Politics
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23 students from Milwaukee Public Schools died by gun violence in a year. Here are their stories.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel set out to memorialize the stories of 23 students who were lost to gun violence between June 2024 through June 2025.
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that drew renewed attention to the threat of political violence across the United States.
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Opinion: Book bans threaten our right to read. Here’s what you need to know.
Book bans often target the stories about people we don’t regularly see in our communities and daily lives.
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How many times has Wisconsin received FEMA aid, and how long did a decision take?
It’s been eight days since Democratic Gov. Tony Evers asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster and open up federal aid for the August floods that hammered southeast Wisconsin.
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What’s the Milwaukee County Executive doing up north? Preparing to run for governor.
David Crowley visited Altoona to check out a micro-apartment model for affordable housing, an issue he says will be a priority when he announces his candidacy for governor.
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Democrats ‘love murders and carjackings and armed robberies:’ JD Vance tells Wisconsin
The vice president came to a swing congressional district in a swing state to sell the Trump-GOP megabill of big cuts and deficit spending — by trying to change the subject to familiar scare tactics. Vice President JD Vance used a metal fabrication shop in La Crosse to fabricate a false narrative about the massive…
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Every VA medical center in Wisconsin has severe staffing shortages, watchdog group finds
According to a recent report, Wisconsin’s three VA health care systems were short a combined 51 clinical positions and 21 nonclinical positions.
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Key Wisconsin GOP Supreme Court justice announces exit, citing bitter political climate
While not announcing her next move, Justice Rebecca Bradley said fellow conservatives need to “take stock of their failures and fix it.”
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Citizen-driven ballot initiatives can’t happen in Wisconsin, but some people are trying to change that
About half the states have some process that allows citizens to collect enough signatures to force statewide referendums — something only the Legislature can do in Wisconsin right now.
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Trump: End mail-in voting. Wisconsin: No thanks
Democrats, Republicans, and Independents point to our state’s long history of secure elections that embrace absentee ballot use to make democracy more accessible.
