Tom Still: Rural and urban economies can improve with cooperation

MADISON, Wis. — With the city of Madison and its metropolitan area popping up consistently in national rankings on economic vitality, many people would assume all is well in the seven other counties that make up the Madison Region Economic Partnership.   Don’t assume too much.   Data revealed Thursday

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Tommy G. Thompson: Wisconsin must undertake transportation reform

We’ve done it before…and we can do it again   Earlier this spring, the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership held a transportation conference that brought together academics and policy leaders from across the state to discuss the transportation problems and possibilities facing state lawmakers.   We met at

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Bill Kaplan: Democrats fix equity and health care problems

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com.   Underlying partisan gridlock and venom in Washington, D.C. (and Madison) is the collapse of the Republican Party.  The GOP has become a cult bent to Trump’s will.    The GOP is

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