Saturday, January 24, 2026

Intimidated by Rep. Robyn Vining's robust campaign for Senate District 5, Rob Hutton decides against running for re-election

 
Election results:  Ballotpedia (2014 challenger ran as a Libertarian)
Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/23/2026

Laura Schulte Jessie Opoien report:
Republican state Sen. Rob Hutton has announced he will not seek reelection to a state Senate district thought by Democrats to be "the most flippable" seat in the state for their party. The Brookfield Republican announced Jan. 22 he will not run again, after serving one term as a state senator and six years in the state Assembly. In a statement, Hutton said he and his wife made the difficult decision for him to not seek office again after serving 19 total years in government. 
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State Rep. Robyn Vining, D-Wauwatosa, launched her campaign for the seat in July. In a statement, she thanked Hutton and his family "for the heartfelt ways they've dedicated themselves to serving Wisconsinites with kindness and care."


Current boundary of 5th State Senate District



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Trump administration can't be bothered to hide its racism anymore (Slavery exhibit at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park edition)

 
Headline:  Politico, 1/24/2026

Associated Press reports on the latest effort by the Trump admiration to whitewash American history:
Empty bolt holes and shadows are all that remains on the brick walls where explanatory panels were displayed at the President’s House Site, where George and Martha Washington lived with the people they owned as property when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital. One woman cried silently at their absence. Someone left a bouquet of flowers. A hand-lettered sign said “Slavery was real.” 
Workers on Thursday removed the exhibit, which included biographical details about the nine people enslaved by the Washingtons at the presidential mansion. Just their names — Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll and Joe — remain engraved into a cement wall. 
Seeking to stop the display’s permanent removal, the city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and acting National Park Service Director Jessica Bowron.

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Don't bother with the EPA's latest assessment to get a true picture of impact climate change on the Great Lakes

 
Top headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/23/2026
Map and bottom headline:  GLISA at University of Michigan
Caitlin Looby reports:
As the Great Lakes face mounting pressures, a new binational assessment offers a mixed report card on the health of the world's largest surface freshwater system. But whether it gives a complete picture is another story. 
The U.S. EPA and Canada released the 2025 State of the Great Lakes on Jan. 20, outlining successes and ongoing threats to the Great Lakes. The report, which has been released every three years, scores each lake based on indicators established in the Great Lakes Water Quality agreement, a commitment between the two countries to protect and restore the Great Lakes. 
In the new report, each of the five Great Lakes gets a score − good, fair or poor − as well as an indicator showing if the lake is improving, deteriorating, unchanging or shows no trend. These scores are based on nine factors that assess ecosystem health: drinking water, beaches, fish consumption, toxic chemicals, habitat and species, invasive species, nutrients and algae, groundwater, and watershed impacts. 
But there were also key missing pieces, one of which was climate change.

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