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The worst kept secret in Madison is that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos may not run again in 2026. These rumors surface every two years around this time, and while his departure would be hugely significant, it would hardly be unexpected.
Lawmakers suspect state bungling will trigger penalty for bad-payments rate, but governor won’t show data
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the Department of Justice to review the case brought by Wisconsin’s attorney general against retired Dane County circuit judge James Troupis “to determine whether any wrongdoing has occurred.”
As data centers set their sights on harvesting Wisconsin’s human and natural resources, refusal and resistance starts locally.
The struggle between AI’s potentially “wicked” and “good” sides will continue for a while, but good should triumph in time. People should keep an open mind while waiting for this movie to play out.
It’s absurd that the U.S. Department of Education has chosen to exclude nursing from its definition of ‘professional degree’ programs.
Professor and author Scott Galloway says if, as a country, we want better young men — and one certainly hopes we do — then we need better older men. And we need them to step up as mentors.
The evidence of Donald Trump’s slipping hold on his party is growing.
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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be hosting six career fairs across the state in early 2026. The fairs will be held in Spooner, Woodruff, Oshkosh, Milladore, Milwaukee and Fitchburg, starting Jan. 17. Attendees will have the
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of State Patrol is joining law enforcement agencies across the state and nation in a unified effort to get impaired drivers off the roads this holiday season. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled
In a letter responding to the U.S. DOJ’s request, commissioners wrote that Wisconsin law “explicitly prohibits the Commission” from providing the full unredacted voter registration list, which includes information like driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of residents’ Social Security numbers.
MADISON, Wis. – A randomized trial from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health showed that introducing ambient artificial intelligence scribes in UW Health clinics reduced health care practitioner burnout and time spent documenting
The worst kept secret in Madison is that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos may not run again in 2026. These rumors surface every two years around this time, and while his departure would be hugely significant, it would hardly be unexpected.
Lawmakers suspect state bungling will trigger penalty for bad-payments rate, but governor won’t show data
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the Department of Justice to review the case brought by Wisconsin’s attorney general against retired Dane County circuit judge James Troupis “to determine whether any wrongdoing has occurred.”
As data centers set their sights on harvesting Wisconsin’s human and natural resources, refusal and resistance starts locally.
The struggle between AI’s potentially “wicked” and “good” sides will continue for a while, but good should triumph in time. People should keep an open mind while waiting for this movie to play out.
It’s absurd that the U.S. Department of Education has chosen to exclude nursing from its definition of ‘professional degree’ programs.
Professor and author Scott Galloway says if, as a country, we want better young men — and one certainly hopes we do — then we need better older men. And we need them to step up as mentors.
The evidence of Donald Trump’s slipping hold on his party is growing.
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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be hosting six career fairs across the state in early 2026. The fairs will be held in Spooner, Woodruff, Oshkosh, Milladore, Milwaukee and Fitchburg, starting Jan. 17. Attendees will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with current DNR staff, ask questions,
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of State Patrol is joining law enforcement agencies across the state and nation in a unified effort to get impaired drivers off the roads this holiday season. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign kicks off today boosting efforts to educate and
In a letter responding to the U.S. DOJ’s request, commissioners wrote that Wisconsin law “explicitly prohibits the Commission” from providing the full unredacted voter registration list, which includes information like driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of residents’ Social Security numbers.
MADISON, Wis. – A randomized trial from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health showed that introducing ambient artificial intelligence scribes in UW Health clinics reduced health care practitioner burnout and time spent documenting patient notes. The clinical trial also provided one of the