U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Wisconsin State Capitol today for a discussion with Wisconsin lawmakers and business leaders. Pompeo’s visit is the latest in a procession of Trump administration appearances in the battleground state. It’s also the first time a sitting Secretary of State has visited the Wisconsin State Capitol, says Senate […]
Amtrak to cut service to Wisconsin, furlough 2050 employees nationwide...
After a record financial year in 2019, this year was set to be the first time in its nearly half-century history that Amtrak turned a profit. Instead, due to pandemic-induced financial woes, the quasi-governmental organization is requesting nearly five billion dollars in aid from the federal government. It’s also announcing service cutbacks and furloughs of about […]
Game on? 42 Badgers football players and staff test positive for COVID...
Fall football is on for UW-Madison and the Big Ten. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank told reporters earlier this week that a Big Ten fall football conference would need buy-in from all fourteen schools in the conference. “I will say we’re all going to move together in the Big Ten,” she says. “We’re all going to […]
As Wisconsin’s Supreme Court mulls Dane County Emergency Order, ...
Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction against an emergency order from Public Health Madison Dane County that required all students grades three through twelve begin the fall semester online. The plaintiffs in that case include several local schools, including St. Ambrose Academy on Madison’s west side. Yesterday, WORT Producer Jonah Chester […]
Madison common council considers sweeping changes to its structure
Madison’s Task Force on the Structure of City Government, also known as TFOGS, was set up three years ago. The eleven-member task force has been charged with finding ways to make city government more effective and responsive to its residents. Now, the city’s leadership is poised to act on a number of changes to the […]
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin on changes to the USPS
Last month, amid mounting public and political pressure, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that he would be delaying changes to the postal service until after the November election. The move came after growing delays in delivery times, a result of DeJoy’s changes to the USPS. But, for some, the temporary postponement wasn’t enough. Earlier […]
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