Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who was a key part of the Grateful Dead during their best years in the 1970s, has died. Donna also provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman.” She was 78. apnews.com/article/donn...

Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before it. apnews.com/article/wrec...

Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” apnews.com/article/edmu...

A Republican manufacturer running for governor in Wisconsin as a conservative supporter of “family values” and President Donald Trump followed numerous sexually explicit accounts online, including a nonbinary pornography performer. apnews.com/article/wisc...

Wisconsin state Sen. @senkeldaroys.bsky.social, who came in third in the Democratic primary for governor in 2018, is running again. She says in her campaign launch video that “extremists” like President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are putting democracy at risk apnews.com/article/wisc...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' decision not to seek a third term sets off a scramble to replace him in the battleground state's first open race for governor in 16 years: apnews.com/article/wisc...

Wisconsin budget deal brokered by Gov. Tony Evers, legislative Republicans and Senate Democrats passes major hurdle just hours after compromise is announced. Full Legislature scheduled to take it up tomorrow: apnews.com/article/wisc...

Things to know about the budget deal reached between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, Republican legislative leaders and Senate Democrats whose votes are expected to be needed to pass the two-year spending deal: apnews.com/article/wisc...

With the Legislature's budget committee scheduled to finish up its work tomorrow, and the Republican-controlled Legislature scheduling an extraordinary session starting Wednesday, it appears there could be a budget deal that could pass before the July 4 holiday.

BREAKING: The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear a challenge brought by Democrats seeking to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries before the 2026 midterms. apnews.com/article/wisc...

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court handed a victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday in a power struggle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote the opinion, which reins in Evers' veto power apnews.com/article/wisc...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by a few months, AP sources say

The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a victory for environmentalists on Tuesday in the fight over “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The liberal-controlled court ruled that state regulators can force landowners to clean up emerging pollutants such as PFAS. apnews.com/article/pfas...

Anxious lawmakers convened Wednesday under heightened security in Wisconsin’s state Capitol, one of the most publicly accessible statehouses in the country, days after a legislator and her husband in neighboring Minnesota were shot and killed. apnews.com/article/minn...

Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators on Tuesday at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend. apnews.com/article/minn...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would “waste time.” One lawmaker and her husband were killed. apnews.com/article/trum...

A unanimous Wisconsin's Supreme Court sided with the Democratic state attorney general Tuesday in a long-running battle over a law passed by Republicans who wanted to weaken the office in a lame duck legislative session more than six years ago. apnews.com/article/wisc...

Wisconsin among the states looking to tighten security, privacy for lawmakers after killings in neighboring Minnesota. There will be additional security for Wednesday's Assembly session and the state Senate is also beefing up security measures: apnews.com/article/minn...

Politicians from all over the country were named on documents created by the man who killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband. Those include U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, both Democrats, in Wisconsin, in addition to several state lawmakers apnews.com/article/minn...

Actions in recent weeks by the U.S. Department of Justice's voting section in Wisconsin and other states signal deeper changes when combined with the departures of career attorneys and decisions to drop various voting rights cases. apnews.com/article/trum...

With a massive ark and museum, Ken Ham spreads creationism a century after the Scopes monkey trial. He’s not alone.

“I know President Trump said that — America first, we’re going to help our American folks first. But we haven’t seen the federal folks down here.” apnews.com/article/fema...

They have some similarities, Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump — guys in their 70s with homes in New Jersey and big constituencies among white American men middle-aged and older. And both, in very different respects, are the boss. That’s about where it ends. apnews.com/article/spri...

The 2026 race for Wisconsin Supreme Court pits a former Democratic lawmaker who fought for abortion rights against a conservative incumbent justice who sided with President Donald Trump in a 2020 lawsuit seeking to overturn his election defeat. apnews.com/article/wisc...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, in an extraordinary video, says that every American should be concerned about “chilling” suggestions from Trump's border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance issued to state employees about what to do if confronted by ICE agents apnews.com/article/wisc...

Col. Heg welcomes you to Friday.

Someone leaked a draft Wisconsin Supreme Court order on abortion. After a $165,000 probe, investigators report they can't determine who was responsible. apnews.com/4d755e07ce81...

Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, is known for running a strict courtroom while also being a familiar face in the community, particularly at interfaith events. apnews.com/article/who-...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers tells reporters he had a "good conversation" with Republican legislative leaders last month about tax cuts. But Evers says any tax cut "has to be part of the budget," not a separate bill as Republicans have said they want to do. Evers says he wouldn't support that

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says again today that he won't announce his decision on whether to run for a third term until after the Legislature passes a state budget. Typically that gets done in the summer, but Evers says, “The Legislature seems a little slow this time around.”

On this the ninth anniversary of Prince's death, here is Tom Jones and David Gilmour doing a cover of Purple Rain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd5S...

U.S. stocks are tumbling as worries about President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve cause investors to pull further from the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,000 points. apnews.com/article/stoc...

Breaking: Wisconsin’s governor can lock in a 400-year school funding increase using his uniquely powerful veto, top court says

Appeals court calls Trump administration's defiance over mistakenly deported man 'shocking' in scathing ruling

If you see visions, it’s not a microdose. apnews.com/article/micr...

A Wisconsin Elections Commission discussion of uncounted ballots in Madison devolved into a shouting match Thursday, with the Democratic chair threatening to kick a Republican commissioner out of the meeting. apnews.com/article/wisc...

The Associated Press says that a new White House media policy violates a court order by giving the administration sole discretion over who gets to question President Donald Trump, and the news agency asked a federal judge to enforce that order. From apnews.com

The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges across the country. Few corners of higher education have been untouched. apnews.com/article/inte...

The clash between President Donald Trump and Harvard University could test the limits of the government’s power and the independence that has made U.S. universities a destination for scholars around the world. apnews.com/article/harv...

In Sweden, it's moose-see TV. The 20-day, 24-hour “The Great Moose Migration” began airing Tuesday and millions of people are watching. apnews.com/article/swed...

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump's administration. apnews.com/article/fede...

Republican-ordered audits released Friday found that Wisconsin state agencies and the University of Wisconsin system have failed to track the millions of dollars they spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, making it difficult to fully assess the initiatives. apnews.com/article/wisc...

BREAKING: Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says.

The U.S. House on Thursday approved legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote, something voting rights group have warned could disenfranchise millions of Americans. apnews.com/article/cong...

The Wisconsin Democratic leader who revitalized the party in the presidential swing state announced Thursday he will be leaving his position in June after a six-year run that included a string of victories and “agonizingly close” losses. apnews.com/article/wisc...

A 26-year-old federal regulation known as the regional haze rule has helped cut down on pollution over national parks. But conservationists fear those gains may be lost after President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans to roll it back. apnews.com/article/regi...

Breaking: S&P 500 drops 6% and Dow plunges 2,200 to close the worst week since 2020 after China retaliates against Trump's tariffs

Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies will never change. He woke Friday at his private resort and wrote on social media that “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH." apnews.com/article/dona...

Two days after sending the global economy reeling by announcing tariffs on foreign imports, President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies will “NEVER CHANGE” as he remained ensconced in a bubble of wealth and power in Florida. apnews.com/article/dona...

Breaking: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow US economic growth