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The decision to remove Flock cameras from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus demonstrates that Wisconsin’s public-sector unions can still have an impact, even with Act 10 still on the books.
Trump has restarted and escalated his endless Iran War in a flurry of death, lawlessness and stupidity.
The Exonerated Five have long been cleared in the eyes of the law, but accountability also means acknowledging the rhetoric that helped shape one of the nation’s most infamous wrongful convictions.
Florida has long had a high execution rate, but in January 2025, DeSantis, a Trump acolyte, began signing death warrants at an accelerated rate. What followed, Times reporter Pamela Colloff tells us, was the busiest period of executions in more than eight decades.
Apparently, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was so entranced by the prospect of being able to shovel “real money” to his boss, patron and former client Donald Trump, that he ignored the ethical obligations that govern his conduct as a lawyer.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent debate among GOP candidates for Wisconsin’s 7th CD.
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
— By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com If not for the running craze of the 1970s, Wisconsin’s Trek Bicycle Corp. might never have come to exist. Some five decades ago, Trek co-founder and serial entrepreneur Dick Burke became a running
A national group called the LIBRE Initiative is calling for loosening regulations on housing development in Wisconsin to improve affordability, with a focus on the state’s Hispanic community. Roel Sanchez, the grassroots engagement director for the group in Wisconsin and
Excerpt from Ben Wikler’s “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy”
In the wake of Sara Rodriguez’s calamitous campaign implosion, the other Democrats still running for governor embarked on a frenzied competition to steal her lane. They’re flapping around like crazed vultures.
Social democratic policies aren’t any more extreme than those of the La Follette progressives who set the stage for Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance and regulatory reforms.
The statutory framework is already there; we just need to make it work again.
Not only is China light years behind on investment and physical infrastructure, they don’t appear to be interested in competing against the U.S. But maybe that’s because China is running a different race.
It’s not funny how this federal administration and its enablers are treating human health and the environment. But it is almost laughable when you consider the legions of seemingly health-conscious people who were so thoroughly duped and are now surprised by what was obviously going to happen.
Too often we stay silent when it’s a son, a cousin, an uncle or a friend. Then we act surprised when another family is grieving or another neighborhood is traumatized.
Federal Judge Lynn Adelman handled the hot-button case perfectly.
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, who was emerging as a possible compromise Democratic candidate for governor, just fired her campaign manager and is suddenly short of cash.
He got help from Republican legislators and federal pandemic funding.
With at least three-quarters of Wisconsinites heavily in favor of conservation, GOP candidates oppose “green” legislation at their own risk.
The decision to remove Flock cameras from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus demonstrates that Wisconsin’s public-sector unions can still have an impact, even with Act 10 still on the books.
Trump has restarted and escalated his endless Iran War in a flurry of death, lawlessness and stupidity.
The Exonerated Five have long been cleared in the eyes of the law, but accountability also means acknowledging the rhetoric that helped shape one of the nation’s most infamous wrongful convictions.
Florida has long had a high execution rate, but in January 2025, DeSantis, a Trump acolyte, began signing death warrants at an accelerated rate. What followed, Times reporter Pamela Colloff tells us, was the busiest period of executions in more than eight decades.
Apparently, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was so entranced by the prospect of being able to shovel “real money” to his boss, patron and former client Donald Trump, that he ignored the ethical obligations that govern his conduct as a lawyer.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent debate among GOP candidates for Wisconsin’s 7th CD.
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
— By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com If not for the running craze of the 1970s, Wisconsin’s Trek Bicycle Corp. might never have come to exist. Some five decades ago, Trek co-founder and serial entrepreneur Dick Burke became a running enthusiast, eventually competing in Boston Marathons and numerous other races.
A national group called the LIBRE Initiative is calling for loosening regulations on housing development in Wisconsin to improve affordability, with a focus on the state’s Hispanic community. Roel Sanchez, the grassroots engagement director for the group in Wisconsin and a former real estate agent, said “we are in one
Excerpt from Ben Wikler’s “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy”
In the wake of Sara Rodriguez’s calamitous campaign implosion, the other Democrats still running for governor embarked on a frenzied competition to steal her lane. They’re flapping around like crazed vultures.
Social democratic policies aren’t any more extreme than those of the La Follette progressives who set the stage for Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance and regulatory reforms.
The statutory framework is already there; we just need to make it work again.
Not only is China light years behind on investment and physical infrastructure, they don’t appear to be interested in competing against the U.S. But maybe that’s because China is running a different race.
It’s not funny how this federal administration and its enablers are treating human health and the environment. But it is almost laughable when you consider the legions of seemingly health-conscious people who were so thoroughly duped and are now surprised by what was obviously going to happen.
Too often we stay silent when it’s a son, a cousin, an uncle or a friend. Then we act surprised when another family is grieving or another neighborhood is traumatized.
Federal Judge Lynn Adelman handled the hot-button case perfectly.
Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez, who was emerging as a possible compromise Democratic candidate for governor, just fired her campaign manager and is suddenly short of cash.
He got help from Republican legislators and federal pandemic funding.
With at least three-quarters of Wisconsinites heavily in favor of conservation, GOP candidates oppose “green” legislation at their own risk.