These Wisconsinites won World Series rings, including two with this year's Dodgers 

Two Wisconsin high-school alumni celebrated with the Commissioner's Trophy on Nov. 1, when the Los Angeles Dodgers repeated as World Series champs. Outfielder Alex Call from River Falls finished with one hit and one walk in seven at-bats over the...

Tom Tiffany Is a Leading Election Denier

Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Tom Tiffany. (Public Domain). In November 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won the election for U.S. President by more than 7 million votes, a margin of 4.5%. His margin of victory was more than...

Open enrollment begins, Wisconsinites likely to see higher costs

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - More than 24 million Americans receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, and over 90 percent of enrollees get federal tax credits to help lower costs. As the government shutdown continues, many...

‘Like a rollercoaster’: Wisconsinites uncertain about November food assistance

Fawn Anderson of Eau Claire says she worked her whole life and never applied for food assistance until five months ago when she relocated after a “violent act through domestic violence” upended her life. She started receiving $263 per month, money...

How to watch Wisconsin vs Campbell tonight in season opener

Despite heavy roster changeover with eight newcomers, based on preseason polls, the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team is expected to have another successful season under head coach Greg Gard. Returning starter John Blackwell was named...

Election Day 2025: From New York to California, when do polls open and close in every US state

Millions of Americans will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 4, to vote in state and local elections. While this year is not a presidential election, many important races and local measures will be decided across the country, according to USA...

Panic and misinformation swirl as SNAP recipients brace for slashed benefits

After foodbanks and SNAP recipients spent weeks bracing for a suspension of federal food assistance, the benefits appeared to be partially salvaged on Monday. But the disruption is already wreaking havoc on the normally steadfast program. The...

‘Genuinely religious’: Battle over government demand for religious groups to fund abortion lives again

A lawsuit against a state demand in Oregon that groups holding religious beliefs fundamentally opposing the deliberate and willful destruction of unborn children fund abortion has been revived. It is Oregon Right to Life that had sued state...

New Wisconsin Law Allows Candidates to Withdraw Names From Ballots 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed a bill into law on Friday that will allow candidates to remove their names from ballots after withdrawing from an election race. Under the new law, which received bi-partisan support, candidates who are...

A New Generation of Professional Election Administrators

Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Lydia McComas was hired as Madison’s city clerk in August. (Courtesy of Lydia McComas) As a 19-year-old election worker in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Lydia McComas discovered how...

Here's what's open and what's closed on Election Day across the country

Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, discusses the government shutdown and the drop in gas prices on 'Mornings with Maria.' With the government in a funding standoff, determining what will be open or closed on Election Day is anything but clear-cut. That...

Plenty of Horne: Revised Milwaukee Streets Book Dishes the Dirt

Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Milwaukee Streets: The Stories Behind Their Names In 1994, after years of research, a librarian named Carl Baehr wrote and self-published Milwaukee Streets: The Stories Behind Their Names....

State Legislators Highlight Republican Cuts To Wisconsins Food Programs

Madison, WI – As SNAP benefits run out across Wisconsin, leaving families searching for support, Wisconsin State Representatives Robyn Vining (AD-13), Jenna Jacobson (AD-50), and State Senator Brad Pfaff (SD-32) held a press conference this...

Wisconsin Ag Leader Randy Romanski Awarded FFA Degree

Monday, November 3, 2025 By Blake Jackson Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Randy Romanski was honored with the prestigious Honorary American FFA Degree during the 98th National FFA Convention &...

Citizenship check: Wisconsin judge on Oct. 31 puts on hold ruling that required check of voters

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Friday put on hold his order that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered voters in the battleground state before the next statewide election in February. It...

Developer partners with union workers to build Wisconsin data center

The Blueprint Vantage Data Centers will construct a $15B data center campus in Port Washington. Oracle and OpenAI are major investors in the Lighthouse data center project. Union workers will be employed during three years of construction. The...

Legal, but not easy: Wisconsin patients, providers confused by shifting abortion landscape 

On a recent Tuesday morning at the Care for All community clinic in Milwaukee, receptionist Kailee Evans spent most of her day answering phone calls. “The phones are always going off,” she said. “Sometimes there will be two people on hold at a...

In 1973, Mayor Lindsay Left Behind Little But Disappointment

[Editor’s note, November 3, 2025: As New Yorkers head out to vote tomorrow and to — if polls are to be believed — elect Zohran Mamdani the city’s 111th mayor, we time-travel to 1973, as the telegenic mayor of those days, John Lindsay, was winding...

Wisconsin DOJ suggests eliminating religious tax exemptions

Months after a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that a Wisconsin-based religious charity should be exempt from certain taxes, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is challenging religious tax exemptions entirely. Kaul’s action comes after...

Right-wing law firm complains about Wisconsin election data management

Chief Inspector Megan Williamson processes absentee ballots at the Hawthorne Library on Madison's East Side. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner) The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a right-wing law firm, complained in a letter to the U.S....