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Wisconsin’s unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in November from 6 percent in October, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate jumped in October from 5.4 percent in September after months of steady decline from

A group of Senate Republicans has informed Gov. Tony Evers they intend to prioritize changes to election laws in the upcoming legislative session. In a letter to the guv yesterday, 15 members of the incoming Senate GOP caucus cited testimony

President Trump has asked a federal appeals court for an order that would declare Wisconsin’s electoral votes cast Monday were the result of a “flawed” election and invalid. Thursday’s appeal to the 7th Circuit also seeks an order requiring Dem

State Supreme Court justices quizzed an Evers administration attorney on the legality of an order limiting indoor capacity at bars and restaurants in light of an earlier high court decision affirming lawmakers had oversight over a similar order. The questioning
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Reflecting on this extraordinarily difficult year, I am struck both by how fortunate we are to live in Madison and by how many people are not able to share in the city’s riches.

The new proposal before the Surface Transportation Board would change regulators’ definition and application of revenue adequacy, creating a landscape where strong financial performance and return on investment is treated as a negative outcome, rather than a success.

Stop the presses! Charlie Sykes has changed his view of Senator Ron Johnson.

I am often asked why Milwaukee’s suburbs are so segregated. People then ask a follow up question. What can we do about it? The answers to both questions are complicated yet at the same time simple.

How Joe Biden can build on the House That FDR Built.

Outgoing state Sen. Patty Schachtner, a full-time county medical examiner, earlier this year claimed to be “indefinitely confined,” receiving the special status accorded under state election law.

Wisconsin’s U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is doing her best to get Congress to do something to help struggling, mostly locally-owned restaurants that are faced with extinction during this pandemic.

I recently received my new committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session and they all play to my strengths.

Republican legislators would take power from schools, local governments and governor.

In a time of increased partisan rancor, I hope that reauthorizing the Stewardship Fund and restoring its full funding might be something both parties can work together to accomplish.

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in November from 6 percent in October, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate jumped in October from 5.4 percent in September after months of steady decline from a peak of 13.6 percent in April. The spring’s record

A group of Senate Republicans has informed Gov. Tony Evers they intend to prioritize changes to election laws in the upcoming legislative session. In a letter to the guv yesterday, 15 members of the incoming Senate GOP caucus cited testimony from last week’s contentious joint election hearing and state Supreme

President Trump has asked a federal appeals court for an order that would declare Wisconsin’s electoral votes cast Monday were the result of a “flawed” election and invalid. Thursday’s appeal to the 7th Circuit also seeks an order requiring Dem Gov. Tony Evers to issue a certificate of determination “consistent

State Supreme Court justices quizzed an Evers administration attorney on the legality of an order limiting indoor capacity at bars and restaurants in light of an earlier high court decision affirming lawmakers had oversight over a similar order. The questioning yesterday was led primarily by the court’s three-member liberal wing,
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Reflecting on this extraordinarily difficult year, I am struck both by how fortunate we are to live in Madison and by how many people are not able to share in the city’s riches.

The new proposal before the Surface Transportation Board would change regulators’ definition and application of revenue adequacy, creating a landscape where strong financial performance and return on investment is treated as a negative outcome, rather than a success.

Stop the presses! Charlie Sykes has changed his view of Senator Ron Johnson.

I am often asked why Milwaukee’s suburbs are so segregated. People then ask a follow up question. What can we do about it? The answers to both questions are complicated yet at the same time simple.

How Joe Biden can build on the House That FDR Built.

Outgoing state Sen. Patty Schachtner, a full-time county medical examiner, earlier this year claimed to be “indefinitely confined,” receiving the special status accorded under state election law.

Wisconsin’s U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is doing her best to get Congress to do something to help struggling, mostly locally-owned restaurants that are faced with extinction during this pandemic.

I recently received my new committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session and they all play to my strengths.

Republican legislators would take power from schools, local governments and governor.

In a time of increased partisan rancor, I hope that reauthorizing the Stewardship Fund and restoring its full funding might be something both parties can work together to accomplish.