Murphy’s Law: Is Wisconsin Now a Blue State?
So says Tommy Thompson. But he’s dead wrong.
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Havenwoods State Forest Offers New ‘Braille Trail’
Nature trail in Milwaukee state park designed for those with blindness or low vision.
Gov.-elect David Crowley says he’d sign bill redrawing Wisconsin’s congressional map
Democratic Gov.-elect David Crowley says he'd sign a bill creating new congressional voting districts if Democratic leaders in the state Legislature send one to his desk.
La Caribena Launches New All-Day, All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
Why settle for one Caribbean dish when you can try several?
Potawatomi Plans to Test Milwaukee’s Data Center Moratorium
Tribe-owned entity seeks 59,000-square-foot expansion of west side data center.
Audit of Sewerage District Finds Problems
Outside audit finds MMSD operates under capacity, with staffing, maintenance issues.
Low-level arrests are rising despite national crime declines
Arrests for low-level offenses, including vagrancy and drug possession, increased nationwide in 2025, even as violent crime continued to decline, according to a new analysis of federal data. The analysis, which was released in late October by the criminal justice advocacy organization FWD.us, found that arrests for…
Feds award $10B to states in second year of rural health grants
Federal officials on Monday announced $10 billion in awards across all 50 states in the second year of the Rural Health Transformation Fund, grants created by Congress to bolster rural health in response to concerns about Medicaid cuts. Texas received the largest grant for the 2027 fiscal year — almost $282 million —…
ICE releases detained Wisconsin State Trooper
Federal immigration authorities have released a 21-year-old Wisconsin State Patrol trooper from Onalaska who was detained at an airport last week. Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who was born in South Africa and works out of Tomah, was brought to the United States as a child legally. After arriving in the country, his…
School Referendums Seeking More Funds Get More Challenging
Just 55% passed in November election compared to 70% in 2024, 80% in 2022.
Trump open to immigration deal, calls crackdown ‘too tough,’ despite Miller promotion
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday his mass deportation campaign, which helped propel his return to the Oval Office, had gone too far and potentially led to Republicans losing the U.S. House and Senate in the midterm elections. “I think it might be too tough, yeah,” Trump said…
Trump’s DOJ ends California suit over suspected noncitizen voters after midterm losses
The U.S. Department of Justice is dismissing a lawsuit that tried to force California to set aside the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters, marking the formal end of the Trump administration’s most aggressive effort to control vote counting in the lead-up to the midterm elections. The Justice Department filed a…
New nature trail at Havenwoods State Forest welcomes people with blindness, low vision
The new Braille Trail at Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee aims to be accessible to those with blindness or low vision by incorporating audio, braille and tactile features throughout.
The State of Politics: For First Time in 18 Years, Democrats Control Budget Process
Which legislators will serve on two key committees deciding how to spend $114 billion?
7 Things to Watch as Democrats Take Control of Wisconsin State Government
Lots of changes, new appointments, key elections coming.
What are the next steps for Milwaukee County’s executive following David Crowley’s win as governor?
State law says when a vacancy in the office of county executive occurs, the chairperson of the county board assumes the duties of the office initially.
Record-breaking lake sturgeon caught in northern Wisconsin this fall
A Cumberland man caught a record-setting lake sturgeon in northern Wisconsin this fall that measured 89.5 inches long or over 7 feet in length.
After cyberattack, rural Washburn County is upping security
Far-northern Washburn County will spend thousands on top-level cybersecurity monitoring months after an attack took the county government's entire network down.
Gov. Evers joins criminal justice advocates at gala
Tamra Oman, the recipient of the Ramiah Whiteside Changemaker Award at the EXPOnentially Correcting the Narrative 2026 gala in the Madison Concourse Hotel ballroom on Saturday night, recalled her first meeting with Jerome Dillard, the former executive director of Ex-incarcerated People Organization (EXPO) in 2003…
School referendum passage declines amid public school advocates’ high hopes for new state government
Wisconsin voters approved about 55% of school referendum requests across the state — a majority passage rate that still marked a significant decline from previous years. Of 79 referendum questions on ballots last week, 44 referendum were approved and 35 failed. In April, 61% of referendum requests passed. According to…
Commentary: The election is over. The energy bills aren’t. Five priorities for Wisconsin’s new leadership.
Wisconsin voters have chosen a new governor and Democratic majorities in the Legislature. The campaigns have ended. The bills will not. Families and businesses still face rising utility costs. Communities are weighing enormous data center developments. Utilities are proposing billions in new power plants and…
New Mississippi River bridge opens, reconnecting communities in southwest Wisconsin
It replaces a nearly century-old crossing known as the Black Hawk Bridge that was demolished last December after multiple closures over safety concerns.
Regulators approve scaled-back rate hikes for We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service
State regulators approved electric rate increases for two of the state’s biggest utility companies on Thursday, but the size of the rate hikes came in lower than the utilities requested.
Wisconsin State Trooper detained by ICE
A Wisconsin State Trooper, who was born in South Africa and later came to the United States as a teenager, has been detained by federal immigration authorities.