The reasons why a mid-sized, Midwest state won the competition to land North America’s first liquid crystal display plant – and the 13,000 direct jobs that will come with it – have much less to do with Wisconsin’s offer of financial incentives than with its other tangible and intangible assets.

In this situation any rational, objective person would demand due diligence and straight answers before giving this proposal their blessing.

A bill introduced several days ago to allow anyone in Wisconsin to purchase insurance through the state’s BadgerCare program probably makes too much sense to get through this Legislature.

Regardless of what happens in court or the “call back” from President Donald Trump, the Wisconsin Elections Commission will follow Wisconsin law and grant a request to release limited information about our voters, as they must under our open records law.

Johnson offered a vigorous “aye” to the ACA repeal bill that hours earlier he said was a sham.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after Sen. John McCain cast a “no” vote that helped clinch the U.S. Senate’s rejection of a measure to repeal parts of Obamacare.

If those costs were truly the only reason for the ban, however, I could understand at least having a discussion about altering that part of the order. Completely banning transgender people from serving, however, signals that this is about much more.

Our partnership with Lands’ End is just one example of the kind of innovative thinking that’s going to drive business development and keep both UW-Madison and our industry partners moving forward in the next decade.