Starting All Over: Conservatives Close the Spigot on Groundwater Standards for ‘Forever Chemicals’
A Natural Resources Board hostile to addressing PFAS contamination forces the rules process to start all over again, wasting three years of work.
JT Cestkowski
Wausau Finds Dangerous Chemicals in All City Water Wells
Wausau is just the latest Wisconsin city to detect elevated levels of PFAS in its water source.
Doctors Slam GOP Proposals to Add New Barriers to Medical Assistance
Wisconsinites receiving medical assistance benefits would be subject to new requirements under two new bills.
Analysis, Advocates say Northern Wisconsin Oil Pipeline Threatens Drinking Water, Lake Superior
The battlelines are drawn as activists attempt to sway the Department of Natural Resources to kill a proposed pipeline project. Activists and concerned citizens raised their voices Wednesday against the future of a gas and oil pipeline that runs across northern...
Republicans Attempting to Dismantle Milwaukee Public Schools and Expand Vouchers
Critics label the effort to break up public schools “an attack on the foundation of our democracy: public schools.”
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Wisconsin Republicans Over False Trump Electors
Two Wisconsin GOP members cast fraudulent Electoral College votes. Now Congress is investigating.
Nurses Up North Push for Better Pay Amid Pandemic Demands
Nurses at a major Wisconsin health network are demanding higher wages and better working conditions after two years of a pandemic and staffing shortages.
Right to Clean Water Goes to Voters in Two Wisconsin Counties
Voters in two Wisconsin counties will have the chance to make their voices heard on the issue of water quality in the upcoming spring election.
Democrats Try Again to Stop Letting Voucher Schools Hide Their True Cost From Taxpayers
Property tax bills show money going to schools, but an unlabeled chunk of it isn’t going to local public schools.
‘Completely Bonkers’: Republican Wants to Let Partisan Officials Nullify Elections
A conspiracy theory-spreading lawmaker is taking another step to try to undermine Wisconsin elections.
