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Portrait of Michelle Bryant

Michelle Bryant: DEI’s toll on HBCUs

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Balancing the impact of Trump’s DEI policies on Black college campuses.

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David McGrath: 40 years of racial progress lost on Trump

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Trump’s executive order eliminating DEI jeopardizes those social and educational gains made in the past four decades.

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Nela Kalpic: Here’s how Marsy’s Law has been ‘game changer’ for Wisconsin crime victims

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

On April 7, 2020, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved a crime victims’ rights amendment to our state Constitution, known as Marsy’s Law.

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Badger Institute logo

Patrick McIlheran: AEI: Building more homes in Wisconsin would drive down cost

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Policy playbook shows how it could be done without taxpayer subsidies or taking up more land.

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Lisa Lucas: Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Our public schools are not failing. They are being sabotaged.

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Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: A win for voter integrity, a disappointing Supreme Court loss in Wisconsin

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

It takes three M’s to win in Wisconsin: message, manpower and money.

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Portrait of Richard Moore

Richard Moore: Democracy dies … in the courts?

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Whatever else it may represent, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is setting up to provide a great test of democratic resilience.

Read More »
Portrait of Tom Still

Tom Still: There’s a four-letter acronym dividing the Wisconsin Legislature

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Will ROFR ensure future reliability, or are opponents correct in asserting that out-of-state transmission line expertise is just as good as what may be found at home? The coming weeks will tell which way the political currents flow.

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Mitchell Sobieski : America’s ‘Mirror, Mirror’ moment

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

How one classic “Star Trek” episode reflects our chosen reality.

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John Skoug: The Inflation Reduction Act has benefited rural communities in Wisconsin. It must be kept intact.

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Rather than labeling clean energy projects “the green new scam,” the Trump administration should embrace them as a key component of achieving “American energy dominance.”

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Mark Lisheron: Troubled Milwaukee streetcar remains 30% under pre-pandemic peak despite new tracks

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

End of federal money makes city scramble to cover operating costs of the Hop.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Dynasty Ceasar: Housing is big problem in Milwaukee. We’re finally working together to fix it.

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

The Milwaukee County Board and Common Council formed a joint Housing Committee. It is the result of three years of meetings and effort by local leaders and more than 40 area organizations.

Read More »

Dems say barring hedge funds from buying more homes in WI will help housing market

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Dem lawmakers say keeping hedge funds from buying more single-family homes in the state would help address access and affordability issues in Wisconsin’s housing market.  Sens. Sarah Keyeski of Lodi and Brad Pfaff of Onalaska, along with Reps. Kalan Haywood

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Paul Fanlund: A loss for Elon Musk, a huge win for Wisconsinites

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Happily, within Wisconsin, we are inching back toward being the inclusive, compassionate, and even-handed state we once were.

Read More »

Jessica McBride: Why Brad Schimel lost the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

This election doesn’t mean that voters have turned on Trump. It also isn’t really a referendum on him. It’s a statement that liberal voters are enraged at Trump, and it’s a referendum on how Democrats feel about Trump. It was bad timing.

Read More »

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin leads the way, rejecting Musk and oligarchy

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

The most important lesson of the 2025 Supreme Court race is that voters can stand up to the mind-boggling spree of destruction by MAGA nihilists.

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David Blaska: Trump/Musk’s chainsaw had no bite

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

We prefer to think of Tuesday, April 1, 2025 as a wake-up call, not a death knell.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin Republicans have problem with abortion on campaign trail

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Ask yourself if abortion were not an issue in the spring election, if a liberal Dane County judge would have won statewide with a 10% margin of absolute victory? That is the problem Wisconsin Republicans need to address.

Read More »
Portrait of Bruce Murphy

Bruce Murphy: 19 winners and losers in historic election

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Beyond the names on the ballot, who else won or lost in Tuesday’s election?

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James Causey: Fred Reed a civil rights leader with thundering voice he used to lift others

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Reed conveyed the subtle art of de-escalation as a member of the Milwaukee Commandos, navigating tense situations with a calm and composed demeanor.

Read More »
Portrait of Michelle Bryant

Michelle Bryant: DEI’s toll on HBCUs

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Balancing the impact of Trump’s DEI policies on Black college campuses.

Read More »
Capital Times logo

David McGrath: 40 years of racial progress lost on Trump

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Trump’s executive order eliminating DEI jeopardizes those social and educational gains made in the past four decades.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Nela Kalpic: Here’s how Marsy’s Law has been ‘game changer’ for Wisconsin crime victims

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

On April 7, 2020, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved a crime victims’ rights amendment to our state Constitution, known as Marsy’s Law.

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Patrick McIlheran: AEI: Building more homes in Wisconsin would drive down cost

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Policy playbook shows how it could be done without taxpayer subsidies or taking up more land.

Read More »

Lisa Lucas: Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools

Monday, Apr 7, 2025

Our public schools are not failing. They are being sabotaged.

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: A win for voter integrity, a disappointing Supreme Court loss in Wisconsin

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

It takes three M’s to win in Wisconsin: message, manpower and money.

Read More »
Portrait of Richard Moore

Richard Moore: Democracy dies … in the courts?

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Whatever else it may represent, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is setting up to provide a great test of democratic resilience.

Read More »
Portrait of Tom Still

Tom Still: There’s a four-letter acronym dividing the Wisconsin Legislature

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Will ROFR ensure future reliability, or are opponents correct in asserting that out-of-state transmission line expertise is just as good as what may be found at home? The coming weeks will tell which way the political currents flow.

Read More »

Mitchell Sobieski : America’s ‘Mirror, Mirror’ moment

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

How one classic “Star Trek” episode reflects our chosen reality.

Read More »

John Skoug: The Inflation Reduction Act has benefited rural communities in Wisconsin. It must be kept intact.

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

Rather than labeling clean energy projects “the green new scam,” the Trump administration should embrace them as a key component of achieving “American energy dominance.”

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Mark Lisheron: Troubled Milwaukee streetcar remains 30% under pre-pandemic peak despite new tracks

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

End of federal money makes city scramble to cover operating costs of the Hop.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Dynasty Ceasar: Housing is big problem in Milwaukee. We’re finally working together to fix it.

Friday, Apr 4, 2025

The Milwaukee County Board and Common Council formed a joint Housing Committee. It is the result of three years of meetings and effort by local leaders and more than 40 area organizations.

Read More »

Dems say barring hedge funds from buying more homes in WI will help housing market

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Dem lawmakers say keeping hedge funds from buying more single-family homes in the state would help address access and affordability issues in Wisconsin’s housing market.  Sens. Sarah Keyeski of Lodi and Brad Pfaff of Onalaska, along with Reps. Kalan Haywood of Milwaukee and Karen DeSanto of Baraboo, recently sent a

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: A loss for Elon Musk, a huge win for Wisconsinites

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Happily, within Wisconsin, we are inching back toward being the inclusive, compassionate, and even-handed state we once were.

Read More »

Jessica McBride: Why Brad Schimel lost the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

This election doesn’t mean that voters have turned on Trump. It also isn’t really a referendum on him. It’s a statement that liberal voters are enraged at Trump, and it’s a referendum on how Democrats feel about Trump. It was bad timing.

Read More »

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin leads the way, rejecting Musk and oligarchy

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

The most important lesson of the 2025 Supreme Court race is that voters can stand up to the mind-boggling spree of destruction by MAGA nihilists.

Read More »

David Blaska: Trump/Musk’s chainsaw had no bite

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

We prefer to think of Tuesday, April 1, 2025 as a wake-up call, not a death knell.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: Wisconsin Republicans have problem with abortion on campaign trail

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Ask yourself if abortion were not an issue in the spring election, if a liberal Dane County judge would have won statewide with a 10% margin of absolute victory? That is the problem Wisconsin Republicans need to address.

Read More »
Portrait of Bruce Murphy

Bruce Murphy: 19 winners and losers in historic election

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Beyond the names on the ballot, who else won or lost in Tuesday’s election?

Read More »

James Causey: Fred Reed a civil rights leader with thundering voice he used to lift others

Thursday, Apr 3, 2025

Reed conveyed the subtle art of de-escalation as a member of the Milwaukee Commandos, navigating tense situations with a calm and composed demeanor.

Read More »
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