The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly

Fantastic news! Please urge your high school to join. So many folks can't answer basic questions about how our government works -- how can we stay in charge of it? 'UW System to take on high school Civics Contest' as it outgrows Wisconsin Newspaper Assoc. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-...

Love this! The closer we get to the natural world, the healthier we become. @milwaukeenns.org 'New nonprofit wants to connect Black and Brown people to nature' milwaukeenns.org/2025/11/24/n...

Hall of Fame football writer Bob McGinn analyzes the game of future Hall of Fame RB Jonathan Taylor, who played for Wisconsin, back when the Badgers were a contender rhttps://www.golongtd.com/p/mcginn-files-jonathan-taylor-the?r=26b8af&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

My favorite part: "This is not the story of a dying industry. It is the story of a country choosing to rebuild its civic life — one newsroom, one community at a time." It's our choice.

Wise words: "Our global challenges, our national crises, will ultimately be solved at the local level," @sarabethb.bsky.social "When communities lose their local news, civic engagement drops, corruption goes unchecked, government waste increases & polarization widens www.theajp.org/news-insight...

Minnesotans have done everything they can to protect this picturesque lake in an ancient woods from which the country’s great river begins. But Lake Itasca’s chemistry, shallow depth and even its shape make it vulnerable to warming temperatures in the north www.startribune.com/lake-itasca-...

A host of challenges face those choosing Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance for 2026. Here is some information that might help folks in Wisconsin who are feeling anxious or overwhelmed @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-...

ICE arrested a man in Manitowoc seeking asylum from Nicaragua before his Nov. 4 hearing before an immigration court judge. Now he may be deported to a third country: Honduras. A system where rule of law is replaced by "crazy arbitrariness" @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

"Veterans Day is a time to pause & think about what they endured & fought for, not only for their families but for the ideals that define our country. It reminds me how easily those freedoms can fade when we forget the cost of protecting them," Rich Brown @wisconsinwatch.org tinyurl.com/mrxcybsr

Are manufactured or factory-built homes a potential solution to the affordable housing crisis? Habitat for Humanity in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, thinks so. But zoning restrictions based on outdated stigmas often get in the way. Free access to this story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYoB...

On the eve of Veterans Day, Wisconsin lawmakers are considering these 12 bills impacting veterans. A hot debate has been funding for the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program, which supports vets at risk of homelessness @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

Pope Leo XIV is my Person of the Year. He's the perfect PR agent for our times.

A host of challenges face those choosing Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance for 2026. Here is some information that might help folks in Wisconsin who are feeling anxious or overwhelmed @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-...

A couple fled Venezuela in 2021 & filed for asylum due to their work opposing President Nicolas Maduro. They were arrested Oct. 23 during routine check-in at Milwaukee Immigration office, signaling shift in how ICE handles asylum seekers @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/milw...

Great column on Packers and Jordan Love from Tyler Dunne, who comes from the Bob McGinn coaching tree: www.golongtd.com/p/take-a-bow...

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing. (📸 Getty Images)

Just the beginning, I’m afraid. Pro sports owners/leagues have jumped into bed with gambling interests. It’s coming for NFL, too. MLB should’ve known better. “U.S. Charges NBA. Coach, Player in Gambling Schemes That Tainted Games. Mob involved www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

This is part of a profound series showing what we can learn from the health of lakes in the Land of Lakes: 'Something is wrong with Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River' www.startribune.com/lake-itasca-...

We're in a race vs time to resurrect local news essential to community life, solving problems, civic engagement, self government. The business model that long supported local reporting vanished so quickly we haven't had time to respond. Let's go! www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/were...

I'd like to know what Nate Bargatze's George Washington thinks about that!

A CIA investigation concluded that bin Salman ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, editor & Washington Post columnist who dared to call for reform in Saudi Arabia & criticize its ruling family. In 2018, Khashoggi was ambushed by a 15-member squad of Saudi operatives. His body was dismembered

The food stamp program aiding low-income families could run out of funds in November if the federal government shutdown continues. Here is where Milwaukee families can get help: milwaukeenns.org/2025/10/20/s...

See how a high school newspaper is keeping a northeast Wisconsin village from becoming a news desert. Pulaski News is a fixture of the community. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Why are young adults finding it so hard to buy a home? The median price of a Wisconsin home rose 120% over past decade, while median incomes increased 50%. Here's what elected representatives & candidates say they'll do, by @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Swan Lake has been brought to the brink of death time & again over the last 150 years. Conservationists have restored it to one of the healthiest lakes in Minnesota. Its recovery offers a blueprint for saving some of our most troubled waters @gregstrib.bsky.social www.startribune.com/one-of-minne...

Hey, I just remembered something. The Brewers knocked the Cubs out of the playoffs!!!

There are not enough dental workers to meet needs in 42 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, with most dental offices located in metro areas. New state funding will allow technical colleges to boost training for dental hygienists @wisconsinwatch.org isconsinWatch wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Pope Leo urges journalists & news leaders to defend truth & democracy. "“Every day, there are reporters who put their lives at risk to inform people about what is really happening." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Why is President Trump targeting Portland? Likely because he watched a misleading Fox News report that included video of 2020 riots and presented it as happening now. We asked our intrepid photographer to brave the war zone, and here's what he captured: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

"When I joined Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, I wasn’t just switching jobs. I was stepping up in a newsroom that shows up — for the city I’ve called home my whole life," Edgar Mendez, managing editor, @milwaukeenns.org wisconsinwatch.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

WI rarely imprisoned >3,000 for a century. Since adopting Truth in Sentencing, prisoner numbers have soared to 23,500. Many are over 60 w/ health care needs. Use of compassionate release could ease costs & crowding but just 5 of 63 cases were approved in 2024 wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

“Sir, your wife just won the Nobel Prize.” AP Photographer breaks news to winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine after waking her, her husband & their dog. Her first reaction: "Don't be ridiculous!" They thought all the calls from Sweden were spam www.ap.org/the-definiti...

We are a democratic republic. The government, at all levels, works for us when we do our part. We can act to change things. We don’t have to be resigned and accept the way things are as inevitable. We’re in charge — if we choose to be. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Bill Belichick’s record as pro & college head coach when Tom Brady was not his quarterback: 85-107. Tom Brady’s record as a pro and college QB when Bill Belichick was not his coach: 57-25

No matter what problem you aim to address in our democracy, you’ll need honest reporters to inform the public, to show how the problem is affecting real people and to highlight better ways. We need local news that nurtures community and keeps the people in charge wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Driving around downtown Milwaukee today it was striking to see so many people wearing Brewers shirts on a work day. The fans have fallen in love with this team.

How a dispiriting spring training injury proved to be a huge blessing in disguise for Blake Perkins and his mother www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

A Manitowoc County dairy worker arrived for her shift early on a Thursday morning & waited for a text from her husband. It’s their routine: rise early, commute to jobs at separate dairies & check in by phone. “But when I called him, he didn’t answer.” wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/rapi...

A decade after the Kewaunee Power Station closed, its owner wants to build a new nuclear plant on the site. Residents hope a new plant could bring economic growth, but some are concerned by the lack of transparency @mirandadunlap.bsky.social @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Before engineering the Trump administration's government shutdown response, Russ Vought spent years building Project 2025 strategy. “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said in 2023. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.” (Pub. Oct. 2024)

Among other bonuses and reimbursements, local police agencies can receive up to $100,000 for vehicles for working with ICE on apprehending unauthorized immigrants, @wisconsinwatch.org finds. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Wherever you find affordable housing for low-income people and regulators not doing their jobs, you'll find hedge funds circling in to take advantage for their wealthy clients. That includes Wisconsin trailer parks. @wisconsinwatch.org @addiecostello.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

This is Tom Silverstein’s fourth decade covering the Packers. That experience and depth of knowledge offers unique insights. www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Huntington’s is the disease that killed Woody Guthrie.

Wow, Amy, that blows me away. Like your reporting of Katie’s story did.

Minnesotans have done everything they can to protect this picturesque lake in an ancient woods from which the country’s great river begins. But Lake Itasca’s chemistry, shallow depth and even its shape make it vulnerable to warming temperatures in the north www.startribune.com/lake-itasca-...

"That didn’t stop Alden Global Capital from making offer after offer, persistently confused by the concept of someone taking less money for better journalism." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/dall... Finally, some good news in the journalism space.