Bill Barth: Campaign ’26: Hope in the Heartland

Whether it’s Hong’s loss in Wisconsin or the derailing Trump Train in rural Illinois, it’s part of an old story. Political activists can’t read the larger room. They gather in pods, where everybody sounds the same, then leave exhilarated that their worldview is ascendant.

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Arthur I. Cyr: Reinforcing ties with South Korea crucial

The surviving communist regime in North Korea has belligerently threatened unspecified action due to joint military exercises involving South Korea and the United States. This is nothing new, nor are the exercises. What is new is the declaration by President Donald Trump that the exercises will be scaled back.

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Bill Barth: Campaign ’26: Hope in the Heartland

Whether it’s Hong’s loss in Wisconsin or the derailing Trump Train in rural Illinois, it’s part of an old story. Political activists can’t read the larger room. They gather in pods, where everybody sounds the same, then leave exhilarated that their worldview is ascendant.

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Arthur I. Cyr: Reinforcing ties with South Korea crucial

The surviving communist regime in North Korea has belligerently threatened unspecified action due to joint military exercises involving South Korea and the United States. This is nothing new, nor are the exercises. What is new is the declaration by President Donald Trump that the exercises will be scaled back.

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State’s food insecurity rate rises to 13.5%, study shows

Wisconsin’s food insecurity rate was 13.5% in 2024, according to new data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project. That’s up from 11.8% in the prior year.  The group found the state had a “food budget shortfall” of $551 million for 2024, up from $463 million in 2023. This

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