Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes outlined his statewide tour planned to coincide with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Mequon firefighter Mark Thurow has launched an independent bid for Congress in the east-central part of the state, saying there aren’t nearly enough “blue collar” representatives in Washington.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is joining a coalition that is suing the US Department of Justice over new rules that would require victims of crime to be screened for their immigration status.
In today’s era of “citizen journalism” there are terabytes of video documenting the chaos that President Trump’s ICE and Border Patrol agents are causing — and a candidate for Wisconsin governor wants to create a place where that video evidence might someday be used to hold those agents accountable for any illegal actions they take in Wisconsin.
In his final State of the State address, Gov. Tony Evers asked the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature to reach a bipartisan deal on property and income tax relief and put $450 million from the state surplus into public education. Negotiations are ongoing.
Wisconsinites are already talking to their friends, neighbors, and coworkers about how hyperscale data centers will impact their lives, but what can they do about it?
Here’s how silly and divisive politics has become for some legislators: They’d steal a bill from the other party and put their names on it instead of working across parties on solid ideas, like preventing nuisance lawsuits meant to stifle a free press.
Jeremiah Fredrickson, a business owner from western Wisconsin, is running for the General Assembly as an "unapologetic advocate for rural Wisconsin."
Congressman Tom Tiffany, a candidate for governor, says the quest for justice by victims of the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein amounts to a distraction.
A grassroots public forum on proposed data centers is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Menomonie at the Off Broadway Banquet Center. Organizers say it’s a chance to get answers—especially about environmental impacts—and urge residents from nearby communities to attend.
