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Michael Lucas: ROFR Loses, Wisconsin Wins

MISO has just announced the winners of two regional transmission projects being built in Wisconsin. In a turn of events that will surprise few, Wisconsin’s transmission company, ATC, was not selected for either project.

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Ruth Conniff: ‘This is way too big’: Wisconsinites respond to the ICE shooting in Minnesota

This touches all of us. And it won’t go away unless we get to the root of the problem — the unAmerican national security directives, the insane ICE budget, the lack of accountability — what Vice President JD Vance, astoundingly, asserted was “total immunity” for the rogue, masked agents targeting people in a political crackdown that has nothing to do with keeping us safe.

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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Don’t trust the FBI

I’m one of about three Americans who hasn’t rushed to judgement on the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. What I have are a lot of questions and zero faith that this Justice Department and this FBI will provide impartial answers.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 30

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s first votes on the state budget, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s push to reduce federal spending, the Department of Public Instruction’s new effort to revamp school report cards and more.

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