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The clumsy firing of Jay Rothman might discourage some top candidates.
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The clumsy firing of Jay Rothman might discourage some top candidates.

How GOP legislators got away with spending $26 million on private attorneys and charging taxpayers.

As increased political polarization has eroded norms of political cooperation, an increased role for the courts should be welcomed. At the same time, the proposed amendment is incomplete and unnecessarily grants the court more authority then appropriate.

Within Wisconsin, 14 cities, including Madison, have ordinances on the books that ban the practice.

In both February and April, I had the privilege of officially facilitating the voting process in several Green Bay senior care centers.

A society that values justice cannot allow good intentions to override the rule of law, especially when safer, lawful avenues for change exist.

Something’s brewing in Wisconsin and other states as local people stand up for their communities. It may be too early to call it a new age of citizen environmental activism, but it’s starting to look like it. And it’s uniting people across traditional political divides.

Public officials, regardless of party or ideology, have a duty to condemn violence with consistency and integrity. Terrorism must be defined by actions, not based on religion, race or identity.

President Donald Trump, a very angry man, must get up every morning having figured out 1. How to piss off another segment of people in the country and across the world and 2. How to further screw up the U.S. and world economies.

Dane County’s housing market is facing slower inventory growth and faster price increases than expected, according to an analysis from Stark County Realtors CEO David Stark. “Only three months into the new year we’ve already had more curve balls thrown

Healthy skepticism is part of a strong democracy, but so is a willingness to engage directly with the facts. The more we learn about those who run our elections and the systems they oversee, the more our confidence in election integrity can grow.

At a point when polls show substantial numbers of Democratic voters and progressive independents remain undecided about who the party nominee should be, the WEAC recommendation is a major boost for Kelda Roys.

The clumsy firing of Jay Rothman might discourage some top candidates.

How GOP legislators got away with spending $26 million on private attorneys and charging taxpayers.

As increased political polarization has eroded norms of political cooperation, an increased role for the courts should be welcomed. At the same time, the proposed amendment is incomplete and unnecessarily grants the court more authority then appropriate.

Within Wisconsin, 14 cities, including Madison, have ordinances on the books that ban the practice.

In both February and April, I had the privilege of officially facilitating the voting process in several Green Bay senior care centers.

A society that values justice cannot allow good intentions to override the rule of law, especially when safer, lawful avenues for change exist.

Something’s brewing in Wisconsin and other states as local people stand up for their communities. It may be too early to call it a new age of citizen environmental activism, but it’s starting to look like it. And it’s uniting people across traditional political divides.

Public officials, regardless of party or ideology, have a duty to condemn violence with consistency and integrity. Terrorism must be defined by actions, not based on religion, race or identity.

President Donald Trump, a very angry man, must get up every morning having figured out 1. How to piss off another segment of people in the country and across the world and 2. How to further screw up the U.S. and world economies.

Dane County’s housing market is facing slower inventory growth and faster price increases than expected, according to an analysis from Stark County Realtors CEO David Stark. “Only three months into the new year we’ve already had more curve balls thrown our way than we normally get in a full year,”

Healthy skepticism is part of a strong democracy, but so is a willingness to engage directly with the facts. The more we learn about those who run our elections and the systems they oversee, the more our confidence in election integrity can grow.

At a point when polls show substantial numbers of Democratic voters and progressive independents remain undecided about who the party nominee should be, the WEAC recommendation is a major boost for Kelda Roys.