Steve Ohly: The attack on affordable care

If Walker and Brad Schimel are successful, millions of Americans will face economic ruin. The 2.4 million Wisconsinites with a pre-existing condition could be immediately kicked off their plan, no matter how minor the previous injury or how serious the current condition.

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Joseph D. Kearney: For Brett Kavanaugh, just as for Elena Kagan

We should want people on the Supreme Court of the United States who are of high character, possess extraordinary legal minds, and spend their time in the mainstream of legal thought. All of this is true of both Kavanaugh and Kagan. It is also noteworthy when the nominee or justice has an interest in legal and civic education in Milwaukee and beyond.

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Foxconn pledges $100 million for UW-Madison research partnership

Foxconn Technology Group is pledging to invest $100 million in UW-Madison to further engineering research and create a new tech facility on the university’s campus. The deal, unveiled at a joint news conference yesterday, also includes plans to set up the Foxconn Institute for Research in Science and Technology, in

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‘UpFront’: Evers calls Walker ‘slash-and-burn politician’

Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers responded to negative ads Republicans are running against him by calling GOP Gov. Scott Walker a “slash-and-burn politician,” adding his campaign expected the advertising onslaught. Some of the TV ads currently running slam Evers, who is the superintendent of the state Department of Public

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Steve Ohly: The attack on affordable care

If Walker and Brad Schimel are successful, millions of Americans will face economic ruin. The 2.4 million Wisconsinites with a pre-existing condition could be immediately kicked off their plan, no matter how minor the previous injury or how serious the current condition.

Read More »

Joseph D. Kearney: For Brett Kavanaugh, just as for Elena Kagan

We should want people on the Supreme Court of the United States who are of high character, possess extraordinary legal minds, and spend their time in the mainstream of legal thought. All of this is true of both Kavanaugh and Kagan. It is also noteworthy when the nominee or justice has an interest in legal and civic education in Milwaukee and beyond.

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