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Biden and Trump: Who’s the real populist?
It was a sharp contrast. President Donald Trump’s jammed-together, cheering crowd in Mosinee last week defied a statewide mask order and basked in the president’s taunting and provocative rants. Then, on Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden dropped into an aluminum plant in Manitowoc for a low-key, socially distanced event. Biden himself wore a mask […]
Sens. Johnson, Baldwin clash on filling Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat
In a phone interview from quarantine, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke with Craig Gilbert, Washington bureau chief of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, to explain why he favors a quick nomination and confirmation to fill the seat left vacant after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, despite his assertion in 2016 that “Instead of a […]
Ron Johnson quarantined for COVID exposure, skips Trump rally
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s office announced on Thursday that Johnson will be under quarantine until Sept. 29 after being exposed to someone infected with COVID-19. Johnson, who had been planning to travel with President Donald Trump to a rally in Mosinee, Wis. on Thursday night, tested negative for the virus on Wednesday. “Sen. Johnson was […]
Resisting chaos, division and despair
It’s getting harder not to be overwhelmed by bad news. The looming election, the hazy skies from Western fires that portend climate disaster, the end of summer and an ominous coronavirus spike as we head into winter with no pandemic finish line in sight — all of the ills of the world seem to be […]
Gov. Evers orders flags lowered on 9/11
Gov. Tony Evers ordered flags of the United States and Wisconsin flown at half-staff Friday in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the attacks of Sept. 11 2001 and in honor of the State Day of Service. “On the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11, we pay tribute to those who lost their lives, […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court delays mailing of absentee ballots
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday afternoon halting the mailing of absentee ballots to Wisconsin voters until the Court decides whether Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins should be added to the ballot. The order was issued by Chief Justice Patience Roggensack and justices Rebecca Bradley, Brian Hagedorn and Annette Ziegler — […]
Rural Wisconsin is divided, but still leans toward Trump
Driving through the rolling green hills of Western Wisconsin, you’ll see many giant Trump 2020 banners waving over golden fields of corn. Occasionally, a Biden sign propped against the side of a barn competes with the Trump-supporting neighbors across the road. But an informal survey on a recent weekend drive shows the Trump banners appear […]
Jill Biden’s back-to-school supermom chat in Green Bay
As students across Wisconsin began the school year online, Jill Biden held a town hall meeting with two Green Bay mothers and Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski to discuss the challenge of meeting children’s educational needs during the pandemic. During the virtual campaign stop for her husband, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Jill Biden talked […]
Mike Pence and Kamala Harris hold dueling Labor Day events in Wisconsin
Speaking outside the Dairyland Power Cooperative in La Crosse on Labor Day, Vice President Mike Pence told the crowd: “I can’t think of a better place to be on an American holiday when we celebrate America’s tradition of hard work and the American Dream.” Pence said he brought greetings from “the best friend American workers […]
Joe Biden’s moment in Kenosha
Joe Biden finally came to Wisconsin, visiting Kenosha hard on the heels of President Donald Trump’s spectacularly callous, divisive campaign stop here. The Democratic presidential nominee had not yet set foot in the Badger State during this election season, despite the Democrats’ decision to hold their convention in Milwaukee — part of an effort to […]
Trump’s cynical campaign stop in Kenosha
During the first 37 minutes of a roundtable discussion with the police chief, sheriff, business owners and Republican politicians in Kenosha, President Donald Trump and the other speakers did not mention Jacob Blake, the man shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha police officer. Not until Trump invited local minister James Ward (whom […]
Kenosha editor who quit over inflammatory headline launches GoFundMe
Daniel Thompson, the digital editor at The Kenosha News who quit on Saturday after his editor insisted on putting an inflammatory headline on a story about a protest, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help him continue reporting. Thompson, who was the only full-time Black staff member at the Kenosha News, resigned over a headline […]