Growing the Wisconsin economy? Missy Hughes has a plan for that
Missy Hughes, the former leader of the state’s economic development agency, is now running for governor.
Feb
2026
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Affordability
Feb
2026
6
Question of the Week: Minimum wage
What are your feelings about raising the minimum wage in Wisconsin? It’s our newsletter Question of the Week for February 8, 2026 Click one of the options below about whether to increase the minimum wage....
Feb
2026
4
Wisconsin’s best spring & summer festival preview
Throughout the spring and summer, festivals in Wisconsin are for everyone: from film buffs to classic car aficionados, and anyone who likes to eat delicious food.
Feb
2026
3
It’s 2026 and you’re uninsured. Now what?
Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions of Americans losing their Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage and becoming uninsured. But there are still ways to find care.
Jan
2026
28
Here’s the phony reason the US Senate hasn’t voted to restore ACA tax credits
ACA funding is already covered by the 1977 Hyde Amendment, yet some Republicans want any bill restoring the expired enhanced premium tax credits to include the same language.
Jan
2026
20
WI energy bills rise as Trump marks one year in office
On the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s second term, advocates for clean energy and the environment are calling out the administration for failed promises to cut energy costs.
Jan
2026
14
Video: WI taxpayers are subsidizing private islands and jets for the rich
With its tax breaks, President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is allowing rich people to buy more luxury items like private jets, custom yachts, and Lamborghinis.
Jan
2026
13
Evers makes one last ask of Republicans to take property tax relief seriously
Gov. Tony Evers says school districts were dealing with legislative underfunding long before the “400-year” veto GOP lawmakers blame for a record number of referendums.
Jan
2026
12
Mandela Barnes says Tom Tiffany puts farm families on the back burner ‘time and time again’
Mandela Barnes calls Tiffany's rural record “ridiculous” as farmers face skyrocketing healthcare costs, a punishing trade war, unchecked corporate power, and attacks on migrant farm workers.
Jan
2026
9
Wisconsinites press Congress over unaffordable health insurance
Some Wisconsinites are looking to Congress to finish what it started this week in passing a bipartisan measure which would help lower the cost of soaring premiums that have made their health insurance unaffordable.
