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Deadline To Apply Is Sept. 15 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds eligible hunters hoping to participate in the Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities to contact and confirm a location with a hunt landowner sponsor before
WHITEFISH BAY, Wisc. — In case you missed it, Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball made a massive change in the race for Wisconsin Governor. On Tuesday, the political prediction team with the Center for Politics changed the Badger State’s gubernatorial race from “Lean Dem”
Baldwin joins 43 senators in laying out needed humanitarian and diplomatic next steps after latest round of ceasefire talks faltered last week WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined 43 of her Senate colleagues to express unified alarm about
GERMANTOWN – Washington County Assistant District Attorney Grant Scaife today announced additional endorsements of his campaign for the Washington County Circuit Court. These endorsements are in addition to the support of community leaders County Executive Josh Schoemann, District Attorney Barry
UW-Madison leadership is considering the creation of a new college focused on computing, reflecting the technology’s increasingly central role across other disciplines. That’s according to Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, director of the university’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences. He spoke
Governor is a great gig and Evers has no clear heir apparent.
That is how Gov. Tony Evers presented himself back in 2018, and that is how he won against Scott Walker. As much as I would like a screaming progressive, Wisconsin is not ready for one yet.
This week, USDA Rural Development Wisconsin is celebrating National Farmers Market Week.
There was a time when the presidency stood for something more than power.It stood for virtue. For honesty. For the idea that the person behind the Resolute Desk was resolute in character, not just ambition. But that time feels like a relic of a vanished republic.
Now the targets have become children, farm workers, Home Depot employees and hundreds of thousands of people who have been in the U.S. for decades, earning a living, paying taxes and raising children.
On Aug. 2, I and a group of fellow believers will carry a large wooden cross through the streets of Madison. We will walk silently, not in protest of one political party or another, but against a deeper sickness — one that perverts the Gospel, sanctions cruelty, promotes violence, militarism and war, endangers our environment and wraps oppression in religious robes.
Asphalt art projects have taken off in the past decade as collaborations between cities, community groups and artists.
Has advocacy for any cause created more ill will than the push for Palestinian statehood?
There is an old joke that goes: if you speak two languages, you are bilingual. But if you only speak one language, you are an American.
MADISON, WI – Today, Lt. Governor and candidate for Governor Sara Rodriguez released the following statement in response to blatantly false and racist rumors circulated to reporters this week regarding her husband, Baltazar Rodriguez: “My husband is a proud, naturalized U.S.
On this day in 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, two programs that have helped millions of Wisconsinites live longer, healthier lives and achieve economic security. Yet just weeks before Medicaid’s 60th anniversary, Derrick Van Orden and Bryan
TOWN OF CRYSTAL LAKE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 2025. The church was originally constructed in 1907 in the Town
MILWAUKEE – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Carleton District #3 School in the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 2025. The building was originally constructed in 1916 and expanded to its present appearance in
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the “incidental taking” of a rare lizard, which may result from the Sand Valley Outpost Golf Course in Adams County. Incidental take refers to the
Thanks to budget investments secured by the governor, the successful Meat Processor Infrastructure Grant Program will continue supporting the profitability and sustainability of the state’s meat processing facilities and workforce MADISON — Gov. Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of
Deadline To Apply Is Sept. 15 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds eligible hunters hoping to participate in the Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities to contact and confirm a location with a hunt landowner sponsor before Sept. 15, 2025. Thousands of acres of land are available
WHITEFISH BAY, Wisc. — In case you missed it, Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball made a massive change in the race for Wisconsin Governor. On Tuesday, the political prediction team with the Center for Politics changed the Badger State’s gubernatorial race from “Lean Dem” to “TOSS-UP.” “The pundits and experts are recognizing the same
Baldwin joins 43 senators in laying out needed humanitarian and diplomatic next steps after latest round of ceasefire talks faltered last week WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined 43 of her Senate colleagues to express unified alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, call for the large-scale expansion
GERMANTOWN – Washington County Assistant District Attorney Grant Scaife today announced additional endorsements of his campaign for the Washington County Circuit Court. These endorsements are in addition to the support of community leaders County Executive Josh Schoemann, District Attorney Barry Braatz, and Sheriff Marty Schulteis. Grant released the following statement:
UW-Madison leadership is considering the creation of a new college focused on computing, reflecting the technology’s increasingly central role across other disciplines. That’s according to Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, director of the university’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences. He spoke yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council luncheon in Madison, where
Governor is a great gig and Evers has no clear heir apparent.
That is how Gov. Tony Evers presented himself back in 2018, and that is how he won against Scott Walker. As much as I would like a screaming progressive, Wisconsin is not ready for one yet.
This week, USDA Rural Development Wisconsin is celebrating National Farmers Market Week.
There was a time when the presidency stood for something more than power.It stood for virtue. For honesty. For the idea that the person behind the Resolute Desk was resolute in character, not just ambition. But that time feels like a relic of a vanished republic.
Now the targets have become children, farm workers, Home Depot employees and hundreds of thousands of people who have been in the U.S. for decades, earning a living, paying taxes and raising children.
On Aug. 2, I and a group of fellow believers will carry a large wooden cross through the streets of Madison. We will walk silently, not in protest of one political party or another, but against a deeper sickness — one that perverts the Gospel, sanctions cruelty, promotes violence, militarism and war, endangers our environment and wraps oppression in religious robes.
Asphalt art projects have taken off in the past decade as collaborations between cities, community groups and artists.
Has advocacy for any cause created more ill will than the push for Palestinian statehood?
There is an old joke that goes: if you speak two languages, you are bilingual. But if you only speak one language, you are an American.
MADISON, WI – Today, Lt. Governor and candidate for Governor Sara Rodriguez released the following statement in response to blatantly false and racist rumors circulated to reporters this week regarding her husband, Baltazar Rodriguez: “My husband is a proud, naturalized U.S. citizen. We are five days into this race and my
On this day in 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were signed into law, two programs that have helped millions of Wisconsinites live longer, healthier lives and achieve economic security. Yet just weeks before Medicaid’s 60th anniversary, Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil joined House Republicans to cut nearly $1 trillion from
TOWN OF CRYSTAL LAKE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 2025. The church was originally constructed in 1907 in the Town of Crystal Lake, Marquette County. St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
MILWAUKEE – The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Carleton District #3 School in the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 2025. The building was originally constructed in 1916 and expanded to its present appearance in 1941. It was originally constructed in the Town of Granville
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the “incidental taking” of a rare lizard, which may result from the Sand Valley Outpost Golf Course in Adams County. Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants
Thanks to budget investments secured by the governor, the successful Meat Processor Infrastructure Grant Program will continue supporting the profitability and sustainability of the state’s meat processing facilities and workforce MADISON — Gov. Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), today announced nine Wisconsin