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Wisconsin is at the center of the attack on American democracy that reached a frightening crescendo a year ago with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

On January 6th, President Trump violated the most sacred and important tradition of our democracy – the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another.

A book due out this week, “The Steal: “The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People who Stopped It,” includes a chapter that focuses on Rohn Bishop, then party chairman in Fond du Lac County, the birthplace of the Republican Party.

Let us be honest. Our democracy is under attack.

Representative Cori Bush is right in her read of the Constitution: Officials who give aid and comfort to insurrectionists must be removed from their positions.

We’re all just waking up to it.

I’m a Democrat and a liberal but I find the theory unconvincing and offensive.

Sen. Julian Bradley and Rep. Chuck Wichgers unveiled bills that would stop liberal prosecutors like Milwaukee County John Chisholm and restorative justice judges from setting low or no bail for repeat offenders.

Wisconsin wasn’t one of them.

30 states have increased the minimum wage, leaving Wisconsin ever further behind.

Republican State Rep. Timothy Ramthun’s bill would get rid of the Wisconsin Elections Commission by June 30, 2023, and would transfer all the Commission’s duties to the Secretary of State.

Wisconsin is at the center of the attack on American democracy that reached a frightening crescendo a year ago with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

On January 6th, President Trump violated the most sacred and important tradition of our democracy – the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another.

A book due out this week, “The Steal: “The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People who Stopped It,” includes a chapter that focuses on Rohn Bishop, then party chairman in Fond du Lac County, the birthplace of the Republican Party.

Let us be honest. Our democracy is under attack.

Representative Cori Bush is right in her read of the Constitution: Officials who give aid and comfort to insurrectionists must be removed from their positions.

We’re all just waking up to it.

I’m a Democrat and a liberal but I find the theory unconvincing and offensive.

Sen. Julian Bradley and Rep. Chuck Wichgers unveiled bills that would stop liberal prosecutors like Milwaukee County John Chisholm and restorative justice judges from setting low or no bail for repeat offenders.

Wisconsin wasn’t one of them.

30 states have increased the minimum wage, leaving Wisconsin ever further behind.

Republican State Rep. Timothy Ramthun’s bill would get rid of the Wisconsin Elections Commission by June 30, 2023, and would transfer all the Commission’s duties to the Secretary of State.