1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1083+ words) By Annie Pulley, THE BADGER PROJECT Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor has officially gone off script, leading to a crowded field and the fear that a weaker general election candidate will emerge with just a plurality rather than a majority…...

13+ hour, 21+ min ago   (514+ words) Wausau’s Independent: By Tom Kilian for Wausau Pilot & Review In my recent column, “Stop using Wausau tax dollars to fund upscale private developments,” I said that government shouldn’t continue to leverage millions in subsidies and incentives to construct high-end housing…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (361+ words) On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. In 1775, the Continental Congress established an independent postal system and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster General. In 1847, the western African country…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (726+ words) By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review Readers placed property tax relief and street repairs at the top of their local priorities this week, while a clear majority favored moving the Wausau Police Department to the former UW-Stevens Point Wausau campus....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (395+ words) By Gus Pirlot, THE BADGER PROJECT In addition to their $60,924 yearly salary they get in the 2025-2026 legislative session, Wisconsin state senators, like their counterparts in the Assembly, can claim supplementary payment for days spent in Madison on legislative business to…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (601+ words) In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. In 1898, U.S. military forces landed in Guánica, Puerto Rico, during the Spanish-American War; Puerto Rico would become a self-governing U.S....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (694+ words) By Gus Pirlot and Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT At more than $22,000, the youngest Republican legislator in Wisconsin claimed the largest amount of per diem payments in 2025, the last full legislative year. A pair of Democratic Socialists from Milwaukee also…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (673+ words) By Dino Corvino for Wausau Pilot & Review Maybe journalists should stop covering the news. Maybe we are all just better off if there is no one out there putting their neck on the line to tell us what is happening…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (609+ words) By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review Wausau expects to offer $1 for the former UW-Stevens Point campus, to potentially move its police department there and convert the current station into a fire house. Now officials are deciding whether to spend $50,000 exploring…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (267+ words) Editor’s note: Wausau Pilot & Review gladly publishes commentary from readers, residents and candidates for local offices. The views of readers and columnists are independent of this newspaper and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wausau Pilot & Review. To submit,…...