Accurate, unfiltered coverage of state government benefits all of us, and helps strengthen our democracy. It’s time to make it a fully public entity, beholden only to the people of Wisconsin, and freely available to all.

It shouldn’t be funded by the whims of corporate sponsors and lobbying interests who want to skew coverage to their own benefit — which can create challenging editorial pressures.

The SAFE Kids Act (Stop Addictive Feeds Exploiting Kids Act) will begin circulating for co-sponsorship this week with a deadline of Dec. 1 for legislators interested in supporting it.

The most powerful and profitable companies in the history of the world have refused to protect our kids—instead, they profit off isolation, insecurity, and depression. We need guardrails to protect our kids as they engage with social media, to prevent the harms that are now well-documented.

This legislation prevents data centers from passing utility project costs onto Wisconsinites, sets standards to protect our natural resources for future generations, and prioritizes family-supporting jobs.

We need a statewide framework for data center development that ensures Wisconsinites’ needs are met – that we don’t see utility costs increase, preserve local self-determination, and protect our natural resources and rural communities.

But this doesn't come as a surprise: Wisconsin Republicans also cut funding for programs to help veterans with homelessness and mental health struggles.

As a reminder, Wisconsin is the only state in the country that does not recognize Veterans Day as a state holiday because Wisconsin Republicans have refused to advance legislation making it a state holiday.

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Republicans have shut down the federal government because they chose to massively increase people’s healthcare costs so they could give more tax breaks to billionaires.

UW is just another cost preventing them from giving more public $ to their billionaire backers. The ‘budget shortfalls’ that led to this closure were manufactured by right-wing politicians who systematically divested from public higher ed while strangling UW’s ability to manage its own affairs.”

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The SWIFTIE Act confronts the powers that are making live entertainment inaccessible for fans and impossible for artists to determine the price of their art. This isn’t just a Taylor Swift-level problem–it has an impact on venues all around Wisconsin, including Racine.

Trump’s failed scheme to bully China, our largest soybean buyer, is having disastrous consequences for American farmers.

I joined my colleagues last week in calling on the Trump administration to recognize the damage their chaos is creating and end this manufactured conflict.

By requiring insurance companies to cover treatment for this disease, this bill ensures reproductive freedom for families who would otherwise be unable to afford to build the family of their dreams.