Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Wisconsin voters are in a rebellious mood

Wisconsin voters are in a rebellious mood

Bill Barth, Journalist April 21, 2024

The message from voters in Wisconsin’s spring election is loud and unmistakable.   “Fed up!”   Start with the presidential primary. President Biden and former President Donald...

he field is now green and growing with the winter rye.

Cover crop springs to life

Chris Hardie, Journalist April 21, 2024

The lifebl ood of any farmer is the soil that provides their livelihood, so taking care of it has to be a top priority.   That care involves more than simply adding fertilizer and chemicals...

Wisconsin will replace FoodShare aid when outages spoil food, but filing requests isn’t easy

Wisconsin will replace FoodShare aid when outages spoil food, but filing requests isn’t easy

Addie Costello, Wisconsin Watch Journalist April 14, 2024

This story was originally published by Wisconsin Watch and WPR.   Food doesn’t last long in Leisa Winston’s home, where she takes care of nine grandchildren.   “Every day after...

Fiscal Facts: Assessing the Quality of Wisconsin’s Local Roads

Fiscal Facts: Assessing the Quality of Wisconsin’s Local Roads

Denise Guttery, Journalist April 14, 2024

The overall quality of Wisconsin’s paved local roads has deteriorated modestly since 2010, with Milwaukee having especially poor local road conditions relative to most of the state’s large cities.   At...

Only election officials could perform election-related tasks under a constitutional amendment up for a vote Tuesday. Election officials are questioning whether that applies to private companies that print ballots or service voting equipment

Wisconsin ballot questions on election administration are too vague, officials say

Alexander Shur and Jack Kelley April 7, 2024

This story was originally published by Votebeat and Wisconsin Watch.   Wisconsinites will vote Tuesday on two proposed amendments to the state constitution that could reshape how elections are...

Spring captured in a flower

Spring captured in a flower

Chris Hardie, Journalist April 7, 2024

One certainty that I have learned over my long years is that nature moves at her own pace. Yes, we’ve done our worst to mess with the climate and destroy ozone, but nature slowly responds to the changes....

Homeless Population Edges Back Up

Homeless Population Edges Back Up

Wisconsin Policy March 31, 2024

In the years prior to the pandemic, Wisconsin’s reported homeless population shrank, following changes in programs to serve that population. For the past two years, however, homelessness in Wisconsin...

Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes

Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes

Wisconsin Watchers March 31, 2024

The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in rural Iowa in the late 1880s and cleared the land for strawberries,...

Wisconsin home prices increasingly outpace incomes

Wisconsin home prices increasingly outpace incomes

Wisconsin Policy Forum March 24, 2024

Home prices in Wisconsin have grown much faster than incomes in recent years, creating especially acute challenges for prospective first-time homebuyers. The median sales price of Wisconsin homes increased...

A strange spring indeed

A strange spring indeed

Chris Hardie March 24, 2024

One of the benefits of starting my seventh decade of life in Wisconsin is experiencing all kinds of weather and seasons – sometimes occurring on the same day. There’s usually one day every year when...

State legislative lines have been redrawn for 2024 and signed into law by Democrat Gov. Tony Evers.

State legislative lines have been redrawn for 2024 and signed into law by Democrat Gov. Tony Evers.

WisPolitics March 17, 2024

State legislative lines have been redrawn for 2024 and signed into law by Democrat Gov. Tony Evers. So, shouldn’t congressional lines be redrawn too, given that Republicans hold a 6-2 partisan advantage...

Ballot measures shape debate on hot-button issues across the country, drawing millions in outside spending

Ballot measures shape debate on hot-button issues across the country, drawing millions in outside spending

Albert Serna Jr. and Jimmy Cloutier, OpenSecrets March 17, 2024

Millions of dollars are funneled into ballot initiatives, which leave hot-button issues like abortion rights, marijuana legalization and medicaid expansion to the public to decide. In 2023, ballot initiatives...

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