La Crosse voters elected a new mayor—and made history.

The Trump administration wants to EXCLUDE this very specific group of people from access to suicide prevention help.

It’s all about the billionaires. 💵

Democratic Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin says Republicans are putting health care further out of reach for everyday people, “because they need to give tax handouts to their rich friends.”

In a committee, Republicans voted last week to cut off Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds—a longtime goal of the party—plus take away Medicaid health insurance from more than 13 million people.

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If you're in your 20s in Wisconsin and you're stressed about $$$... we get it.

Wisconsin isn’t the only place dealing with a shortage of affordable homes—and it’s also not the only place trying to confront one of the causes: hedge funds purchasing properties and converting them to rentals. It reduces the number of single-family homes available in an area, driving up prices for what remains.

We interviewed state Sen. Sarah Keyeski on our radio show about her bill, similar to proposals elsewhere, that seeks to limit the degree to which Wall Street can be a landlord in Wisconsin. She argues the move is a healthy one to protect local capitalism from the excesses of hedge fund activity often criticized as “vulture capitalism.”

Laura Benjamin of Eau Claire, the most recent entry into the 2026 3rd Congressional District race, says it’s time to make America work for working Americans.

The former city council member and owner of a marketing and communications company, was a recent guest on our radio show, where she outlined her priority issues and the reasons why she believes Democratic primary voters will want to make a change next year when they decide who should take on second-term Republican US Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

Rebecca Cooke, the party’s 2024 nominee, has already announced her 2026 campaign, as has Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge for the district that takes up much of western and parts of central Wisconsin.

BUDGET BAIT & SWITCH – State Sen. Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire) is calling out majority Republicans for not being transparent about getting public input on the state’s next biennial budget.

The Joint Finance Committee recently finished holding four public hearings around Wisconsin, but Smith points out that nobody there could actually comment on what the final budget bill is likely to be since Republicans haven’t written it yet.

Smith says instead of talking about general concepts, Republicans should allow public input on the specifics of a bill once they write it.

That Republican bill, whenever it’s written, is what will likely be passed by the Senate and Assembly and sent to Gov. Tony Evers for his signature or some form of a veto.