Funding for public schools in Wisconsin has dropped to crisis levels in recent years. @bspears.bsky.social reports on a new lawsuit claiming that's a violation of the state constitution

Democrats propose boost to make minimum wage ‘a living wage’. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports on a bill with an election year message buff.ly/PTxRjGh

Trump attacks immigrants using racist language during State of the Union. @arianalfigueroa reports from our DC bureau. buff.ly/EckmXWt

Tiffany, Bondi side with town in Lac du Flambeau roads dispute

Milwaukee schoolchildren to be tested for lead poisoning in contamination response next step

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

Congressional Dems ditch state of the union, blast Trump on immigration, attack on democracy wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/24/r...

Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)

Trump loves rehashing the gory details of murders while making parents of victims stand and listen to the blow by blow. He can’t believe Democrats don’t want to join the fun ‘How can you not stand for that?’

I feel sorry for the US Hockey Team, used as a prop and listening to this chant of USA USA in service of all this hate

The most hate filled State of the Union in US history

Stoking racist hate of immigrants one major theme of Trump’s address. Another is heaping hate on Democrats including threatening to withhold disaster relief from storm ravaged states that don’t embrace ICE

Trump promising to attack Americans for ‘corruption’ and ‘crime’ based on their race in the SOTU is a new low in US history

The Guardian reported on Uline's alleged abuse of a visa program to hire, underpay and misrepresent the work of Mexican laborers. @erikgunn.bsky.social speaks with alder and S.O.S. candidate JoCasta Zamarippa, who wants the state to open an investigation

States across the U.S. are grappling with the high cost of funding two school systems, one public and one private

Wisconsin U.S. Rep Tom Tiffany and AG Pam Bondi side with town in Lac du Flambeau roads dispute via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/tiffa...

Wisconsin environmental groups file challenge to DNR Line 5 decision via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/envir...

Milwaukee schoolchildren to be tested for lead poisoning in contamination response next step via @erikgunn.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/milwa...

Chippewa Valley advocates question the sheriff’s account of four people detained by ICE. Frank Zufall reports for our Criminal Justice project.

Frank Zufall interviews international skiers as they complete the Birkie

Elections in a handful of districts will likely determine who controls Congress after 2026 via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/24/r...

Data center tax breaks on the chopping block in some states wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/24/r...

HUD reintroduces proposed rule targeting rental assistance for mixed-status immigrant families via @stateline.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/24/r...

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is retiring, competitive voting maps are going into full effect, and Republicans seem to be slowly wrapping their minds around their loss of total control of government in Wisconsin

It was a busy day Thursday as the Assembly rocketed toward what GOP leaders aimed to be the end of the 2025-26 floor work. First, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, Wisconsin’s longest serving speaker, announces retirement. Via @bspears.bsky.social.

Following through on Wednesday's late-night turnabout that unblocked two women's health bills, Assembly on Thursday voted to let Wisconsin become 49th state to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to a year. via @bspears.bsky.social

Republican lawmakers cut additional court support to Milwaukee. @isiahholmes.bsky.social explains the politics behind a decision that the state public defenders accepted with mixed emotions.

What do wake boats and cranes have in common? Read about the combined wake boat and sandhill crane hunt bill that @henry-redman.bsky.social reports on to find out.

Vos is retiring

Republicans could not agree among themselves on a plan to extend the popular Knowles-Nelson stewardship fund, and so Wisconsin's land conservation program is scheduled to lapse after almost 4 decades @henry-redman.bsky.social reports

@bspears.bsky.social was up all night at the Capitol to bring you the news of this GOP reversal. Wisconsin to become the 49th state in the union to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage.

Senate passes bill to allow for bids on Wisconsin public affairs network

On our Commentary page: Isaiah Ness of Sun Bear Industries warns of Wisconsin’s unfolding energy crisis.

@bspears.bsky.social up all night at the Capitol chronicling legislative breakthroughs

Supreme Court candidate Maria Lazar says she wants the justices to get along better and that she won't be a "firebrand" via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/17/l...

ICE detains four people in Eau Claire County; local sheriff arrests three who hid in a local homeowner's garage wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/ice-d...

Budget committee approves amendments to Knowles Nelson stewardship program via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/16/b...

Local communities are fighting ICE detention centers but have few tools to stop them via @stateline.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/17/r...

Senate Majority Leader LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are proposing a $2.3 billion package to Gov. Evers Monday to provide tax rebates and raise special education funding, but without delivering a general school aid increase via @bspears.bsky.social . wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/17/g...

Clock ticks toward partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown at midnight via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/13/r...

Excellent commentary by J. Patrick Coolican on how Minnesotans forced the feds to retreat from an authoritarian crackdown designed to spread fear and hopelessness, but that sparked courage and resistance instead

Before Operation Metro Surge sent thousands of armed federal agents into Minneapolis, terrorizing families and spreading chaos and violence in formerly peaceful residential neighborhoods, local parents were preparing. Listen to one Minneapolis mom for tips.

@erikgunn.bsky.social on the struggle to fund SNAP in Wisconsin after federal law imposes major new costs

Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil's restrictive voter proof of citizenship bill passes the House

More intrafamilial squabbles among Wisconsin's GOP legislative leaders via @bspears.bsky.social

@bspears.bsky.social is reporting on the not-yet-worked out Wisconsin government livestream deal, and other points of tension between GOP leaders of the Senate and Assembly

Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success via @minnesotareformer.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/12/r...

ICE chief declines to apologize to Good, Pretti families and rejects mask ban at tense House hearing @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/10/r...

Democratic governors, as a group, decline to attend White House dinner after Trump disinvites a few of them via @ashleymurray.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/10/r...

Gov. Walz says he expects Operation Metro Surge to wind down as soon as the end of this week via @minnesotareformer.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/10/r...