 birds this season, a 14% increase from the five-year average. The 2025 spring turkey season started
National rankings highlight affordability and student outcomes as university empowers students’ career readiness Menomonie, Wis. – For its dedication to affordability and student outcomes, University of Wisconsin-Stout earned national recognition as one of America’s Best Colleges by Money Magazine for
In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
FDR and Donald J. Trump are after the same outcome: more American workers getting paid more money to spend. FDR used the tools of the U.S. government; DJT is using tariffs. History could be writing about these two presidents as the strangest roommates since Oscar and Felix in the “Odd Couple.”
The summer season in Washington has turned into truly the Looney Tunes. We need to seriously ask what has become of actual old-fashioned leadership from both the White House and Congress?
At what point do we stop calling the ‘Late Show’ cancelation “just a business decision” and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?
New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds approval of President Trump almost unchanged at 45%, support among Republicans and his base remains strong // News Center // Marquette University… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t
Colbert, NPR, PBS victims of low ratings and boring content.
Instead of focusing on the names of professional sports teams, maybe Trump should focus on releasing the Epstein files and lowering egg prices, as he promised.
Thirty-eight states have now opened their doors to gambling on all sports. Wisconsin, thank goodness, is still not one of them.
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MADISON, Wis. — While Derrick Van Orden refuses to hold town halls and talk to voters about the issues that matter most to them — like the fallout from the Big Ugly Bill he voted for — Van Orden is instead focusing on back tracking his support for the release of the
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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Sara Jacobs (CA-53) led a letter with 46 of their colleagues to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to distribute all remaining viable mpox vaccines from the United States that were promised to African countries currently experiencing outbreaks. “Nearly 800,000 doses of
Madison – Earlier this month, the UW System Board of Regents met to approve tuition-rate hikes across the board for the 2025-26 school year. As a result, most of the system’s returning students, including its incoming freshman, will be paying 5 percent more for tuition than they entered the summer expecting
Wisconsin has 714 towns with families and small businesses that would be eligible for funding for testing and treatment under this program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or the Healthy H2O Act, to provide grants for water
Governor delivers on promise to secure direct payments to child care providers through bipartisan, pro-kid budget investments MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today launched the Child Care Bridge Payment Program, which will provide $110 million in monthly direct payments to Wisconsin child care providers through June 2026. This investment was made possible as part of a more than $360 million investment t… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced preliminary totals for the 2025 spring turkey season. Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 50,287 birds this season, a 14% increase from the five-year average. The 2025 spring turkey season started on April 12 with the two-day youth hunt for hunters
National rankings highlight affordability and student outcomes as university empowers students’ career readiness Menomonie, Wis. – For its dedication to affordability and student outcomes, University of Wisconsin-Stout earned national recognition as one of America’s Best Colleges by Money Magazine for a second year in a row. At UW-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University,
In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
FDR and Donald J. Trump are after the same outcome: more American workers getting paid more money to spend. FDR used the tools of the U.S. government; DJT is using tariffs. History could be writing about these two presidents as the strangest roommates since Oscar and Felix in the “Odd Couple.”
The summer season in Washington has turned into truly the Looney Tunes. We need to seriously ask what has become of actual old-fashioned leadership from both the White House and Congress?
At what point do we stop calling the ‘Late Show’ cancelation “just a business decision” and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?
New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds approval of President Trump almost unchanged at 45%, support among Republicans and his base remains strong // News Center // Marquette University… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the
Colbert, NPR, PBS victims of low ratings and boring content.
Instead of focusing on the names of professional sports teams, maybe Trump should focus on releasing the Epstein files and lowering egg prices, as he promised.
Thirty-eight states have now opened their doors to gambling on all sports. Wisconsin, thank goodness, is still not one of them.
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