Anya van Wagtendonk

6 days ago | wpr.org | Anya van Wagtendonk

Campus leaders and Gov. Tony Evers broke ground Thursday on a new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after long delays and a protracted political funding battle. A standing-room-only crowd inside the existing Engineering Hall listened to remarks from Evers and leaders who heralded the project as a chance to expand the flagship university and attract talent to Wisconsin.

1 week ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Anya van Wagtendonk

Wisconsin’s decades-old land purchase program is “on life support,” a Republican supporter told environmental advocates Wednesday. The Warren Knowles–Gaylord Nelson Stewardship program lets Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources borrow money to buy land and set it aside for conservation programs. While there is still some bipartisan support for the program, a recent court battle left Republicans cautious of the process, said Rep. Tony Kurtz, R-Wonewoc.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Anya van Wagtendonk

Wisconsin's decades-old land purchase program is "on life support," a Republican supporter told environmental advocates Wednesday. The Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship program lets Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources borrow money to buy land and set it aside for conservation programs. While there is still some bipartisan support for the program, a recent court battle left Republicans cautious of the process, said Rep. Tony Kurtz, R-Wonewoc.

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Anya van Wagtendonk

Ben Wikler, who has been widely credited with tempering the scale of Wisconsin's rightward swing in November as chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, will not be seeking another term leading the state party. Wikler will serve out the remainder of his term and step down after a predecessor is named at the state party convention in June, he told WPR in an exclusive interview.

2 weeks ago | superiortelegram.com | Anya van Wagtendonk

Less than three months into his second term in office, President Donald Trump has faced a deluge of lawsuits from states, including Wisconsin’s Department of Justice. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined other states in filing more than a dozen lawsuits, appeals or “friend of the court” filings, all pushing back on actions out of the White House and other federal agencies.