State Politics
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Third Time’s a C… onstitutional Crisis: No, Trump can’t run again
Remember when Trump floated the idea of running for a third term and everyone pretended he was just kidding? Well, he’s not. But don’t just take our word for it.
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Election 101: If you’ve tuned out until now, here’s what to know for April 1
Wisconsin goes to the polls to decide control of the state Supreme Court and determine who’s in charge of schools—plus a constitutional referendum, school referendums, and local offices.
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Here’s why Brad Schimel’s rape kit backlog is part of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election
As state attorney general, Schimel was criticized for long delays in testing potential evidence of sexual assaults.
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The very real reason Trump is cracking down on imaginary voter fraud
Donald Trump and Republicans are NOT “trying to make it harder for illegals and dead people to vote.” They’re trying to make it harder to vote — PERIOD. This spring, Trump signed an order his own secretary called “the farthest-reaching in American history.” It had ONE goal: to make voting more complicated, so less people…
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Hey Republicans, ‘TDS’ is not a mental illness.
While Trump was busy breaking the law and disregarding a federal judge’s order to turn around a plane of “Venezuelan gang members,” five Republican state senators from Minnesota introduced a bill to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness.
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Republicans pass bill to micromanage county sheriffs on immigration enforcement
The Assembly passes a bill to boost President Trump’s plan of stepped-up racial profiling, despite the risks of errant arrests and silencing crime victims.
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Wisconsin will get hit hardest from Trump’s trade war, analysis shows
The other 49 states have between 1% to 8% of their labor force working in industries getting hit by retaliatory tariffs. Nearly 10% of the Wisconsin workforce stands to be affected here.
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Opinion: Dear legislative Republicans, we’ve already paid for education. Cut the check.
Former State Representative LaKeshia Myers urges lawmakers to provide equitable funding for public schools.
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Opinion: New justice must protect Wisconsinites’ rights
The April 1st Wisconsin Supreme Court Election will determine the future of the state.
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Banned Book Reading List: 10 titles to read, or re-read, this spring
As Republicans continue to challenge the books on shelves at local libraries, neighborhood schools, and small booksellers, we asked three local bookstore owners – from Menomonie, Spooner, and Wausau – to share their favorite banned or challenged books and why you should read them.
