Dave Cieslewicz: Here’s how to use $3 billion
The State of Wisconsin has a projected $3 billion surplus. Here’s the YSDA plan for it.
Dan Knodl: Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program: Conservation requires accountability
The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program has existed for decades. If Wisconsin taxpayers are going to be asked to support it for decades more, they deserve more than assurances that the program is working. We should be able to show them.
Rebecca Bernstein: Local clinics brace for federal benefit cuts for refugees
Consider donating to community health centers, free clinics, and food pantries which are our community’s safety net.
John Nichols: Wisconsinites shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s war
The argument that Americans should not have to suffer economically because Trump launched a war of whim has become increasingly common among Democrats on the campaign trail — and even some Republicans.
Gregory Humphrey: From Nixon’s press blacklist to Trump’s media bans, the old lessons still apply
The press is not there to soothe. It is there to verify. To challenge. To publish what is true, not what is comfortable. Leaders may not enjoy that. They are not required to. But before they get to elected office, we should require that they be mature enough to accept the facts.
TUE News Summary: Crowley goes after Tiffany on fuel prices
TOP STORIES Crowley farm visit in Kewaunee targets Tiffany on gas diesel prices… Crowley started a statewide tour Sept. 21 to paint Republican opponent Tom Tiffany as responsible for high fuel prices, a framing Tiffany has challenged. … [at Riemer’s
Jensen campaign: Kettle Moraine Fraternal Order of Police endorses Nolan Jensen for Washington County Circuit Court Judge Branch 4
West Bend, WI – Nolan Jensen announced that he has received the endorsement of the Kettle Moraine Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 10 in his race for Washington County Circuit Court Branch 4. Representing 220 active and retired law
Berman campaign: Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union endorses ER nurse Mitchell Berman in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District
RAYMOND, Wis. – Today, Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union endorsed Mitchell Berman, the union member and ER nurse running in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. MASH represents 1,200 workers across Southeastern Wisconsin from its home base in Milwaukee. “Our union
New group pumps $13 million into Wisconsin races to knock Dems, including $9.3 million opposing Crowley
A group that registered with the state just last week reported nearly $13 million in independent expenditures targeting Dem candidates, including a $9.3 million campaign going after Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley.
WisDems: Tom Tiffany praises billionaire-backed PAC that tried to cover up hit-and-run
Tiffany: “The money is, money is crazy. Restoration PAC, who is on our side, they are putting millions of dollars in this race.” MADISON, Wis. — Just days after Tom Tiffany’s billionaire backers were exposed for attempting to cover up
League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County: Local healthcare and food equity issues addressed at upcoming community forum
Milwaukee – League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County is hosting a community forum, “Healthcare and Food Equity Issues in Milwaukee County,” on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10:30 am to noon. The event is free, and members of the public
Crowley campaign: David Crowley and Senator Tammy Baldwin join Kewaunee farmer to highlight record diesel prices and Crowley’s plan to deliver relief
KEWAUNEE, Wis. – Today, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Senator Tammy Baldwin toured Clark Riemer’s fourth-generation family farm in Kewaunee. They discussed how Trump’s war in Iran, which MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany has voted to continue five times, is causing
Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin: Megan Belter announced as Wisconsin’s 2026 Outstanding CSR of the Year
Madison, WI – The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIA) is pleased to announce that Megan Belter, CISR, CIC, Senior Client Manager II at M3 Insurance Solutions, Inc. in Madison, has been named Wisconsin’s 2026 Outstanding CSR of the Year.
WisDems: Round up: Transportation special interests bankrolling Sec. Sean Duffy’s son-in-law, Congressional candidate Michael Alfonso
MADISON, Wis. — National reporting last week reveals how wealthy donors are bankrolling Michael Alfonso’s congressional campaign in WI-07, many of whom have business interests with his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The reporting details how Alfonso’s campaign appears to
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Calls out Republicans for refusing to act on AI, demands Congress protect families and workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement as Washington Republicans are refusing to act to protect Americans from Artificial Intelligence (AI) before the November 2026 elections, despite repeated warnings about the largest AI companies