State Politics
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The WI Legislature failed to improve data center oversight, so now what?
Wisconsin has generous tax breaks for data centers, but their growth may come with higher utility bills and depleted natural resources unless lawmakers start working together.
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Question of the Week: Data center trust
Wisconsin legislators failed to pass either a Republican or a Democratic bill to increase oversight over data center construction. Who will get it right? It’s our newsletter Question of the Week for May 21, 2026.
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Tom Tiffany doubles down on 2020 election denialism
The Republican candidate for governor endorses Trump’s FBI “investigation” in Wisconsin and still won’t say who won that race. (It was Biden.)
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Will Wisconsin have to wait until 2027 for tax and school relief?
The rejection of a surplus spending plan takes Wisconsin lawmakers back to the negotiating table, but will they show up? Struggling school districts hope so.
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‘No gimmicks’: WI Dems push bill to curb voucher spending, boost public schools
Wisconsin Democrats continue to push a school funding proposal that increases aid by $1.3 million and consciously avoids funding private schools.
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Wisconsin’s rural families burdened by childcare deserts
Almost half of young children in the U.S. live in childcare deserts, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress.
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Evers-Vos surplus deal defeated as Democrats and Republicans split their votes
All Assembly Republicans and some Democrats supported the plan, but all Senate Democrats and a trio of Republicans united to prevent it from passing.
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Evers and GOP leaders reach a lame duck deal for schools that draws bipartisan critics
The governor says it’s a “blockbuster” agreement that provides $850 million in rebate checks and $600 million for education, but fellow Democrats say it’s short-term and squanders the surplus.
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Here’s where to find candidate interviews for Wisconsin’s next governor
Check out our YouTube page for a growing library of videos about the people who want to be elected to the state’s top job in November.
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These Republicans in ‘swing districts’ didn’t vote in a very swingy way
They won in 2024 even though President Trump lost in their district. The midterm elections could be these Wisconsin state lawmakers’ undoing in 2026.
