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MADISON, Wis.—The Universities of Wisconsin will host a series of public listening sessions across the state next week as part of the ongoing search for the next Universities of Wisconsin President. The sessions are designed to gather input from students,

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced a public listening session to gather feedback from individuals and communities about the agency’s PFAS law program development. 2025 Wisconsin Act 200 and 2025 Wisconsin Act 201 authorize the DNR

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), together with the Iowa Department of Transportation, are announcing a key milestone in the IA 9 / WIS 82 Mississippi River Bridge project. The center span of the new bridge will be installed on Thursday,

MADISON, Wis. – June 5, 2026 – Wisconsin’s Edvest 529 college savings plan has achieved a major milestone in reaching $7 billion in assets under management. The growth has prompted another reduction in the plan’s plan manager fee to just 0.04%

Ahead of Trump’s visit to the Chippewa Valley today, DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith released the following statement: “Derrick Van Orden hauls in his elite friends from Washington to remind Wisconsin families the reason why they’re hurting: because Van Orden does

MUSKEGO, WI — Pete Karas filed his nomination papers to run for Wisconsin Secretary of State as a Green Party candidate. Today, someone hired a law firm to make sure you never get to vote for him. A verified challenge was

MADISON, Wis. — In anticipation of Trump’s visit to Wisconsin today, A Better Wisconsin Together is setting the record straight on how the MAGA agenda has devastated rural Wisconsin communities, all thanks to Trump’s Badger State Bestie Tom Tiffany. “Donald Trump

LA CROSSE, WI. – Rebecca Cooke has built her campaign around her family’s farm story, but her CCP-linked, anti-energy allies undercuts her claims to be a champion for agriculture and rural Wisconsin. Cooke is backed by the Natural Resources Defense

Wauwatosa, WI — Mike Morgan announced that he is running as a Republican for the open 13th Assembly District in Brookfield, Elm Grove and Wauwatosa.  “Residents of the 13th District and Wisconsin need affordability, accountability and accessibility from their state government,”

DANE COUNTY, Wis. — On Thursday, June 4, 2026, the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a temporary halt on permits for hyperscale data centers in unincorporated areas of the county. The measure, Sub 1 to 2026 RES-039, prevents the

DANE COUNTY, Wis. — On Thursday, June 4, 2026, the Dane County Board of Supervisors approved Sub 1 to 2026 RES-026, calling on UW Health and Children’s Wisconsin to resume providing gender-affirming health care to transgender and gender diverse youth. The resolution

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at countering China’s influence on the U.S. patent system: the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act and the Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act. The Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act, introduced alongside Chairman of the Select

MADISON, Wis.—The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Thursday elected Regent Kyle M. Weatherly to a one-year term as President. Weatherly, a graduate of UW-Madison and previously Regent Vice President, succeeds Amy B. Bogost, who has served as President

“After pressure from Common Ground, it appears the MMSD Commission has accepted our call for an independent audit of Veolia,” said Bob Connolly, Co-Chair of CG’s Water Investigation Team. “To determine whether Common Ground will support the effort, and whether

As President Donald Trump visits Northern Wisconsin for a closed event to hear about how his policies have affected farmers, former rural legislator and congressional candidate Fred Clark offered this welcome video sharing thoughts he regularly hears in rural Wisconsin counties.  In

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 Page Creek Management Project in Marquette County.   Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss

Stockbridge, WI – June 4, 2026 – Barb Bittner, a lifelong Wisconsin resident, business owner, and proud dairy farm daughter, announced this week her candidacy for the Wisconsin State Senate in District 1. “I am excited to announce that I am

MILWAUKEE, Wis.—The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a proposal to increase resident undergraduate tuition by 2 percent for the 2026–27 academic year.  The increase is below the current inflation rate and is designed to help universities address rising operating

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Defend America Action is releasing an updated Wisconsin report highlighting the devastating affordability crisis Donald Trump and Republicans have created for the state. Tariff-driven inflation is wreaking havoc on Wisconsin families. Electric bills are up 13 percent since Trump took office, and 270,000