Monday, October 26: GOP candidate ends race with focus on anti-trans policies, data center anger shifts midterm dynamics, local officials report harassment and threats, electric bikes and scooters outpace regulators, community orgs push for jobs programs, Sen. Warnock campaigns with Crowley
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Every child deserves a safe classroom, every teacher deserves the authority to maintain order, and every parent deserves to know what is happening in their child's school.”
– Tom Tiffany, Republican candidate for governor, describing his parents’ and teachers’ bill of rights
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany released his proposal as in-person early voting kicked off last week and with a little over a week to go before Election Day. Tiffany at a press conference with Sen. John Jagler and Rep. Amanda Nedweski in October 2025. (Photo by Ruth Conniff/Wisconsin Examiner)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is proposing a bill of rights for parents and teachers, which includes requiring parental permission for students who want to change their names and pronouns at school and banning transgender students from bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. Baylor Spears has the story.
Both Democratic and Republican candidates during the heated midterm election cycle have had to navigate deep voter resentment of the massive advanced computer server data center developments that will power artificial intelligence. Ashley Murray reports.
State and local government employees report high levels of job satisfaction across the country, but face significant rates of burnout and on-the-job harassment. That’s according to a new national survey of nearly 5,000 public servants across all 50 states released last week by The People Lab at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Kevin Hardy of Stateline has the details.
A string of high-profile deaths and injuries involving electric scooters and bikes is spurring states and cities across the country to crack down on them. As technology improves, e-scooters and e-bikes capable of motorcycle-like speeds have become cheaper and more popular. Some models — and the ability to modify them with aftermarket upgrades — are blurring the lines between bicycles, scooters and motor vehicles. Anna Claire Vollers reports.
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David Crowley (left) listens to U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) fire up the crowd at a campaign rally in Madison (Ruth Conniff/Wisconsin Examiner)
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