Plenty of elections still to come in '26, but the 2027 WI Supreme Court election already has two candidates. Appeals Judge Pedro Colón, a former Dem legislator, announced his candidacy on Tuesday. He joins Clark County Judge Lyndsey Brunette, a former Dem D.A.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that the Republican government shutdown is going to hurt childcare and early childhood education, since eliminating Head Start in its entirety is part of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for a second Trump administration. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/10/30/2...

Editorial: It’s BS to say that poverty is some kind of choice that is rewarded with a lavish lifestyle… of a whopping $6 a day in SNAP support. Cutting those programs doesn’t result in savings any more than a farmer eating their seed corn. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/10/29/b...

Pot, meet kettle: Justice Rebecca Bradley quits Wisconsin’s high court over partisanship she created.

In this week's WayUpNorth segment, Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) talks about post-budget listening sessions – and the ridiculousness of some colleagues who enjoy micromanaging faculty, cheating our public schools, and trashing their Indigenous neighbors. youtu.be/cyIiFzte0Xs?...

In this week's WayUpNorth segment, Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) talks about post-budget listening sessions – and the ridiculousness of some colleagues who enjoy micromanaging faculty, cheating our public schools, and trashing their Indigenous neighbors. youtu.be/cyIiFzte0Xs?...

“Rural hospitals are infrastructure,” we’re reminded by Dr. Jill McMullen of Tomah. If a community loses its hospital due to Republican cuts to Medicaid, it affects everyone who needs care—especially in emergencies. Read more: bit.ly/4mMaeC0

Wisconsin has plenty of experience with partisan gerrymandering of political maps. That’s why Democrats here are united behind their Texas colleagues fighting a Republican effort to rig that state’s congressional maps. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/08/13/t...

There was nothing vague about what President Donald Trump promised last year: full coverage of IVF. There are still no signs he’s going to turn that pledge into policy, extending the heartache for thousands of Wisconsin women facing infertility and pregnancy issues. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/08/11/t...

Hello, Blewskis! (Hey we're the state known for brewskis and no one's come up with a better name for the BlueSky community.. so Blewskis it'll be, for now.) It seems appropriate that Post No. 1 gets to the main event we'll be covering for the next 64 weeks. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/07/29/w...