Blank has weathered much in these five years — battles over cuts in state funding, raids on UW faculty from other schools, controversy over tenure policy, as well as slippage in UW’s national research ranking.

Candidates are actively misleading the public about what the position can actually accomplish.

Trump would rather cling to the notion that he won the election fair and square than engage with the possibility that a foreign power meddled in the process or outcome.

Wisconsin’s clean waters are increasingly blue-green, brown and unhealthy.

Raising child care subsidy rates helps parents working to improve their family’s lives.

If competency-based education helps to remove some of the barriers that prevent people from getting the skills they need to advance their careers, perhaps more students can reach the workforce faster and better prepared to contribute to employers, their communities and beyond.