Gregg Hoffmann: When the president comes, it’s still a big deal
In the political climate we find ourselves in as a nation, a visit by the president to a small town has other tones and implications than it might not have had some years ago.
Richard Moore: Forget Project 2025, what about Agenda 2030?
While the left freaks out about Project 2025 because of its conservative principles of limited government that’s held accountable to the people, no one’s talking about Agenda 2030, the left’s radical plan for consolidating global power, seizing private property, and extinguishing individual liberty.
John Nichols: Trump is losing ground in the states where he was once competitive
Trump still hasn’t figured out how to run against Kamala Harris, and that’s helping Harris to secure states where Biden was in trouble.
Scott Walker: Questions Trump should ask Harris at upcoming debate
Former President Donald Trump should ask Vice President Kamala Harris these questions at the upcoming debate.
Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin communities are digging deeper than ever to fund schools
tingy state budgets put an increasing burden on local taxpayers.
Shon Barnes: Madison School Board should seriously consider reinstatement of school resource officers
Let us not allow politics to override the safety of our children. We must prioritize their safety above all else. We cannot take safety for granted, and we must take proactive steps to prevent tragedies like the one in Georgia from happening in our own community.
Rob Hutton: Education reforms & Wisconsin’s future
With students across the state getting ready for school, it’s a natural time to consider the status of our publicly funded education system.
Gregory Humphrey: Gun control through legal actions
Parents of shooters must be placed in legal arena.
WisDems: Derrick Van Orden gives unions the shaft on Labor Day
MADISON, Wis. — On Labor Day, Derrick Van Orden spoke out of both sides of his mouth, claiming to support working Wisconsinites while asking voters to get behind the most anti-union, anti-worker ticket in modern history in Donald Trump and JD Vance. Derrick
Wyatt Eichholz: Why certain Wisconsinites feel particularly poor (or rich)
A county-by-county interactive analysis of inflation-adjusted wages
Paul Fanlund: Discontent with Satya Rhodes-Conway, City Council simmers
But based on my conversations over the summer and the crackle of criticism on social media, plenty of Madisonians are emphatically not on board with most of the mayor’s and council’s agenda.
Gov. Evers: Order flags to half-staff in honor of former State Rep. Stephen J. Freese
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #239 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sat., Sept. 7, 2024, in honor of former Wisconsin State Rep. Stephen J.
Marshfield Clinic Health System: Invests in communities by addressing harm reduction needs with 43 new NaloxBoxes in Rusk, Portage, Dodge and Barron counties
MARSHFIELD – Marshfield Clinic Health System is helping families and rural communities grappling with substance use and abuse by supporting harm reduction needs. Harm reduction engages directly with people who use drugs to prevent overdoses and the spread of infectious
FRI News Summary: Biden touts clean energy funds in Westby; Burgum dismisses Project 2025 talk as ‘red herring’ in Milwaukee
TOP STORIES Biden promotes clean energy funds in visit to western Wisconsin The trip to Westby was Biden’s first Wisconsin visit since dropping out of the presidential race in July … Dairyland Power … is one of 16 cooperatives receiving
AFP-Wisconsin: Statement on President Biden’s visit to Westby
Westby, WI– Today, President Biden visited Dairyland Power Cooperative in Westby to announce the Biden-Harris administration’s latest pet project—a $7.3 billion handout for so-called ‘renewable’ energy projects funded by taxpayers as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Referring to the Inflation