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Annette Ziegler has paid her dues with 24 years of service on the bench at the local level and on the Supreme Court.

The UW System has been trying to get the attention of the GOP-led legislature and State Building Commission for years.

If we further tamper with the makeup of the court, we could set in motion a form of political volleyball, in which no team is the permanent winner. In fact, it is our justice system that will lose.

The Convention of States movement to rein in the ever-expanding federal government has been energized in the first three months of a Biden administration governing by executive fiat, according to a leader of the national campaign.

The effects of Donald Trump’s presidency on the Republican Party of Wisconsin are continuing, and no speaker at a state GOP event appears to be beyond the pale.

In the wake of what seems to be a never-ending cycle of mass murder violence; six mass shootings in a matter of five weeks, our pandemic of violence is taking a toll on our collective sense of safety in this country.

This Earth Day, we must do more than plant trees or pick up litter. We must call on leaders to take climate action.

Multiple studies have proven that there is a link between criminal behavior and adverse childhood experiences.

We can’t assume that people know enough about the Holocaust, or about the duty we all have to stand up to those who would deny or dismiss this historical reality.

Gov. Tony Evers and Foxconn execs this morning announced the state has reached a new deal with the company over its Mount Pleasant project. The state originally agreed to a slate of tax incentives for the company under former Gov.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and Foxconn execs this morning announced the state has reached a new deal with the company over its Mount Pleasant project. The state originally

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republicans “have a really good plan” for allocating billions in federal money, adding a veto from Dem Gov. Tony Evers would be playing politics. In an interview aired Sunday on “UpFront,” Vos said the Republican

UW-Madison Professor Ryan Owens today announced his campaign for attorney general, setting up a primary for the GOP nomination to take on Dem incumbent Josh Kaul next fall. Owens worked in former Gov. Tommy Thompson’s legal office and has led

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how Jill Underly will lead Wisconsin’s schools and look back at partisan involvement in the non-partisan state superintendent’s election.

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss GOP lawmakers’ move to direct AG Josh Kaul to join a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s ban on states using COVID-19 aid for tax cuts. They also discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ deal to preserve $70 million per month in federal food assistance, the state’s pause on using Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and the state Supreme Court striking down the state’s October capacity limits on indoor public gatherings.

Proponents of esports see the competitive video gaming industry as poised for expansion in the state of Wisconsin. “We don’t think of kids playing video games — we think of esports as a growing economic sector and a fast economic

Millennial authors Jill Filipovic and Helen Andrews have new books that blame pretty much everything wrong with America on the post-World War II generation.

The state schools superintendent race exposed a growing schism on the left around the issue of education reform.

Annette Ziegler has paid her dues with 24 years of service on the bench at the local level and on the Supreme Court.

The UW System has been trying to get the attention of the GOP-led legislature and State Building Commission for years.

If we further tamper with the makeup of the court, we could set in motion a form of political volleyball, in which no team is the permanent winner. In fact, it is our justice system that will lose.

The Convention of States movement to rein in the ever-expanding federal government has been energized in the first three months of a Biden administration governing by executive fiat, according to a leader of the national campaign.

The effects of Donald Trump’s presidency on the Republican Party of Wisconsin are continuing, and no speaker at a state GOP event appears to be beyond the pale.

In the wake of what seems to be a never-ending cycle of mass murder violence; six mass shootings in a matter of five weeks, our pandemic of violence is taking a toll on our collective sense of safety in this country.

This Earth Day, we must do more than plant trees or pick up litter. We must call on leaders to take climate action.

Multiple studies have proven that there is a link between criminal behavior and adverse childhood experiences.

We can’t assume that people know enough about the Holocaust, or about the duty we all have to stand up to those who would deny or dismiss this historical reality.

Gov. Tony Evers and Foxconn execs this morning announced the state has reached a new deal with the company over its Mount Pleasant project. The state originally agreed to a slate of tax incentives for the company under former Gov. Scott Walker. But the company’s original vision for the project

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers and Foxconn execs this morning announced the state has reached a new deal with the company over its Mount Pleasant project. The state originally agreed to a slate of tax incentives for the company

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says Republicans “have a really good plan” for allocating billions in federal money, adding a veto from Dem Gov. Tony Evers would be playing politics. In an interview aired Sunday on “UpFront,” Vos said the Republican plan is a “balanced package” that would provide immediate help

UW-Madison Professor Ryan Owens today announced his campaign for attorney general, setting up a primary for the GOP nomination to take on Dem incumbent Josh Kaul next fall. Owens worked in former Gov. Tommy Thompson’s legal office and has led the Thompson center on campus. He joins the race two

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how Jill Underly will lead Wisconsin’s schools and look back at partisan involvement in the non-partisan state superintendent’s election.

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss GOP lawmakers’ move to direct AG Josh Kaul to join a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s ban on states using COVID-19 aid for tax cuts. They also discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ deal to preserve $70 million per month in federal food assistance, the state’s pause on using Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and the state Supreme Court striking down the state’s October capacity limits on indoor public gatherings.

Proponents of esports see the competitive video gaming industry as poised for expansion in the state of Wisconsin. “We don’t think of kids playing video games — we think of esports as a growing economic sector and a fast economic sector,” said Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Governmental Affairs Senior

Millennial authors Jill Filipovic and Helen Andrews have new books that blame pretty much everything wrong with America on the post-World War II generation.

The state schools superintendent race exposed a growing schism on the left around the issue of education reform.