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As Wisconsinites reel from economic pain under Trump’s economy, Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislative leaders came up with a compromise for using the state surplus to increase spending for public schools, cut property taxes and give regular folks tax rebates.

With a Democratic governor and a Republican legislature, we saw a 0% increase in general aid funding for schools. This forces school boards to choose between cutting budgets or raising property taxes.

Some of Wisconsin’s most important recent failures of accountability share a common feature: Power has increasingly shifted away from the Legislature and toward governors, agencies, courts and other institutions that operate further from direct democratic control.

The fact that Wisconsin is so behind when it comes to the rights of children in the justice system is antithetical to Wisconsin ideals, and it’s long past time the state took the steps to remedy these injustices.

June Dairy Month in Wisconsin is a time-honored tradition that celebrates the rich agricultural heritage and dairy industry of the state.

For the most part, federal and state officials, along with candidates in this midterm election year, are still failing to focus on the practical steps that could be taken to address the threats to workers and communities that are posed by a rapid and ill-thought embrace of artificial intelligence and robotics.

The true measure of a nation is not found in the monuments it builds, the spectacles it stages, or the grandeur it displays, but in how it cares for those who live beneath its flag. I guess a bankrupt leader, morally or otherwise, would have a problem understanding that.

The Trump administration is siphoning money from park fees fund to help pay for the so-called beautification projects in Washington, taking money that is aimed at places like Glacier National or the Petrified Forest to help pay for painting the bottom of the reflecting pool between the Washington and Lincoln memorials to the tune of $13.1 million.

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is threatening to pull the border patrol agents to provide security for his archipelago of gulags for people being deported from the United States.

Hypocrisy can sometimes play a surprising role in sustaining democratic norms.