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The director of Port Milwaukee says a new shipping industry study will explore ways to move cargo more efficiently and “strengthen our role” in the national freight network. The American Great Lakes Ports Association recently announced a market analysis study
Assembly Hearing on Cole’s Act & Potential Floor Votes in Both Chambers Would Pave the Way for Wisconsin to Become the 27th State to Ban PBM Copay Accumulators MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin lawmakers will face a defining moment this Wednesday
MILWAUKEE On Saturday, February 7, David Liners launched his campaign for the State Assembly in Wisconsin’s 21st District. “I’m running because we can’t afford business as usual,” said Liners. Among the priorities of the campaign are: Fully funding public schools
In the first month since their debut, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles has issued just over 10,000 Blackout and Retro license plates (10,694): Blackout plates totaled 9,493 and nearly half of those were personalized (4,634)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI. – Pete Buttigieg, the failed mayor and out-of-touch Transportation Secretary, just made it official: he’s throwing his full support behind Commie Cooke in her third attempt to claim Wisconsin’s Third Congressional seat. BUTTIGIEG’S RADICAL RECORD WASTED more
The Green Bay Innovation Group and the Wisconsin Paper Council are working with a coalition of manufacturing organizations to oppose PFAS enforcement legislation which is rapidly making its way through the Legislature. Our coalition is united against Assembly Bill 131
The question isn’t whether data centers are coming. They are. The question is whether Wisconsin will do the hard work required to capture the benefits, mitigate the downsides and be a leader in the high-tech economy.
Wisconsin, once a bastion of open government, is now dealing with billion- and trillion-dollar entities seeking to plant huge data centers here. And there aren’t enough journalists to shine a light on what’s happening.
Bills aim to strengthen free speech protections, but future is uncertain.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has many problems. They’re self righteous, secretive and indignant. Their communications efforts do not offer clarity, they obfuscate. This was on full display in their spokesperson’s response to Dairyland Sentinel’s reporting.
There was a time when the biggest bully in school was a kid with a bad haircut and a mean streak. These days, in too many places, the biggest bully in the school is the school itself.
AB104 would intervene within the privileged, confidential relationship between physicians and pediatric patients, offering no avenue of support for gender-diverse youth at a time when the Lemkin Institute has characterized the erosion of transgender rights in the United States as indicative of the “early stages of genocide.”
Wisconsin Democrats are promoting affordability and economic security, while Republicans’ stonewalling on ACA tax credits results in more suffering and political payback for the GOP in November.
Anyone blindly defending this behavior is as much as racist as Trump. This is not the first time he crossed the line.
I wonder if my old civics teacher would have wanted us to memorize these names?
Inside or outside the church, all of us have a role to play in advocating for social justice.
ELK MOUND, Wis. – Today, Jeremiah Fredrickson, owner of Jeremiah’s Bullfrog Fish Farm, formally announced his candidacy for the 92nd Assembly District. Fredrickson released the following statement: “I am excited to announce my candidacy for the 92nd Assembly District. As
MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, new reporting revealed that ICE crossed the Mississippi and infiltrated Hudson and Baldwin, Wisconsin. Even before ICE put boots down in the state, local residents in St. Croix were calling out their un-American militant campaign that forced multiple
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced approximately $6 million in grant funding to lake organizations, nonprofit organizations and municipal and county governments throughout Wisconsin. This grant program provides cost-sharing for projects that restore and protect
At a brief meeting held immediately following the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Annual Meeting, February 5, in Stevens Point, the WPVGA Board of Directors elected Wendy Dykstra of Alsum Farms Inc., Friesland, as its first-ever woman President
The director of Port Milwaukee says a new shipping industry study will explore ways to move cargo more efficiently and “strengthen our role” in the national freight network. The American Great Lakes Ports Association recently announced a market analysis study focused on expanding cargo shipping between the Great Lakes and
Assembly Hearing on Cole’s Act & Potential Floor Votes in Both Chambers Would Pave the Way for Wisconsin to Become the 27th State to Ban PBM Copay Accumulators MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin lawmakers will face a defining moment this Wednesday as the Assembly Health, Aging and Long-Term Care Committee holds
MILWAUKEE On Saturday, February 7, David Liners launched his campaign for the State Assembly in Wisconsin’s 21st District. “I’m running because we can’t afford business as usual,” said Liners. Among the priorities of the campaign are: Fully funding public schools while lowering property taxes, by making corporations and the wealthy
In the first month since their debut, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Division of Motor Vehicles has issued just over 10,000 Blackout and Retro license plates (10,694): Blackout plates totaled 9,493 and nearly half of those were personalized (4,634) Retro plates totaled 1,201 and nearly half of those were
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI. – Pete Buttigieg, the failed mayor and out-of-touch Transportation Secretary, just made it official: he’s throwing his full support behind Commie Cooke in her third attempt to claim Wisconsin’s Third Congressional seat. BUTTIGIEG’S RADICAL RECORD WASTED more than $80 BILLION in woke DEI grants PLEDGED TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRANSGENDER
The Green Bay Innovation Group and the Wisconsin Paper Council are working with a coalition of manufacturing organizations to oppose PFAS enforcement legislation which is rapidly making its way through the Legislature. Our coalition is united against Assembly Bill 131 and Senate Bill 128 which exempt government entities and targets
The question isn’t whether data centers are coming. They are. The question is whether Wisconsin will do the hard work required to capture the benefits, mitigate the downsides and be a leader in the high-tech economy.
Wisconsin, once a bastion of open government, is now dealing with billion- and trillion-dollar entities seeking to plant huge data centers here. And there aren’t enough journalists to shine a light on what’s happening.
Bills aim to strengthen free speech protections, but future is uncertain.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has many problems. They’re self righteous, secretive and indignant. Their communications efforts do not offer clarity, they obfuscate. This was on full display in their spokesperson’s response to Dairyland Sentinel’s reporting.
There was a time when the biggest bully in school was a kid with a bad haircut and a mean streak. These days, in too many places, the biggest bully in the school is the school itself.
AB104 would intervene within the privileged, confidential relationship between physicians and pediatric patients, offering no avenue of support for gender-diverse youth at a time when the Lemkin Institute has characterized the erosion of transgender rights in the United States as indicative of the “early stages of genocide.”
Wisconsin Democrats are promoting affordability and economic security, while Republicans’ stonewalling on ACA tax credits results in more suffering and political payback for the GOP in November.
Anyone blindly defending this behavior is as much as racist as Trump. This is not the first time he crossed the line.
I wonder if my old civics teacher would have wanted us to memorize these names?
Inside or outside the church, all of us have a role to play in advocating for social justice.
ELK MOUND, Wis. – Today, Jeremiah Fredrickson, owner of Jeremiah’s Bullfrog Fish Farm, formally announced his candidacy for the 92nd Assembly District. Fredrickson released the following statement: “I am excited to announce my candidacy for the 92nd Assembly District. As a lifelong Wisconsinite, I am proud to call this state
MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, new reporting revealed that ICE crossed the Mississippi and infiltrated Hudson and Baldwin, Wisconsin. Even before ICE put boots down in the state, local residents in St. Croix were calling out their un-American militant campaign that forced multiple businesses to close out of fear. “The chaos, fear, and
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced approximately $6 million in grant funding to lake organizations, nonprofit organizations and municipal and county governments throughout Wisconsin. This grant program provides cost-sharing for projects that restore and protect surface water. Surface water is defined as all water open
At a brief meeting held immediately following the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Annual Meeting, February 5, in Stevens Point, the WPVGA Board of Directors elected Wendy Dykstra of Alsum Farms Inc., Friesland, as its first-ever woman President for 2026. Dykstra (District 3) succeeds John Bustamante (District 2)