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Kris Kodrich: Election time in the swing state of Wisconsin

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Sometimes it’s smart to avoid politics with family

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Dave Zweifel: Voting guide falls victim to petty GOP politics

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

I don’t know who is the master coordinator of this narrow-minded stunt, but you may have noticed in last week’s League of Women Voters’ “Candidates’ Answers” insert in the paper, all but two Republicans — including U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde — refused to take part.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: Milwaukee’s late night ballot dump, explained

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Breaking down how and why the city of Milwaukee reports election results from absentee ballots all at once on election night, and how bipartisan efforts to reform the process stalled.

Read More »

Matthew Tragesser: Are you a ‘hostile’?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Indivisible, a leftist voter turnout organization, labels all Trump and conservative supporters as “hostile.”

Read More »

LaKeshia Myers: This is what democracy looks like

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

With early in person voting underway in Wisconsin and across the country, my heart has been filled with pride as I see lines of people waiting, (patiently and undeterred) to cast their votes.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Vote for Harris, Baldwin and Cooke

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Their politics are the promise of a better future for everyone. They love America, including Wisconsin, and are relentlessly optimistic. Vote for Harris, Baldwin and Cooke.

Read More »

Bruce Thompson: Were we better off four years ago?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

It’s a central claim in Trump campaign. But the data tells an interesting story.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Why does Trump appeal to men?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

If “toxic masculinity” exists then Donald Trump is the first case study, while Kamala Harris is a stand up woman.

Read More »

Ashley Inda: More must be done to increase access to life-saving screenings for breast cancer

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Under current Wisconsin state law, health insurers are required to provide one annual mammogram to women under 50 and two to women aged 45-49 who meet certain criteria, all with no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. However, for women with dense breasts and others who have high risk factors, a mammogram alone just isn’t enough.

Read More »

Tommy Thompson: Public health or market control?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

FDA should allow, improve substitutes to cigarettes.

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Angela Rachidi: Wisconsin should listen to its people: Link FoodShare to work

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Voters overwhelmingly favor job requirement, but state has waived it for years, swelling benefits rolls by 56,000 adults a month.

Read More »

Wisconsin sees big uptick in union petitions, following Midwest trend

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

The number of annual union petitions in the state has more than doubled in recent years, suggesting interest in unionization is on the rise even as the share of Wisconsin workers in unions has fallen substantially.   Wisconsin had a total

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: Election anxiety is real — what can you do about it?

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Backers of Harris fear a would-be dictator. Trump backers fear what? A woman of color they do not like, but who would lead as a traditional, Constitution-abiding sitting president?

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: Life was better when Trump was president

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s time serving french fries at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania was about more than a photo-op. He again sent a powerful message to the American people that he’s got them.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: Reporting results on Election Night in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, with Scott Krug and Paulina Gutierrez

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

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Gregory Humphrey: New American citizen and voter knows more about civics than those born in nation

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Alarmingly, the federal government allocates only $0.05 per student annually to civics education, a stark contrast to the annual $54 investment per student in STEM subjects.

Read More »

Mike Nichols: The dawn of viable small modular nuclear reactors — and why Wisconsin should care

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Evers, please take note of those big Google and Amazon nuclear deals.

Read More »

Eric Borgerding: Quality hospital care is an economic asset

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

But middlemen are siphoning hundreds of millions away from patient care.

Read More »

Devin Anderson: Milwaukee should use this budgeting method to empower more communities

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

The Milwaukee Common Council has a chance to create lasting change this budget cycle.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Soglin had eight years to fix the problems now plaguing his successor

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

The notion that Mayor Rhodes-Conway needs to be lectured on effective lobbying by former Mayor Paul Paul Soglin is just ludicrous.

Read More »

Kris Kodrich: Election time in the swing state of Wisconsin

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Sometimes it’s smart to avoid politics with family

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Voting guide falls victim to petty GOP politics

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

I don’t know who is the master coordinator of this narrow-minded stunt, but you may have noticed in last week’s League of Women Voters’ “Candidates’ Answers” insert in the paper, all but two Republicans — including U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde — refused to take part.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: Milwaukee’s late night ballot dump, explained

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Breaking down how and why the city of Milwaukee reports election results from absentee ballots all at once on election night, and how bipartisan efforts to reform the process stalled.

Read More »

Matthew Tragesser: Are you a ‘hostile’?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Indivisible, a leftist voter turnout organization, labels all Trump and conservative supporters as “hostile.”

Read More »

LaKeshia Myers: This is what democracy looks like

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

With early in person voting underway in Wisconsin and across the country, my heart has been filled with pride as I see lines of people waiting, (patiently and undeterred) to cast their votes.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Vote for Harris, Baldwin and Cooke

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Their politics are the promise of a better future for everyone. They love America, including Wisconsin, and are relentlessly optimistic. Vote for Harris, Baldwin and Cooke.

Read More »

Bruce Thompson: Were we better off four years ago?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

It’s a central claim in Trump campaign. But the data tells an interesting story.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Why does Trump appeal to men?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

If “toxic masculinity” exists then Donald Trump is the first case study, while Kamala Harris is a stand up woman.

Read More »

Ashley Inda: More must be done to increase access to life-saving screenings for breast cancer

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Under current Wisconsin state law, health insurers are required to provide one annual mammogram to women under 50 and two to women aged 45-49 who meet certain criteria, all with no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. However, for women with dense breasts and others who have high risk factors, a mammogram alone just isn’t enough.

Read More »

Tommy Thompson: Public health or market control?

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

FDA should allow, improve substitutes to cigarettes.

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Angela Rachidi: Wisconsin should listen to its people: Link FoodShare to work

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

Voters overwhelmingly favor job requirement, but state has waived it for years, swelling benefits rolls by 56,000 adults a month.

Read More »

Wisconsin sees big uptick in union petitions, following Midwest trend

Monday, Oct 28, 2024

The number of annual union petitions in the state has more than doubled in recent years, suggesting interest in unionization is on the rise even as the share of Wisconsin workers in unions has fallen substantially.   Wisconsin had a total of 47 union petitions filed with the National Labor Relations

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: Election anxiety is real — what can you do about it?

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Backers of Harris fear a would-be dictator. Trump backers fear what? A woman of color they do not like, but who would lead as a traditional, Constitution-abiding sitting president?

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: Life was better when Trump was president

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s time serving french fries at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania was about more than a photo-op. He again sent a powerful message to the American people that he’s got them.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: Reporting results on Election Night in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, with Scott Krug and Paulina Gutierrez

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: New American citizen and voter knows more about civics than those born in nation

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Alarmingly, the federal government allocates only $0.05 per student annually to civics education, a stark contrast to the annual $54 investment per student in STEM subjects.

Read More »

Mike Nichols: The dawn of viable small modular nuclear reactors — and why Wisconsin should care

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

Evers, please take note of those big Google and Amazon nuclear deals.

Read More »

Eric Borgerding: Quality hospital care is an economic asset

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

But middlemen are siphoning hundreds of millions away from patient care.

Read More »

Devin Anderson: Milwaukee should use this budgeting method to empower more communities

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

The Milwaukee Common Council has a chance to create lasting change this budget cycle.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Soglin had eight years to fix the problems now plaguing his successor

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

The notion that Mayor Rhodes-Conway needs to be lectured on effective lobbying by former Mayor Paul Paul Soglin is just ludicrous.

Read More »
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