Dr. Adam Brinkman wasn't on call on Dec. 16, 2024. He began his day attending to scheduled clinic patients. But, by 11 a.m., he had initiated mass casualty protocol for the hospital, preparing to intake a then-unclear number of critically wounded children. captimes.com/news/communi...

My colleagues and I at @captimes.com want to continue doing great journalism in 2026, but we need your help! We just launched our winter membership drive with the goal to raise $60,000 by the end of the year. Help us get there by contributing today: capitaltimes.fundjournalism.org/contribute/?...

The goal of the proposal is specifically to allow those who qualified for former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to apply for occupational licenses necessary to work as teachers, registered nurses and certain other professions in Wisconsin.

The window for nominations for the 2026 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics opens today! Winners will receive $10,000 and will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2026. Full nomination info here: ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/shadid-award...

The Grow Academy near Fitchburg hopes to expand its program for boys as evidence shows the alternative to incarceration works.

UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital and UW Health Hospital opened a center to train nurses, doctors and other health workers on simulated babies.

Sen. Jesse James says his own experience informed a bill to give Medicaid coverage for mental health and addiction to some Wisconsin prisoners.

A Wisconsin Hospital Association report shows unpaid medical care has increased again. An exodus from costly health care plans could make it worse.

A Madison family is in shock after ICE agents arrested their nanny of two and half years in Milwaukee last week, the latest local residents to feel the effects of President Donald Trump’s continued immigration crackdown. My latest: captimes.com/news/ice-arr...

The federal government shutdown means food assistance runs dry this weekend. Locals are turning to mutual aid to keep their neighbors fed.

Madison City Council Ald. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford would replace state Rep. Francesca Hong. Former Ald. Juliana Bennett also is running for the Assembly seat.

A Ukrainian family that had settled in Wisconsin decided to move back to Ukraine, despite the war. "Their home country supports its citizens with more housing affordability, health care and social services than the United States does." captimes.com/news/communi... (via @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social)

The former Democratic vice presidential nominee returned to Madison for Cap Times Idea Fest, hailed as a progressive hero rather than a failed candidate.

To untangle the oil pipeline’s complicated legal history and find out what’s next in the fight to stop Enbridge’s proposed reroute, @fayeparks.bsky.social sat down with @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social. www.wortfm.org/line-5-legal...

Tribal members have long contended a major pipeline that carries crude oil and liquid natural gas through the reservation risks contaminating those wetlands and the waters where the rice grows, and that its continued use has been illegal for 12 years. captimes.com/news/governm...

My latest

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley will not seek reelection, leaving the 2026 race open to a new Republican choice to run against Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor for the race that could expand the liberal majority on the bench.

Vance touts Trump tax cuts in Wisconsin; experts see more pain than gain. My latest for @captimes.com captimes.com/news/governm...

Another article by one of my Youth Press Corps students!

Another thoughtful article by one of my students who participated in the Youth Press Corps summer journalism camp earlier this month.

Read this piece by one of my Youth Press Corps students!

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with Democrat Rebecca Cooke in Viroqua Saturday as Cooke hopes to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden.

Folks are filing into the rally in Viroqua with @sanders.senate.gov and Rebecca Cooke. More on @captimes.com later.

Wisconsin’s secretary of state wants to be lieutenant governor. Here’s how those jobs differ. captimes.com/news/electio...

. @sarahgodlewski.bsky.social says she’s proud of her work as former state treasurer and now Secretary of State. “Service has been a part of who I am since I was really young,” she says as she announced her campaign for lt gov

The latest in #Wisconsin governorpalooza; Secretary of State @sarahgodlewski.bsky.social has announced a bid for lieutenant governor in 2026. More to come on @captimes.com

Read the first published story by one of my students from the Youth Press Corps last week! Adala interviewed two Syrian sisters whose family fled the Assad regime to settle in Middleton. Beautiful storytelling. I am very proud. captimes.com/news/communi...

Last week I had the opportunity to co-lead the Youth Press Corps journalism camp for middle and high schoolers - a collab between @captimes.com and the Greater Madison Writing Project. Keep an eye on captimes.com in the coming weeks to see some great student journalism!

Folks are filing into the Wisconsin capitol for the investiture of soon-to-be state Supreme Court Justice Susan Crawford

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Susan Crawford is about to embark on a decade of new legal adventures, as she moves from a rule of one to a rule of seven. Crawford will be sworn in this afternoon to take her place on the court for a 10-year term. captimes.com/news/governm...

Love a rainy day at the Wisconsin state capitol 🗞️

This July @captimes.com set an ambitious goal to raise $25,000 in our summer membership drive to fund our continued effort to provide you with critical local journalism and we’re only $500 away! You can help us meet this goal by contributing here: capitaltimes.fundjournalism.org/contribute/?...

No le pidas peras al olmo means "don't ask for pears from the elm tree." For Dane County Latinos, seeking culturally competent mental health care is often like asking for pears from an elm tree, local leaders say. That's why they're training their own. captimes.com/news/health/...

Don’t miss this conference in September! It’s such a wonderful opportunity for brainstorming, thought sharing and discussion of some of the biggest challenges facing the journalism industry and how we can center ethics in our work. DM me if you have questions!

Just after Rodriguez announced her candidacy this morning, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said in the coming weeks he “will be taking steps toward entering the race for governor.” “The stakes are simply too high to sit on the sidelines,” @davidccrowley.bsky.social said.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez wants a promotion. The Democratic second-in-command announced this morning she is running for governor in 2026. captimes.com/news/governm...

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will not seek a third term in office, bringing his political career to a close after 2026 and setting up a scramble among Democrats to try to maintain a liberal hold on the governor’s office. captimes.com/news/governm...

Gov. Tony Evers will not seek a third term in office

The 195-page Wisconsin state budget is a lot to sift through even for the most enthusiastic follower of politics. So @captimes.com did the work for you, #Madison! Here are 9 ways locals will feel the budget most: captimes.com/news/governm...

Have you followed @captimes.com’s recent state budget coverage or my ongoing reporting on Wisconsin's legal battle over abortion? Help us continue providing our community with great journalism in 2025 by contributing to our summer membership drive: capitaltimes.fundjournalism.org/contribute/?...

Come work with me! @captimes.com is #hiring for a state government reporter. This is an awesome opportunity at a really interesting time in state politics as we brace for 2026. DM with questions. www.journalismjobs.com/1691097-wisc... JournalismJobs.com

BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court throws out 1849 law thought to ban abortion

Thrilled to announce I've been invited to join the advisory board for @uwethics.bsky.social! I served as a fellow with the Center for Journalism Ethics while pursuing my master's and it's such a privilege to return as a member of the board of advisors. ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/staff/mcgroa...

Ahead of the final push to pass President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," the Wisconsin senator said federal spending needs to be cut and that proposed changes to Medicaid preserve its original purpose.

Cuban asylum seeker Miguel Jerez Robles returned to family in McFarland on Thursday, a month after ICE agents arrested him following a routine immigration hearing in Miami. Immigration officials gave no reason for his release, similar to his May arrest. captimes.com/news/governm...

We learned from Miguel's family this morning that he has been released from ICE custody and has returned home to reunite with them.

In a Jan. 20 executive order, Trump stated that official U.S. policy recognizes only two genders, effectively erasing federal acknowledgment of transgender Americans. In Dane County, three such young people are growing up in the aftermath. These are their stories. captimes.com/news/communi...

Liberal Dane County offers a feeling of sanctuary for young trangender people who fear the Trump administration’s hostility toward them.

McFarland resident Miguel Jerez Robles was among the first people swept up in a recent wave of arrests inside immigration court buildings, a place considered off limits for such enforcement until the Trump administration loosened restrictions. Wisconsin Watch reports.