Politics
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How Wisconsin’s April 4 Election Will Impact Your Life for the Next 10+ Years
Wisconsin’s spring election will decide the future of reproductive rights, legislative maps, the governor’s powers, and maybe even the results of the 2024 presidential election. You have the opportunity to change the direction of our state and our country. All you have to do is VOTE.
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Democrats Demand Ouster of Elections Commission Official for Bragging About Suppressing Voters of Color
Bob Spindell, chair of the 4th Congressional District Republican Party, said he won’t quit despite the uproar over an email he sent celebrating reduced Black and Hispanic turnout in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee, Madison, & Minneapolis By Train: What We Know, What We Don’t, & What’s Next
Could an old form of transportation be the key to new growth? Answers to all your questions about what it will take to expand Amtrak in Wisconsin.
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‘Courts Are About People’: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election Will Play a Major Role in the Rights of its Residents
Judge Chris Taylor, a former legislator who’s running for the Court of Appeals, is reminding voters of the many issues that come before state Supreme Court justices and the impact they have on protecting, expanding, or removing your rights.
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Gov. Evers Launches Program For People Experiencing Homelessness, Drug Addiction
The new recovery program will use Opioid Settlement Funds to help struggling Wisconsinites find affordable, safe, & stable housing.
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Where is “Up North”?
It’s in our name, but we get it: it’s confusing. While UpNorthNews covers all of Wisconsin, “Up North” is a specific geographic spot within our state. But WHERE exactly? That’s up for debate…
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The Worst-Drawn Districts in America: How Wisconsin Got Here, How It’s Hurting Us, & How We Can Fix It
In 2017, a federal court ruled the state legislative districts Wisconsin Republicans drew in 2011 were so excessively partisan, they were unconstitutional. And the ones currently in effect aren’t any better.
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Biden Signs Respect for Marriage Act, Providing Federal Protections for Same-Sex and Interracial Marriages
The bill’s signing comes as Democrats and LGBTQ advocates have expressed growing fear over the possibility that the landmark 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges—which legalized gay marriage nationwide—could be overturned following the Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
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Republicans May Have a Majority in the Legislature, but Democrats Have a Record of Getting Things Done
GOP lawmakers want to use the state’s $6.6 billion surplus on tax cuts for the wealthy, but Gov. Tony Evers and Biden’s targeted investments saved the economy during the pandemic and are opening new opportunities in the future.
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House Republicans’ Agenda Focuses on Social Security Cuts and Sham Investigations—Not Working Families
Between Republicans’ economic agenda, spurious investigations, and threatened impeachments, the House is looking at a busy but unproductive year.
