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Pile of cash with vote button

Wisconsin candidates decry money in politics, promise to raise a ton of it

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Q&A: Author Art Cullen on Rural Iowa and Screaming Louder

Christine Neumann Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera, speaks at a press conference on the Wisconsin Supreme Court case challenging the legality of Wisconsin law enforcement agencies’ cooperation agreements with ICE | Photo via Voces de la Frontera Facebook video

Wisconsin communities have been standing up to ICE. Now the state Supreme Court could do the same

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Thanksgiving Is Built on Farmers. Our Food System Should Be Too.

FILE - The Associated Press logo is displayed at the news organization's world headquarters in New York on April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Jackson, File)

Op-Ed: Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely

Voters receive stickers after voting at a polling site in River Edge, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Democrats cruising as economic woes take a toll on Trump's GOP. Takeaways from Election Day 2025

Tom Content

Your Right to Know: Data center secrecy is unacceptable

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (center) at the Wisconsin State Capitol Thursday Oct 23 with Sen. John Jagler (L) and Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R). Republicans scolded State Superintendent Jill Underly for not appearing at a hearing prompted by a Cap Times investigation of teacher sexual misconduct. | Photo by Ruth Conniff/Wisconsin Examiner

Wisconsin schoolchildren become a 2026 campaign issue in the worst possible way

Is there freedom of speech in Muskego?

Is there freedom of speech in Muskego?

Derrick VanOrden

After Charlie Kirk assassination, Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden fans the flames

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

Protesters gather in Milwaukee’s Cathedral Square to march and rally as part of the No Kings Day protests nationwide. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)

We need a populist, pro-democracy movement, not more gerrymandering

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It will be hard to claw back civil society after the money is gone

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WI professor ponders longer-term effects of GOP loyalty to Trump

Sen. Ron Johnson at the Newsroom Pub on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | Photo by Ruth Conniff/Wisconsin Examiner

The baffling B.S. of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson

U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden tours Gilbertson’s Dairy in Dunn County. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner)

Van Orden’s flip-flop on SNAP hurts Wisconsin

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Budget-busting voucher expansion could bankrupt Wisconsin public schools

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On this Earth Day, stand up for our environment by saying ‘yes’

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Disturbed by huge political spending in Wisconsin? Here’s one thing you can do.

Elon Musk

DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power

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