Joint Finance Committee Republicans cite concerns local government raised in voting to reject the use of $4 million for the Pelican River Forest conservation deal.

JFC vote on Pelican River Forest easement is a big win for northern Wisconsin, but don’t expect the DNR to give up, or to reform itself.

Not unlike Ron DeSantis and Disney, a cluster of outspoken Republican legislators continue to use the UW System — UW-Madison in particular — as a whipping boy.

Declining enrollment threatens the very existence of Wisconsin colleges and is another sign of how lack of population growth is hurting the state.

In a hasty hearing that was over in time for lunch, they eliminated 545 provisions in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget on Tuesday in a single, straight party-line vote.

Evers wants to limit the value of the Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit and raise taxes on manufacturers by more than $650 million in his proposed budget, despite the state having a projected $7.1 billion surplus.

The shared revenue bill that the Assembly Republicans just introduced would ban counties and municipalities from putting advisory referendums on the ballot.

Why won’t those we elect value children, people and life as much as they value guns?

Everyone who enters a school should feel safe and never feel vulnerable.

At only 36, Johnson is already showing himself to be the kind of pol that combines big visions with the ability to work behind the scenes to make gritty deals.

If the Republicans choose Donald Trump as their nominee, it is more than probable that Biden will win reelection.

It’s just a sham if politicians are unwilling to abide by the voice of the people.

Of course, a nation must have control of its borders but we also must have a comprehensive immigration policy passed by Congress to react to both ends of the issue.