Animal welfare orgs successfully negotiate to take 1500 beagles from Ridglan Farms @isiahholmes.bsky.social has the latest

A US Supreme Court ruling hammered voting rights. What does it mean and what happens now? @statesnewsroom.com democracy reporter @jonshorman.bsky.social walks through the aftermath of Wednsday's ruling.

Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling

From @bspears.bsky.social, a round-up of the ‘May Day: Day Without Immigrants’ protests across Wisconsin today.

ICYMI: Slower growth and an uptick in unemployment point to cooling economy in Wisconsin. Via @erikgunn.bsky.social

Labor unions are joining immigrant rights activists in a brewing, massive backlash against Trump administration policies crushing workers of all backgrounds

BREAKING: Trump rushed out of White House Correspondents Dinner after apparent shots fired wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/25/r...

State prison department argues it lacks the money for mother-child program behind bars. Via @ajkennard.bsky.social from our #CriminalJustice Project team.

Gov. Tony Evers restored prison sentence commutation in Wisconsin, setting up a scramble for advocates who don't know if the next governor will continue the process wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/20/e...

ICYMI: Right-wing outfits attack Wisconsin social workers' conversion therapy ban, citing recent SCOTUS ruling on a Colorado law. But Wisconsin social work leader points out that they aren't the same. Via @erikgunn.bsky.social buff.ly/YuVBM4s

Our Criminal Justice Fellow @ajkennard.bsky.social reviews a #WisconsinPolicyForum look at the Wisconsin criminal justice system

Trump's Justice Department sued over campaign to amass data on millions of voters wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/21/r...

Republicans in U.S. Senate unveil road map for three more years of funding for immigration crackdown via party-line vote, avoiding Dems' proposed guardrails wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/21/r...

The U.S. Senate vote to overturn mining protections for the Boundary Waters could upend land management plans from coast to coast, including in the districts of Republicans who voted for toxic mining in this pristine area of Minnesota but thought they could protect their own cherished places

Ramsey County is investigating five cases of potential crimes by federal officials during Operation Metro Surge — including kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment.

A lawsuit seeks to declare Wisconsin's ban on fusion voting unconstitutional @henry-redman.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/13/l...

@bspears.bsky.social has the inside scoop on how a bipartisan effort achieved a change in the law, allowing professional licenses for DACA recipients in Wisconsin

@isiahholmes.bsky.social has been doing solid reporting from the get-go on the messy story of a U.S. citizen who claimed ICE detained her. Here's the latest chapter ...

All eyes were on the Blue Wave win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race last week. John Norcross covers an under the radar phenomenon: how public school advocates flipped the script on partisan school board takeovers in purple Waukesha

A man died in a Mississippi ICE facility. Do we know everything we need to know? Via Mukta Joshi & @mississippitoday.org.

SNAP work requirements don’t boost jobs, but drop participation, research finds. Via Kevin Hardy of @stateline.org

@bspears.bsky.social has been all over the story of the firing of UW Pres Jay Rothman - details that emerged yesterday appeared to give Rothman's GOP backers pause

Criminal Justice Project Fellow Andrew Kennard with a hopeful story about service dogs growing and learning with their handlers behind bars

Landmark data center moratorium passes Maine Legislature buff.ly/Gn3vlBR

Milwaukee Exec, Gubernatorial hopeful Crowley responds to domestic violence death of Kenosha woman buff.ly/2tiYn7W

@rconniff.bsky.social examines what Chris Taylor's big win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race means for state politics in 2026 wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/09/w...

Gov. Tony Evers signed a raft of bills including funding for UW sports and new measures targeting internet crimes against children and vetoed several more @bspears.bsky.social reports. wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/gov-t...

Chris Taylor wins big in Wisconsin Supreme Court race wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/04/07/t...

I’m in Viroqua this morning covering today’s No Kings protest for @wisconsinexaminer.com from the closely watched 3rd Congressional District where a few hundred people have lined a high traffic intersection downtown

Indivisible Madison East estimates there were more than 10,000 people who got out for the third round of No Kings protests in Wisconsin's capital city. Here's a shot of some protesters who were waiting for marchers by the state Capitol.

Lots of American flags out today at Madison's protests, including some upside down ones, a sign of distress.

Examiner reporters are on the ground for #NoKings protests in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Spooner, Viroqua and La Crosse ... check out their updates, along with those from every state across the country on the News From the States live blog www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

From coast to coast, States Newsroom reporters are sharing updates from #NoKings protests today -- check out the live blog www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules cops must read Miranda rights to interrogate students at school via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/26/w...

BREAKING: U.S. Senate passes DHS funding deal that does not include ICE or Border Patrol wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/27/r...

Republicans can no longer rule as if Wisconsin were a one-party state, and Democrats are going to have to get back in the habit of governing

U.S. Senate turns down photo ID requirement for voting slammed by Dems as 'theatrics' via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/26/r...

Tammy Baldwin asks the Commerce Dept to investigate farm equipment manufacturers who offshore production to Mexico, padding profits by laying off U.S. workers

'Because I'm president': Trump explains why he voted by mail yet opposes voting by mail via @ashleymurray.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/26/r...

GOP Senators John Kennedy and Ted Cruz devised this off-ramp, Kennedy says on Fox: "Senator Thune submitted that to President Trump. As is his right, he said no. ‘No deals with the Democrats.’ It would have worked. We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week. But the president said no deal."

Lorenzo Santos tries again for Democratic nod in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports on the evolving Democratic field in search of a nominee to take on incumbent Republican Congressman Bryan Steil.

Gov. Evers didn't mention it, but the bill he just signed bans candy and soda for SNAP recipients @bspears.bsky.social reports

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Monday of allowing states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day via @stateline.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/23/r...

@henry-redman.bsky.social profiles Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor

In Washington, DC, Iran war protesters spotlight children killed in school bombing.

@isiahholmes.bsky.social covers Milwaukee's reaction to the news of sexual abuse by Cesar Chavez

Mullin confronted about ‘anger issues’ by Rand Paul in tense DHS confirmation hearing. Via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social in our DC bureau

Fetterman casts deciding committee vote to advance Trump's nominee to lead DHS

'Gail's Law' will now require additional breast cancer screening coverage for high-risk women in Wisconsin. @bspears.bsky.social covers the emotional bill signing wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/03/19/g...

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu won't run again. @bspears.bsky.social reports on the WisGOP exodus