The Recombobulation Minute

We are just about one year away from the 2026 midterm elections, and after some recent big announcements, the Democratic field in the race for governor is very nearly set. Just one major decision looms, and that’s the one from former lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes. Barnes seems likely to run for governor. And because of […]

Fri Oct 31, 2025

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation just announced the official start date for one of its biggest ever construction projects, the I-94 East-West project, which will reconstruct and widen a 3.5-mile stretch of interstate highway in the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. This is a massive project with an estimated cost of more than 1.7 […]

Fri Oct 17, 2025

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In recent weeks, the level of activity from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has increased quite a bit. There was a raid in Manitowoc at a Walmart parking lot where dairy workers were known to congregate, a series of arrests in Madison, and in Milwaukee, ICE is looking to expand its operations significantly by […]

Fri Oct 3, 2025

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Tom Tiffany, Republican congressman representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, has finally made it official: He’s running for governor.  The election for governor in 2026 is the state’s first open race for the office since 2010, and it’s sure to invite many candidates to run. And on the Republican side, Tiffany’s is the most significant announcement […]

Fri Sep 26, 2025

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We’re taking a little bit of a detour this week on The Recombobulation Minute so I can tell you about a brand new project we’ve been working on here at Civic Media, that we’re really really excited about.  Here at the Civic Media network, we produce a tremendous amount of content on any given day. […]

Fri Sep 19, 2025

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This year’s Wisconsin state budget included a rather unfortunate cut: The Republican-controlled budget committee eliminated funding for the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program that would have kept two facilities, in Green Bay and in Chippewa Falls, open and operational.  This state program aims to provide temporary housing, training, and supportive services to military veterans who […]

Fri Sep 5, 2025

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Big political news dropped the Friday before Labor Day weekend in Wisconsin, with right-wing state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley announcing that she will NOT be seeking re-election to another 10 year term on the court.  In her statement announcing the decision, Bradley bemoaned a “shift from thoughtful, principled judicial service toward bitter partisanship, personal […]

Fri Aug 29, 2025

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Look, it’s probably too early to have a conversation about the 2026 race for governor in Wisconsin. But our readers spoke, and they asked for our take on this, so we delivered an extensive breakdown of who is running and who might be running in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for the first open […]

Fri Aug 22, 2025

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In early August, massive flooding hit southeastern Wisconsin after what some are calling a “thousand-year rain event.” One Milwaukee County official even likened it to experiencing a hurricane. So many people are going to be struggling to recover from this cataclysmic event. Because of that, it is imperative that elected officials and public institutions step […]

Fri Aug 15, 2025

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This week Wisconsin Republican lawmakers called on Mayor Cavalier Johnson to urge Police Chief Jeffrey Norman to “temporarily reorganize MPD to allow for the maximum amount of available sworn officers to be assigned to our streets.” The Mayor’s office pushed back and  said “We thank the state legislators for offering their opinions on police staffing. […]

Fri Aug 8, 2025

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