Today’s new Wisconsin Idea is all about how we can position our state to once again be a leader — in economic development, in innovation, in protecting our environment, and in graduating students who can make it happen.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the idea of arming teachers with guns at schools.

Under the decorum imposed on members of Congress, there is now no way to call a liar a liar without violating comity. And more and more our politics have been a field day for flat-out lying.

For at least one bill, on one day, the legislative process worked the way it is supposed to, the way that fourth-graders across the state are told it works when they study Wisconsin government.

Wisconsin politicians like Robin Vos and his legislative Republican colleagues, and congressional leaders like our own Paul Ryan, “caution” us against “knee-jerk” reactions to the Parkland, Florida, high school tragedy. A conservative U.S. Supreme Court gave them cover and now it’s up to the voters to decide if politicians can continue refusing to do what’s right for all Americans.