Trade is an essential part of Wisconsin’s success, with exports contributing more than $27.5 billion to our state economy last year. It’s one of the reasons we recently completed a nine-day trade mission to Germany and France — two critical Wisconsin export partners — while helping state businesses enter the global marketplace and build relationships with potential collaborators. We also encouraged international companies to invest in Wisconsin.

The past tells us that without our firm engagement and the threat of removing political support, we’ll get another budget increase beyond the cost of inflation.  We’ll also get more creative vetoes that we can only complain about, and nothing more. 

It creates Medicaid winners and losers, with Wisconsin at the bottom.

Reforming the system, as advocated in Wisconsin, makes a lot more sense. Either that, or enforce the current laws so that everyone involved in a broken system faces the consequences.

Biden’s shocking debate performance last June — in which he seemed frail and confused — and his foot-dragging before stepping away for Vice President Kamala Harris to run atop the Democratic ticket instead, remain topics that aggravate Democrats as they endure a second Donald Trump presidency. A new book reopens those wounds.

The West Bend Police Department and its members are committed to protect and serve the city of West Bend.

resh Coast City? Genuine American? No one seems to know. Is that a problem?

Tommy Thompson was the last Wisconsin governor to win a third term

Time will tell (as it often does) whether Republicans will coalesce into One Big Beautiful party or continue their schismatic squabbling.

What role should third-party organizations play in the Republican Party?

By turning groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison into real-world applications, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has advanced science and created economic opportunities that reach far beyond Wisconsin.

The backbone of American democracy … In a society where the value of education is often discussed but seldom resourced appropriately, we must take time to honor those who stand at the forefront of shaping our future: our teachers.

Public broadcasters should raise their own funds — like everyone else.

Trump has launched a multipronged assault on the Constitution, including the judiciary.

Republicans seek to cut or end it. Our bill would protect and expand it.

The United States has often overthrown democratic governments for financial gain.

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. If you speak to local business owners about the challenges they face, you will hear the same story over and over – finding workers is a challenge. From manufacturing and construction,