By the end of 2025, nearly half of all Wisconsinites will be required to pay a fee to their municipality or county to register their vehicle.

Statewide revenues from local option vehicle registration fees – commonly called wheel taxes — totaled more than $70 million in fiscal year 2025. This marks a dramatic increase from a decade ago, when such fees raised less than $10 million for local governments throughout Wisconsin.

The Associated Press was back in a courtroom Nov. 24 defending itself and our principles against the White House, continuing to fight for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences.

This is not a controversial idea. Yet this foundational American freedom remains under threat.

All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government.

Nov. 20 marks National Rural Health Day, a chance to recognize the challenges and celebrate the opportunities of rural health care nationwide.

Wisconsin’s wolf population has rebounded from extinction to an undeniable conservation success. Lately, it feels more like a horror story than a success story.

What began as a program for the neediest Americans, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, has exploded to serve one in every eight Americans.