May 2026

Last week, the Watertown, Wisconsin school board voted to remove a controversial pro-LGBTQ music piece from the Watertown High School’s spring band concert. The piece titled “A Mother of a Revolution!” was written to honor a 1960s leader in violent pro-LGBTQ uprisings. Members of the board argued that the piece violated their Controversial Issues policy that requires curriculum to not, “indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view.”

**Delegates Endorse Gubernatorial Candidate and Statewide Slate in Show of Party Unity**

WISCONSIN DELLS — The Republican Party of Wisconsin held its 2026 State Convention on May 18, bringing together delegates from across the state in a display of party unity and determination to reclaim the governor's office this November.

Parents don’t want ‘to just sit and read through state statutes’

A three-year-old Wisconsin law requiring schools to inform parents when their students are struggling with reading is going unenforced in far too many districts, leading many learners to fall behind state-mandated reading benchmarks, according to literacy advocates.

A Racine County jury has convicted Wisconsin election integrity activist Harry Wait on one felony identity theft charge and two misdemeanor election fraud counts after he exposed what critics describe as a major vulnerability in Wisconsin’s absentee ballot request system.

The Wisconsin Department of Administration has spent nearly $2 million operating two state offices that have since 2019 been denied funding by the Legislature.

Gov. Tony Evers created the Office of Environmental Justice and the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy with two executive orders, funding them with money earmarked for other purposes within the DOA, according to documents obtained by the Badger Institute.