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John Nichols: New Yorkers take to socialism; in Milwaukee it’s old hat

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

Of Milwaukee’s three Socialist Party mayors, the longest-serving was Dan Hoan. Elected to six terms over 24 years, Hoan was nationally recognized as an exceptional mayor.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: DeForest: Democracy in action

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

Recall efforts against village board trustee Bill Landgraf gains needed signatures

Read More »

Alex Saloutos: Madison officials gut voter-approved lakefront protections for $320M project

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

City officials knew about the referendum requirement “from the beginning” but kept it hidden through 8 years of planning.

Read More »

Jonathan Tajnai: Neighbors helping neighbors, all year long

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

In Milwaukee alone, Target has contributed nearly $250,000 in guest-directed giving locally across areas like education, health, civil rights, human services, and youth-programs since 2020.

Read More »

James Causey: Trump said he didn’t know about Project 2025. Now he’s enacting it.

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

The similarities between what Project 2025 proposed and what Trump’s second administration has unleashed on Americans is striking, but now is not the time to be complacent and simply hope for change.

Read More »

Bill Berry: Ag secretary’s idiocy bodes ill for immigrants, agriculture

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

As federal agents continue their campaign of cruelty and fear, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said automation and “34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program” would fill the farm workforce gaps.

Read More »

Fee schedule in state budget for workers’ compensation aims to reduce treatment costs

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

The new budget signed by Gov. Tony Evers includes a workers’ compensation fee schedule for hospital charges — a compromise on an issue that for years has pitted the state’s business lobby against the health care industry.  Scott Manley, executive

Read More »

Almanac of American Politics: Excerpts from chapters on Wisconsin and Gov. Tony Evers

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

For more than five decades, the Almanac of American Politics has set the standard for political reference books. In September, the Almanac will be publishing its 2026 edition, with more than 2,000 pages offering fully updated chapters on all 435 House members and their

Read More »

Kristen Brey: Our budget was only built to pass – and it did. It still affects you.

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

In the early hours of July 3, in the shadow of Trump’s ‘beautiful bill,’ Wisconsin passed a budget that exemplifies what compromise looks like.

Read More »

Richard Moore: Progressive-era bureaucratic power returns to Wisconsin

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

We all knew this day was coming—the day when the radical Wisconsin Supreme Court would transfer virtually all legislative prerogative to the state’s collectivist bureaucracy.

Read More »

Gregg Hoffmann: Nuclear developments in Wisconsin

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Whether you consider nuclear energy a green energy or not, it is gaining a lot of attention in Wisconsin.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Wisconsin 3rd CD key to Democratic comeback

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

The 3rd CD race will be the most important 2026 Wisconsin congressional election.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: GOP flip-floppers sell out America

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

No one was more adept at beating his chest about how bad the One Big Beautiful Bill was than our own Ron Johnson.

Read More »

John Torinus: Wisconsin GOP congressmen: All doves

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

If any of the seven Wisconsin Republican congressmen try to tell you that they are fiscal conservatives, tell them you no longer buy their story.

Read More »

Michelle Bryant: Hurricane Katrina: Change is slow, until it isn’t

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Hurricane Katrina was a defining period in American history. It’s devastation, particularly in African-American neighborhoods, exposed deep structural and racial inequities in disaster response policies. Two decades later, everything and nothing have changed.

Read More »

Dipesh Navsaria: I can forgive a student’s inapt AI use, but the government?

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

I can forgive undergraduate excesses, but our expectation should be for a much higher standard from the highest levels of our government.

Read More »

Patrick R. Johnson: To rebuild trust in local news, start with civic habits, not political labels

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Restoring trust in local journalism isn’t just about fact-checking or fighting algorithms. It’s about rebuilding civic connection, making news feel worth people’s time and attention again.

Read More »

Robert Kraig: Evers’ refusal to fight and the fate of democracy

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

The budget that Governor Tony Evers recently signed was a missed opportunity for Wisconsin. It’s also a cautionary tale about the consequences of a Democratic leadership style that cedes power and demobilizes the public in the face of an increasingly authoritarian opponent.

Read More »

Todd Novak: Keeping kids safe at school: Funding the Office of School Safety

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

The signing of the budget and the allocation of permanent staff funding for OSS marks the culmination of our efforts.

Read More »

Bruce Thompson: Abortion, public opinion and court rulings

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

Recent decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court raises questions.

Read More »

John Nichols: New Yorkers take to socialism; in Milwaukee it’s old hat

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

Of Milwaukee’s three Socialist Party mayors, the longest-serving was Dan Hoan. Elected to six terms over 24 years, Hoan was nationally recognized as an exceptional mayor.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: DeForest: Democracy in action

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

Recall efforts against village board trustee Bill Landgraf gains needed signatures

Read More »

Alex Saloutos: Madison officials gut voter-approved lakefront protections for $320M project

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

City officials knew about the referendum requirement “from the beginning” but kept it hidden through 8 years of planning.

Read More »

Jonathan Tajnai: Neighbors helping neighbors, all year long

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

In Milwaukee alone, Target has contributed nearly $250,000 in guest-directed giving locally across areas like education, health, civil rights, human services, and youth-programs since 2020.

Read More »

James Causey: Trump said he didn’t know about Project 2025. Now he’s enacting it.

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

The similarities between what Project 2025 proposed and what Trump’s second administration has unleashed on Americans is striking, but now is not the time to be complacent and simply hope for change.

Read More »

Bill Berry: Ag secretary’s idiocy bodes ill for immigrants, agriculture

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025

As federal agents continue their campaign of cruelty and fear, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said automation and “34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program” would fill the farm workforce gaps.

Read More »

Fee schedule in state budget for workers’ compensation aims to reduce treatment costs

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

The new budget signed by Gov. Tony Evers includes a workers’ compensation fee schedule for hospital charges — a compromise on an issue that for years has pitted the state’s business lobby against the health care industry.  Scott Manley, executive vice president of government affairs for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce,

Read More »

Almanac of American Politics: Excerpts from chapters on Wisconsin and Gov. Tony Evers

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

For more than five decades, the Almanac of American Politics has set the standard for political reference books. In September, the Almanac will be publishing its 2026 edition, with more than 2,000 pages offering fully updated chapters on all 435 House members and their districts, all 100 senators, all 50 states and governors, and

Read More »

Kristen Brey: Our budget was only built to pass – and it did. It still affects you.

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

In the early hours of July 3, in the shadow of Trump’s ‘beautiful bill,’ Wisconsin passed a budget that exemplifies what compromise looks like.

Read More »

Richard Moore: Progressive-era bureaucratic power returns to Wisconsin

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

We all knew this day was coming—the day when the radical Wisconsin Supreme Court would transfer virtually all legislative prerogative to the state’s collectivist bureaucracy.

Read More »

Gregg Hoffmann: Nuclear developments in Wisconsin

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Whether you consider nuclear energy a green energy or not, it is gaining a lot of attention in Wisconsin.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Wisconsin 3rd CD key to Democratic comeback

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

The 3rd CD race will be the most important 2026 Wisconsin congressional election.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: GOP flip-floppers sell out America

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

No one was more adept at beating his chest about how bad the One Big Beautiful Bill was than our own Ron Johnson.

Read More »

John Torinus: Wisconsin GOP congressmen: All doves

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

If any of the seven Wisconsin Republican congressmen try to tell you that they are fiscal conservatives, tell them you no longer buy their story.

Read More »

Michelle Bryant: Hurricane Katrina: Change is slow, until it isn’t

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Hurricane Katrina was a defining period in American history. It’s devastation, particularly in African-American neighborhoods, exposed deep structural and racial inequities in disaster response policies. Two decades later, everything and nothing have changed.

Read More »

Dipesh Navsaria: I can forgive a student’s inapt AI use, but the government?

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

I can forgive undergraduate excesses, but our expectation should be for a much higher standard from the highest levels of our government.

Read More »

Patrick R. Johnson: To rebuild trust in local news, start with civic habits, not political labels

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

Restoring trust in local journalism isn’t just about fact-checking or fighting algorithms. It’s about rebuilding civic connection, making news feel worth people’s time and attention again.

Read More »

Robert Kraig: Evers’ refusal to fight and the fate of democracy

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

The budget that Governor Tony Evers recently signed was a missed opportunity for Wisconsin. It’s also a cautionary tale about the consequences of a Democratic leadership style that cedes power and demobilizes the public in the face of an increasingly authoritarian opponent.

Read More »

Todd Novak: Keeping kids safe at school: Funding the Office of School Safety

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

The signing of the budget and the allocation of permanent staff funding for OSS marks the culmination of our efforts.

Read More »

Bruce Thompson: Abortion, public opinion and court rulings

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

Recent decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court raises questions.

Read More »
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