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The Best of the Best: Wisconsin’s Highest-Rated Cities for Health Care, Housing, and Having a Good Time
The website Livability ranked America’s top 100 cities and six from the Badger State made the list.
Six Wisconsin Cities Earn a Spot in Livability’s “Top 100 Best Places to Live”
Livability.com ranks the most livable small and mid-sized cities in the United States.
Raise a Glass to Old World Wisconsin—the Showcase of Settler Life Will Show Off the Old Styles of Brewing
Half a century after opening, the state’s historical society site will open a working brewhouse to teach the many ways immigrants brought the craft to their new world.
Left Without Any Factual Reason to Attack the State’s Top Elections Administrator, Gableman Goes After Her Looks
Republican-hired inquisitor attacks Meagan Wolfe on right-wing radio show, and continues to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
‘Back to the Dark Ages’ for Water Protection as a Judge Kills DNR Enforcement of PFAS
State’s big business lobby, WMC, successfully argues the Legislature has to list the chemicals and write the rules—even though it might never do that.
Q&A: Educational Theorist Michael Apple Reviews Republicans’ 40 Year War on Public Education
UW-Madison Professor Michael Apple believes conservatives’ latest attacks on school boards, teachers, and curriculum are part of a decades-long effort to undermine public education.
‘The Quiet Majority Needs to Show Up’: Election Day Brings High Stakes for Schools, Local Government, Courts
Spring non-partisan races have been shaped by GOP-supported spending and messaging. Dozens of school districts forced to ask for additional local help to make up for the Legislature’s lack of support.
Wisconsin GOP’s War on Public Schools Enters Primetime with Tuesday’s School Board Elections
While some parents are voting with teachers, school funding, and equity in mind, others are motivated by culture war issues that have exploded into the mainstream over the past year and a half.
Early Voting Is Underway for the April 5 Elections in Wisconsin. Here’s What You Need to Know.
On April 5, voters across the state will head to the polls to decide who will lead their city and county governments, preside over the local circuit courts and serve on the court of appeals, and represent their school districts as school board members.
More Backpedaling from Wisconsin Republicans Who ‘Don’t Know’ Who Won in 2020
Vos confirms dozens of secret subpoenas while Gableman again asks a judge to jail two mayors.
Johnson Flip-Flops on a Wisconsin Judicial Nominee, Even After Helping Him Become a Nominee
Milwaukee County judge, brother of a Democratic congressman, was on a list assembled along with Sen. Tammy Baldwin
How to Have Your Say Next Week on Who Serves in Local Government
Candidate fields will be narrowed for the April 5 general election.
Private Equity Takeover Could Hurt Kohl’s and Its Employees
The Wisconsin-based department store chain employs 110,000 nationwide and 4,000 at its corporate headquarters.
‘Attack on Democracy’: Barnes Warns of Continued Efforts to Limit Voting
Republicans’ ongoing efforts to restrict the number of people allowed to vote poses a “serious danger” to democracy in America, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes told UpNorthNews.
Legislator: GOP Colleagues Underestimate the Damage to Democracy from Election Lies
Smith says many know better but are going along because it helps them stay in power.
Gableman Denied Working With a Group That Tried to Overturn the Election. The Group’s Leader Says Otherwise.
Gableman’s taxpayer-funded investigation has right-wing ties and is shrouded in secrecy.
How a Ballot Drop Box Ban Will Hurt Voters and ‘Create More Distrust’
Last-minute rule change before February and April elections could lead to confusion and hurt elderly and disabled voters, officials say.
Last Minute Shopper? Pick Up The Rest of Your Christmas Gifts From These Wisconsin Businesses
Instead of stressing out at the big-box stores, make some time to visit one or two of these unique local shops.
Last Minute Shopper? Pick Up The Rest of Your Christmas Gifts From These Wisconsin Businesses
Instead of stressing out at the big-box stores, make some time to visit one or two of these unique local shops.
A Beginners Guide to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
No time for a one thousand mile hike? Here are a few stops along the trail that will allow you to experience its beauty in your spare time.
Miss the Ol’ General Store? In Wisconsin, You Don’t Need a Time Machine to Visit One.
From Door County to the former lead-mining towns of southwestern Wisconsin, general stores still tie communities together.
Love Quirky Geography? We’ve Got a Trip All Mapped Out for You.
Picnic in the center of the Western Hemisphere, align yourself to the Poles, and cruise the Subcontinental Divide, all without leaving Wisconsin.
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Passed. Here’s What it Means for Wisconsin.
Measure expected to provide around $5.5 billion in transportation projects to Wisconsin and a variety of other job-creating improvements.
Family Sees Hope for In-Home Healthcare Worker Shortage in Biden Package Being Negotiated in Congress
Legislation would increase federal funding for the kind of in-home nursing and personal care workers now in short supply and desperately in need.
From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
‘Impossible to talk about the state’s economic health’ without giving credit to decades of workers and new residents.
Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Gina Kildahl sued Fall Creek School District for not protecting her 7-year-old son and other students from COVID-19.
Wisconsin Parents Are Standing Up for COVID Safety In Schools
As school boards—many times influenced by groups funded by national conservative organizations—decline to enact COVID safety protocols, local parent groups are pushing back.
Latino Workers’ Group Plans Strike to Pressure Democrats to Pass Immigration Reform
President Joe Biden and Fellow Democrats Campaigned in 2020 in Part on the Promise to Deliver a Path to Citizenship for Millions of Undocumented Essential Workers.
Lawsuit Could Send Wisconsin’s PFAS Protections ‘Back Into the Dark Ages’
Environmental advocates warn of health hazards that could result from a business lobby’s bid to hamstring the DNR.