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Raising taxes just passes the buck to cash-strapped families who can’t afford it; real reform starts with curbing costs, and transparency is a necessary first step.
Minnesota and Wisconsin may be neighbors, but they are miles apart on welfare abuse and reform.
Our present tax policies written by Congress benefit wealthy elites and powerful corporations instead of the people who actually do the work to make our nation great.
Exact Sciences was a failing public company when Kevin Conroy and Maneesh Arora moved it from Massachusetts to Madison. The payoff has not only been huge for Dane County, but for the rest of Wisconsin, as well.
The time has come to embrace a new kind of redistricting made possible by recent advances in computer technology. In 2026, Wisconsin can become the first state to do redistricting right.
Out of 68 cases of election fraud in Wisconsin listed in the Heritage database, only one involved an immigrant, for a rate of 1.5%.
Van Orden turned his back on Wisconsinites by voting for the Big Beautiful Bill.
For generations, Wisconsin farmers have built more than businesses — they’ve built legacies.
For many, his voice is woven into memories of early mornings in the barn, long drives down county roads, and kitchen radios humming beside a pot of coffee. He represented a kind of broadcasting that felt personal, because it was. It was rooted in place, in people, and in purpose.
Teachers who have fled a school or the profession altogether — and there are many of them in Wisconsin nowadays — often do so reluctantly and only after tremendous sacrifice and reflection.
A study done by the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership affirms that the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a significant ideological diversity problem among its faculty.
It is customary for a state’s U.S. senators to work together in recommending occupants of certain federal positions. Wisconsin, however, is graced with two senators who couldn’t agree on the time of day.
The 7th CD caucus, comprised of 20-plus county GOP parties, declined to endorse anyone for the open coongressional seat at a March 14 endorsement event.
I can tell you one thing: This is not how Judge Chris Taylor is going to earn my vote.
Courts are often the last resort for protecting our freedoms. That’s why it’s essential to vote on April 7 and to elect a proven champion for our rights as Supreme Court justice. That’s Judge Chris Taylor.
Spring election gives some conservative communities chance to finally get conservative leadership
Recent reporting by Dairyland Sentinel has raised deeply troubling questions about how Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is handling federal special education dollars. Particularly, scarce funds that are supposed to directly support students with disabilities, including children with Autism.
In the last two years, Americans have seen the first-, second-, and third-ever homicide prosecutions and convictions focused on the parents of school shooters.
Businesses in Wisconsin are “prioritizing efficiency and productivity” over hiring amid a tight labor market and tepid state-level economic growth. That’s according to a new state business outlook report released today by BMO Bank, featuring insights from Dave Anderson, head
By Brian E. Clark, for WisBusiness.com Brian Clark is a Madison-based writer and photographer who also contributes to the LA Times and Chicago Tribune. — For someone who savors plot twists, pro football player James Daniels couldn’t have predicted the
Raising taxes just passes the buck to cash-strapped families who can’t afford it; real reform starts with curbing costs, and transparency is a necessary first step.
Minnesota and Wisconsin may be neighbors, but they are miles apart on welfare abuse and reform.
Our present tax policies written by Congress benefit wealthy elites and powerful corporations instead of the people who actually do the work to make our nation great.
Exact Sciences was a failing public company when Kevin Conroy and Maneesh Arora moved it from Massachusetts to Madison. The payoff has not only been huge for Dane County, but for the rest of Wisconsin, as well.
The time has come to embrace a new kind of redistricting made possible by recent advances in computer technology. In 2026, Wisconsin can become the first state to do redistricting right.
Out of 68 cases of election fraud in Wisconsin listed in the Heritage database, only one involved an immigrant, for a rate of 1.5%.
Van Orden turned his back on Wisconsinites by voting for the Big Beautiful Bill.
For generations, Wisconsin farmers have built more than businesses — they’ve built legacies.
For many, his voice is woven into memories of early mornings in the barn, long drives down county roads, and kitchen radios humming beside a pot of coffee. He represented a kind of broadcasting that felt personal, because it was. It was rooted in place, in people, and in purpose.
Teachers who have fled a school or the profession altogether — and there are many of them in Wisconsin nowadays — often do so reluctantly and only after tremendous sacrifice and reflection.
A study done by the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership affirms that the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a significant ideological diversity problem among its faculty.
It is customary for a state’s U.S. senators to work together in recommending occupants of certain federal positions. Wisconsin, however, is graced with two senators who couldn’t agree on the time of day.
The 7th CD caucus, comprised of 20-plus county GOP parties, declined to endorse anyone for the open coongressional seat at a March 14 endorsement event.
I can tell you one thing: This is not how Judge Chris Taylor is going to earn my vote.
Courts are often the last resort for protecting our freedoms. That’s why it’s essential to vote on April 7 and to elect a proven champion for our rights as Supreme Court justice. That’s Judge Chris Taylor.
Spring election gives some conservative communities chance to finally get conservative leadership
Recent reporting by Dairyland Sentinel has raised deeply troubling questions about how Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is handling federal special education dollars. Particularly, scarce funds that are supposed to directly support students with disabilities, including children with Autism.
In the last two years, Americans have seen the first-, second-, and third-ever homicide prosecutions and convictions focused on the parents of school shooters.
Businesses in Wisconsin are “prioritizing efficiency and productivity” over hiring amid a tight labor market and tepid state-level economic growth. That’s according to a new state business outlook report released today by BMO Bank, featuring insights from Dave Anderson, head of Wisconsin and Minnesota commercial banking for the Chicago-based bank.
By Brian E. Clark, for WisBusiness.com Brian Clark is a Madison-based writer and photographer who also contributes to the LA Times and Chicago Tribune. — For someone who savors plot twists, pro football player James Daniels couldn’t have predicted the big change books would have in store for him. But