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Whether it’s Hong’s loss in Wisconsin or the derailing Trump Train in rural Illinois, it’s part of an old story. Political activists can’t read the larger room. They gather in pods, where everybody sounds the same, then leave exhilarated that their worldview is ascendant.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley was once so gleeful about raising taxes on poor people that he celebrated by cutting a cake.
Exploring the mismatch between strong labor, business inputs and our lagging productivity and income outputs
Treat the very large customers as partners and the larger opportunity is grid, skills, and clean firm capacity that outlast any single tenant.
One of the biggest changes families will notice this fall is Wisconsin’s new statewide policy on cell phones in schools.
It’s an idea that deserves serious consideration.
To feel better about himself, the president threatens and denigrates millions of us with his hate and lies while violating the Constitution and lining his own pockets.
Black sailor who defended his shipmates and country during WWII could lose one of the Navy’s highest naming honors to a sitting president who got draft deferments and never served in the military.
The surviving communist regime in North Korea has belligerently threatened unspecified action due to joint military exercises involving South Korea and the United States. This is nothing new, nor are the exercises. What is new is the declaration by President Donald Trump that the exercises will be scaled back.
Wisconsin’s food insecurity rate was 13.5% in 2024, according to new data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project. That’s up from 11.8% in the prior year. The group found the state had a “food budget shortfall” of $551
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider how the recent legislative primary will affect the November election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Could Crowley v. Tiffany outcome forecast next U.S. president?
As long as our country is going over in a barrel.
Our straitjacket of rules and spiral of subsidies has demonstrably failed; time to give families flexibility.
Wisconsin has a massive budget surplus, and that’s good news for taxpayers. Maybe. It all depends on who they elect as their next governor, of course, because Republican Tom Tiffany and Democrat David Crowley have very different plans for that money — your money.
Creating a humane future for all of us means not spending resources on death-making entities but instead investing in life-affirming climate-resilient infrastructure and resources.
His latest effort is a proposal called RISE, for “Resources for Independence, Stability and Employment,” to overhaul a patchwork of social safety-net programs.
Canada was the No. 1 destination for Wisconsin exports of all descriptions at $7.52 billion in 2025. Trade is a two-way street that led to Wisconsin importing $5.7 billion in Canadian products in 2025.
When the actual costs of artificial intelligence data center development are considered honestly, suddenly, opposition to AIDCs isn’t so stupid after all. The solution, then, to this “moral crisis” is readily apparent, and all it requires is a commitment to free market principles.
What specific policies should Wisconsinites demand from their political leaders on data centers?
Whether it’s Hong’s loss in Wisconsin or the derailing Trump Train in rural Illinois, it’s part of an old story. Political activists can’t read the larger room. They gather in pods, where everybody sounds the same, then leave exhilarated that their worldview is ascendant.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley was once so gleeful about raising taxes on poor people that he celebrated by cutting a cake.
Exploring the mismatch between strong labor, business inputs and our lagging productivity and income outputs
Treat the very large customers as partners and the larger opportunity is grid, skills, and clean firm capacity that outlast any single tenant.
One of the biggest changes families will notice this fall is Wisconsin’s new statewide policy on cell phones in schools.
It’s an idea that deserves serious consideration.
To feel better about himself, the president threatens and denigrates millions of us with his hate and lies while violating the Constitution and lining his own pockets.
Black sailor who defended his shipmates and country during WWII could lose one of the Navy’s highest naming honors to a sitting president who got draft deferments and never served in the military.
The surviving communist regime in North Korea has belligerently threatened unspecified action due to joint military exercises involving South Korea and the United States. This is nothing new, nor are the exercises. What is new is the declaration by President Donald Trump that the exercises will be scaled back.
Wisconsin’s food insecurity rate was 13.5% in 2024, according to new data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project. That’s up from 11.8% in the prior year. The group found the state had a “food budget shortfall” of $551 million for 2024, up from $463 million in 2023. This
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider how the recent legislative primary will affect the November election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Could Crowley v. Tiffany outcome forecast next U.S. president?
As long as our country is going over in a barrel.
Our straitjacket of rules and spiral of subsidies has demonstrably failed; time to give families flexibility.
Wisconsin has a massive budget surplus, and that’s good news for taxpayers. Maybe. It all depends on who they elect as their next governor, of course, because Republican Tom Tiffany and Democrat David Crowley have very different plans for that money — your money.
Creating a humane future for all of us means not spending resources on death-making entities but instead investing in life-affirming climate-resilient infrastructure and resources.
His latest effort is a proposal called RISE, for “Resources for Independence, Stability and Employment,” to overhaul a patchwork of social safety-net programs.
Canada was the No. 1 destination for Wisconsin exports of all descriptions at $7.52 billion in 2025. Trade is a two-way street that led to Wisconsin importing $5.7 billion in Canadian products in 2025.
When the actual costs of artificial intelligence data center development are considered honestly, suddenly, opposition to AIDCs isn’t so stupid after all. The solution, then, to this “moral crisis” is readily apparent, and all it requires is a commitment to free market principles.
What specific policies should Wisconsinites demand from their political leaders on data centers?