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Gregory Humphrey: Rule of law broken in Trump’s military strike on Venezuela, process matters

Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026

Any nation wishing to be viewed favorably must adhere to laws. When those laws and processes are discarded or tossed aside, the very structure of government starts to lose credibility, and the citizens are the losers.

Read More »

Ashley Furniture deploying machine developed by UW-Stout student engineers

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Ashley Furniture Industries is deploying a pallet stacking machine designed by UW-Stout engineering students, with plans to build six more.  The student team created the machine for a Senior Design Experience II capstone course, and presented it last month during

Read More »
Image of Steven Walters

Steven Walters: Gov. Tony Evers appointed 63 circuit court judges over seven years in office

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Overall, he made 140 appointments to county government.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Where’s the moderate in Dem primary?

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

The field for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor is set and it’s lacking a key ingredient. There is no one looking to occupy the moderate lane.

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: Unaffordability spikes in Wisconsin

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Milwaukee suburb property taxes are one more barrier for residents.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: 2025 was a menacingly miserable year

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

We can get bogged down in the details in certain year-end retrospectives. The big picture? This was a remarkably bad year. Was this the worst year for American politics this century?

Read More »
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Charlene Gaebler-Uhing and Gail Sklodowska: Abortion bill is government meddling public doesn’t support

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Public opinion is clear on this: the vast majority say women should be the deciders, along with their doctors, without government interference.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

David J Decker: Moves to protect renters actually make housing cost more

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Restricting evictions during certain months or certain households often creates a perverse incentive for nonpayment — and shifts the financial burden onto housing providers.

Read More »

Jerry Hanson: We need a return to moral leadership in 2026

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Helping others does not make us suckers and losers; it just makes us good Americans again.

Read More »

LaKeshia N. Myers: When war games become real

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Trump’s strikes signal dangerous new era.

Read More »

Paul Soglin: No takers for Trump’s Venezuelan oil scheme

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

In the 10 days prior to the extraction of Meduro, Trump and his representatives met with U.S. oil interests to find an operator of the Venezuelan oil industry, with little success.

Read More »
Portrait of Melissa Agard

Melissa Agard: Promises made, promises kept in Dane County in 2025

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

As we look ahead to 2026, it’s worth asking a simple question: Did we do what we said we would do? The people of Dane County deserve results.

Read More »

Rolf Lindgren: The return of Pints & Politics

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

The RPDC is re-energizing a longtime tradition

Read More »

Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair: Book excerpt: ‘Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy’

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of: “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy,” by Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair. Published by Michigan State University Press.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Wisconsin political leaders to watch 2026

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

Wisconsin will need capable, wise political leaders in 2026 to navigate these treacherous shoals.

Read More »
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Tim Hansen: Concept of humanity is central to Dugan case

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

If appellate courts overturn Dugan’s conviction, they will keep open a small, vital space where the law can still be forced, by both judges and movements, to acknowledge a humanity it did not create and has no legitimate authority to erase.

Read More »

Mark Belling: Dugan should have pleaded insanity

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

When Trump was being prosecuted on all manner of bogus charges between 2020 and 2024, lefties pompously proclaimed “nobody is above the law.” That includes Hannah Dugan.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Fayzaan Virk: Hannah Dugan conviction another nail in coffin of democracy

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

The conviction of a sitting judge for managing her own courtroom marks a dangerous inflection point for the separation of powers and the integrity of the American immigration system.

Read More »

Priscilla A. Prado: Why Wisconsin’s dairy farms depend on migrant workers

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

The declining rural population, the increasing size of dairies, and the dangers of physical labor has left farm owners statewide struggling to find native-born workers. This labor gap is reinforced by outdated immigration laws.

Read More »

Brent Jacobson: No, socialism will not solve your property tax headaches

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

Wisconsinites deserve an honest explanation for their rising property taxes. Instead, Wisconsin Democrats are offering them even more taxes.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: Rule of law broken in Trump’s military strike on Venezuela, process matters

Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026

Any nation wishing to be viewed favorably must adhere to laws. When those laws and processes are discarded or tossed aside, the very structure of government starts to lose credibility, and the citizens are the losers.

Read More »

Ashley Furniture deploying machine developed by UW-Stout student engineers

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Ashley Furniture Industries is deploying a pallet stacking machine designed by UW-Stout engineering students, with plans to build six more.  The student team created the machine for a Senior Design Experience II capstone course, and presented it last month during a showcase for faculty and representatives of the Arcadia-based furniture

Read More »
Image of Steven Walters

Steven Walters: Gov. Tony Evers appointed 63 circuit court judges over seven years in office

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Overall, he made 140 appointments to county government.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Where’s the moderate in Dem primary?

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

The field for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor is set and it’s lacking a key ingredient. There is no one looking to occupy the moderate lane.

Read More »
Portrait of Scott Walker

Scott Walker: Unaffordability spikes in Wisconsin

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Milwaukee suburb property taxes are one more barrier for residents.

Read More »

Dan Shafer: 2025 was a menacingly miserable year

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

We can get bogged down in the details in certain year-end retrospectives. The big picture? This was a remarkably bad year. Was this the worst year for American politics this century?

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Charlene Gaebler-Uhing and Gail Sklodowska: Abortion bill is government meddling public doesn’t support

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Public opinion is clear on this: the vast majority say women should be the deciders, along with their doctors, without government interference.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

David J Decker: Moves to protect renters actually make housing cost more

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Restricting evictions during certain months or certain households often creates a perverse incentive for nonpayment — and shifts the financial burden onto housing providers.

Read More »

Jerry Hanson: We need a return to moral leadership in 2026

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Helping others does not make us suckers and losers; it just makes us good Americans again.

Read More »

LaKeshia N. Myers: When war games become real

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

Trump’s strikes signal dangerous new era.

Read More »

Paul Soglin: No takers for Trump’s Venezuelan oil scheme

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

In the 10 days prior to the extraction of Meduro, Trump and his representatives met with U.S. oil interests to find an operator of the Venezuelan oil industry, with little success.

Read More »
Portrait of Melissa Agard

Melissa Agard: Promises made, promises kept in Dane County in 2025

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

As we look ahead to 2026, it’s worth asking a simple question: Did we do what we said we would do? The people of Dane County deserve results.

Read More »

Rolf Lindgren: The return of Pints & Politics

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

The RPDC is re-energizing a longtime tradition

Read More »

Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair: Book excerpt: ‘Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy’

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of: “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy,” by Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair. Published by Michigan State University Press.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Wisconsin political leaders to watch 2026

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

Wisconsin will need capable, wise political leaders in 2026 to navigate these treacherous shoals.

Read More »
Capital Times logo

Tim Hansen: Concept of humanity is central to Dugan case

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

If appellate courts overturn Dugan’s conviction, they will keep open a small, vital space where the law can still be forced, by both judges and movements, to acknowledge a humanity it did not create and has no legitimate authority to erase.

Read More »

Mark Belling: Dugan should have pleaded insanity

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

When Trump was being prosecuted on all manner of bogus charges between 2020 and 2024, lefties pompously proclaimed “nobody is above the law.” That includes Hannah Dugan.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Fayzaan Virk: Hannah Dugan conviction another nail in coffin of democracy

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

The conviction of a sitting judge for managing her own courtroom marks a dangerous inflection point for the separation of powers and the integrity of the American immigration system.

Read More »

Priscilla A. Prado: Why Wisconsin’s dairy farms depend on migrant workers

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

The declining rural population, the increasing size of dairies, and the dangers of physical labor has left farm owners statewide struggling to find native-born workers. This labor gap is reinforced by outdated immigration laws.

Read More »

Brent Jacobson: No, socialism will not solve your property tax headaches

Monday, Jan 5, 2026

Wisconsinites deserve an honest explanation for their rising property taxes. Instead, Wisconsin Democrats are offering them even more taxes.

Read More »
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