Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Adam Gerol last week rejected a request by the City of Port Washington to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Town of Port resident Lynde Uihlein, who said the city has not complied with an open records request she made seeking documents relating to Vantage Data Centers Lighthouse Campus on the city’s north side.
Language in both the FY House and Senate Labor HHS ED Appropriations Reports directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use local newspapers in rural or small markets to advertise their public health messages and communicate with America.
A Republican congressional candidate emphasizing his deep roots in northern Wisconsin settled a federal lawsuit for $44 million while based in California, court records show.
Lakeland Times and Northwoods River News publisher and WNA Foundation board member Gregg Walker this week rejected a demand for a $50,000 payment to attorney Frederick Melms and said he will not withdraw a professional misconduct complaint against the attorney or retract the newspaper’s reporting after Melms threatened a defamation lawsuit.
Both the Blue Mounds village attorney and Dane County District Attorney Ishmael Ozanne have found the village followed proper protocols and did not violate any open meetings laws in October 2025 despite accusations from the former village president.
The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an environmental news network covering America’s largest watershed, is seeking talented journalists to join six newsrooms through Report for America’s 2026 class. The application deadline is Feb. 16, 2026.
Join the UW Center for Journalism Ethics in hearing from 2026 journalist-in-residence Melissa Sanchez, immigration and labor reporter at ProPublica, about her work covering Wisconsin dairy farms, ICE activity in Chicago and more during “Reporting on Immigration in Times of Crisis: Wisconsin and Beyond” from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
Kevin Berrier describes his upcoming appearances at the 2026 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Convention
A new Republican bill introduced this week bars data center developers from entering into agreements intended to conceal information about a project from the public.
Legislative leaders have reached a tentative bipartisan agreement to fund WisconsinEye, the state’s version of C-SPAN, over a month after it went dark.