In her latest What keeps you up at night? podcast, columnist Lynn Schmidt shares her concerns over Project 2025 and the current state of America's politics.
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Gov. Tony Evers, a longtime member of the U.S. Climate Alliance, announced May 9 that he is joining the Alliance’s executive committee, which oversees the strategic direction of the bipartisan coalition of governors. Evers will be the first governor from the Midwest to join the Alliance lead…
Gov. Tony Evers announced March 28 that the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program to help families feed kids over the summer months. Wisconsin is the first in the nation to receive this federal approval.
- Lynn Schmidt, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist and editorial board member
Harlan Cohen, a bestselling author and journalist who has visited over 500 high school and college campuses, talks about how to help teens and young adults cope with rejection.
As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has announced southeastern Wisconsin mobile office hours in Washington County at Slinger and Germantown on Thursday, Nov. 2 to give constituents the opportunity to meet with his staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters.
- Associated Press
Here’s a closer look at some of the Republican and Democratic candidates running for the nomination for president in 2024.
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made history a few times in her political career, becoming one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress and as the first to hold the reins of the Interior Department.
With the swearing in of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, these are the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court:
Spurred on by train derailments, some states crisscrossed by busy freight railroads aren’t waiting for federal action to improve safety. Instead, they're pursuing their own remedies.
The changing political dynamic could have major ramifications for e-commerce businesses and consumers importing products from China.
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr and legislative researcher Erin Reed have emerged as a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people, and their engagement has been a bright spot for many amid a challenging year.
President Joe Biden vowed Friday to push ahead with a new plan to provide student loan relief for millions of borrowers while blaming Republican “hypocrisy” for triggering the day's Supreme Court decision that wiped out his original plan.
In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
Washington next month will become the first U.S. state to deduct taxes from workers’ paychecks to finance a new long-term care benefit for residents who can’t live independently, an approach that is getting the attention of policymakers around the country.
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
President Joe Biden has cozied up to high-dollar donors at Upper East Side penthouses in New York and on West Coast decks in recent weeks.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the central bank may have to tighten its oversight of the American financial system in the wake of the failure of three large U.S. banks this spring.
Trump's GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents, AP-NORC poll finds
Former President Donald Trump's criminal indictment on charges of mishandling government secrets appears to have dented his popularity among Republicans — but only slightly — according to a new poll.
President Joe Biden made his pitch Wednesday to a skeptical public that the U.S. economy is thriving under what he now touts as "Bidenomics" — even as a poll showed that could be a hard sell for his 2024 reelection campaign.
Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have dramatically altered races for Congress and president in that s…
More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs meant to help small businesses survive.
