UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Plenty of elections still to come in '26, but the 2027 WI Supreme Court election already has two candidates. Appeals Judge Pedro Colón, a former Dem legislator, announced his candidacy on Tuesday. He joins Clark County Judge Lyndsey Brunette, a former Dem D.A. 110
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025It shouldn’t be a surprise that the Republican government shutdown is going to hurt childcare and early childhood education, since eliminating Head Start in its entirety is part of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for a second Trump administration. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/10/30/2...upnorthnewswi.com2 Wisconsin Head Start programs to close amid shutdown, many more at riskRepublicans’ refusal to halt massive price hikes for health insurance means families will start going without childcare, and providers won’t get paid. 022
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Editorial: It’s BS to say that poverty is some kind of choice that is rewarded with a lavish lifestyle… of a whopping $6 a day in SNAP support. Cutting those programs doesn’t result in savings any more than a farmer eating their seed corn. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/10/29/b...upnorthnewswi.comBootstraps? SNAP, Medicaid, and Pell are the bootstrapsWhen Americans have food, shelter, education, and good health, they can thrive and become the taxpayers who more than make up for the help that got them out of poverty. 021
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Pot, meet kettle: Justice Rebecca Bradley quits Wisconsin’s high court over partisanship she created.upnorthnewswi.comRebecca Bradley, Wisconsin GOP Supreme Court justice, announces exitWhile not announcing her next move, Justice Rebecca Bradley said fellow conservatives need to “take stock of their failures and fix it.” 130
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025In this week's WayUpNorth segment, Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) talks about post-budget listening sessions – and the ridiculousness of some colleagues who enjoy micromanaging faculty, cheating our public schools, and trashing their Indigenous neighbors. youtu.be/cyIiFzte0Xs?...youtu.beRep. Angela Stroud Interview – Aug 26, 2025YouTube video by UpNorthNews 020
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025In this week's WayUpNorth segment, Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) talks about post-budget listening sessions – and the ridiculousness of some colleagues who enjoy micromanaging faculty, cheating our public schools, and trashing their Indigenous neighbors. youtu.be/cyIiFzte0Xs?...youtu.beRep. Angela Stroud Interview – Aug 26, 2025YouTube video by UpNorthNews 010
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025“Rural hospitals are infrastructure,” we’re reminded by Dr. Jill McMullen of Tomah. If a community loses its hospital due to Republican cuts to Medicaid, it affects everyone who needs care—especially in emergencies. Read more: bit.ly/4mMaeC0bit.lyRural health care faces ‘death spiral’ from GOP Medicaid cutsA doctor from Tomah talks to Pete Buttigieg’s online audiences about cuts in services and longer travel times for life-or-death care. 010
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Wisconsin has plenty of experience with partisan gerrymandering of political maps. That’s why Democrats here are united behind their Texas colleagues fighting a Republican effort to rig that state’s congressional maps. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/08/13/t...upnorthnewswi.comWisconsin Lawmaker: Corrupt maps in Texas will corrupt maps everywhereTexas Democrats leave their state to freeze a Republican legislature ordered by Trump to gerrymander their congressional boundaries. 010
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025There was nothing vague about what President Donald Trump promised last year: full coverage of IVF. There are still no signs he’s going to turn that pledge into policy, extending the heartache for thousands of Wisconsin women facing infertility and pregnancy issues. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/08/11/t...upnorthnewswi.comTrump’s IVF promise is being broken and will hit 175,000 Wisconsin women with fertility issuesReport says White House has no plans to press for a private insurance mandate or government support, despite repeated promises by the self-described “fertilization president” 030
UpNorthNewsWI @upnorthnewswi.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Hello, Blewskis! (Hey we're the state known for brewskis and no one's come up with a better name for the BlueSky community.. so Blewskis it'll be, for now.) It seems appropriate that Post No. 1 gets to the main event we'll be covering for the next 64 weeks. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/07/29/w...upnorthnewswi.comWho is (and isn’t) running for Wisconsin governor in 2026?Gov. Tony Evers’ retirement will set off a feeding frenzy of political ambition for the first open governor’s seat in 16 years, and the ripple effect could be many more open races down the Wisconsin b... 121