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Tony Evers has had enough and that’s not a good thing for Democrats.
Construct a Wisconsin congressional map that bests Merkalto’s Take 18.
We are failing our children when it comes to health care.
The Fourth Estate, the last pillar of democracy, is still standing — but could crumble.
Three decisions by Wisconsin Supreme Court overrule Republican lame duck laws.
Why Republicans might prefer her to step down from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
What the anti-government tax-cutters want is a society riven by resentment and anger, where people are divided against each other and the dysfunction makes it easy to “divide and conquer” as our last Republican governor memorably put it.
We need to fight disease and keep our nation healthy. Research done with NIH funding contributed to 99% of drugs developed over the last decade, and we cannot afford to stop the lifesaving research that we and future scientists will conduct.
The majority of respondents in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll say tariffs hurt the economy, though the survey illustrates the partisan divide on the issue. Among all adults in the recent national poll, 59% said tariffs hurt the
Federal science cuts stall our mission.
Democrats wandering the political wilderness are flirting with Havana-style extremism rather than meeting voters where they live — in the middle.
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In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
FDR and Donald J. Trump are after the same outcome: more American workers getting paid more money to spend. FDR used the tools of the U.S. government; DJT is using tariffs. History could be writing about these two presidents as the strangest roommates since Oscar and Felix in the “Odd Couple.”
The summer season in Washington has turned into truly the Looney Tunes. We need to seriously ask what has become of actual old-fashioned leadership from both the White House and Congress?
At what point do we stop calling the ‘Late Show’ cancelation “just a business decision” and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?
Colbert, NPR, PBS victims of low ratings and boring content.
Instead of focusing on the names of professional sports teams, maybe Trump should focus on releasing the Epstein files and lowering egg prices, as he promised.
Thirty-eight states have now opened their doors to gambling on all sports. Wisconsin, thank goodness, is still not one of them.
Legislation from Dem lawmakers would create new regulations and licensing requirements for cryptocurrency kiosks, which bill authors say have led to “a shocking amount” of fraud. These self-service machines are used to buy and sell digital currencies, and have become
Tony Evers has had enough and that’s not a good thing for Democrats.
Construct a Wisconsin congressional map that bests Merkalto’s Take 18.
We are failing our children when it comes to health care.
The Fourth Estate, the last pillar of democracy, is still standing — but could crumble.
Three decisions by Wisconsin Supreme Court overrule Republican lame duck laws.
Why Republicans might prefer her to step down from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
What the anti-government tax-cutters want is a society riven by resentment and anger, where people are divided against each other and the dysfunction makes it easy to “divide and conquer” as our last Republican governor memorably put it.
We need to fight disease and keep our nation healthy. Research done with NIH funding contributed to 99% of drugs developed over the last decade, and we cannot afford to stop the lifesaving research that we and future scientists will conduct.
The majority of respondents in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll say tariffs hurt the economy, though the survey illustrates the partisan divide on the issue. Among all adults in the recent national poll, 59% said tariffs hurt the economy, 28% said they help the economy and 12% said
Federal science cuts stall our mission.
Democrats wandering the political wilderness are flirting with Havana-style extremism rather than meeting voters where they live — in the middle.
… 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.
In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
FDR and Donald J. Trump are after the same outcome: more American workers getting paid more money to spend. FDR used the tools of the U.S. government; DJT is using tariffs. History could be writing about these two presidents as the strangest roommates since Oscar and Felix in the “Odd Couple.”
The summer season in Washington has turned into truly the Looney Tunes. We need to seriously ask what has become of actual old-fashioned leadership from both the White House and Congress?
At what point do we stop calling the ‘Late Show’ cancelation “just a business decision” and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?
Colbert, NPR, PBS victims of low ratings and boring content.
Instead of focusing on the names of professional sports teams, maybe Trump should focus on releasing the Epstein files and lowering egg prices, as he promised.
Thirty-eight states have now opened their doors to gambling on all sports. Wisconsin, thank goodness, is still not one of them.
Legislation from Dem lawmakers would create new regulations and licensing requirements for cryptocurrency kiosks, which bill authors say have led to “a shocking amount” of fraud. These self-service machines are used to buy and sell digital currencies, and have become much more widespread in recent years. A cosponsorship memo for