The Political Environment

Republican politicians are spinning the notion that the recent problem with bridges in the Zoo Interchange is proof positive that Wisconsin ...

Though they lost the 2008 elections, Republicans announce that they want , well, a Republican nominated to replace outgoing Justice Stevens.

It had become known in recent weeks that former Gov. Tommy Thompson, considering a Republican run for the US Senate seat held by Democrat Ru...

The Journal Sentinel reprises much of the debate and tension in the region between rail and highway advocates. I've been over much of th...

If you are keeping track of water issues in Southeastern Wisconsin, you need to be on the lookout for two important documents and developmen...

Environmentalists and especially water regulators from all the Great Lakes states and Canadian Provinces will turn their attention to the Wi...

From local transit backers, there is this update and action alert: We are gathering momentum to pass a RTA (Regional Transit Authority) tha...

Why send billions to unstable and unfriendly governments? Energy Independence is a national security issue. Details here .

The summer's political scene will center on this dynamic: President Barack Obama will nominate an esteemed and experienced legal figure ...

Groundwater pollution is a continuing problem in Wisconsin.

Environmentalists can't be against every alternative , or else we will be burning polluting coal and buying oil from regimes that hate u...

In the tag team that has been the Lake Michigan diversion duo of the City of Waukesha and the Southeastern Regional Planning Commission (SEW...

In the swirl of news that has been the Obama presidency, it's easy to either miss or fail to fully acknowledge some events. Such is the ...

My long-time friend and political ally Roberta Gassman will be honored Monday by the UW-Madison School of Social Work as a distinguished alu...

OK - - the first act in a long drama over diverting Great Lakes water is over , and the rest will play out in review s here and thee for yea...

If Dick Leinenkugel uses his Commerce Department Secretary position - - handed to him by Democratic incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle - - to launch a...

Reality bites the Scott Walker campaign.

Waukesha Common Council members tonight, will debate, and likely endorse a $164 million proposal to divert Lake Michigan water as a replacem...

Large dairy farming operations can leave neighboring residents with undrinkable tap water. Remarkably, regrettably, the Wisconsin Department...

I've posted any number of times the statement two years ago by State Rep. Cory Mason, (D-Racine) that he didn't want Racine to becom...