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Town of Erin – Washington County District Attorney Mark Bensen has endorsed former law enforcement officer Jim Piwowarczyk for Wisconsin state Assembly, raising Piwowarczyk’s background in law enforcement and “commitment to the area and to the community.” Bensen, a Republican,
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the race for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, where former Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, a Democrat who served in Congress from 1993-1995 along with two stints in the state Assembly, is running against Republican incumbent Bryan Steil.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce new legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the federal government’s existing programs related to menopause and mid-life women’s
MADISON — University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist Francis Halzen has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds Wisconsinites that the application period for the 2024 elk hunt is open through May 31. New this year, the Black River Elk Range will be open to hunting for the
Top labor leaders across the Blue Wall states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania held events this week praising Joe Biden as the most pro-union president in history and slamming Donald Trump for selling out thousands of American workers by stacking
This week, the Biden-Harris campaign held press conferences and events in Madison, Milwaukee, and Delavan to launch Wisconsin Latinos con Biden, a statewide effort to mobilize, engage and train Latino supporters on messaging and relational organizing to reach their friends
Grand View, WI – Chanz Green announced earlier today that he will run for re-election in the 74th Assembly District. “I’m excited to announce my re-election campaign in the new 74th Assembly District,” said Green. “Since being elected, the voices
Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary Dan Hereth and Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich joined state inspectors at Bay Beach Amusement Park on Wednesday, just a few days ahead of the amusement park’s opening weekend. “I’ve been
“Across the nation this week, institutions of higher education initiated police action against encampments by students protesting Israel’s military actions and civilian casualties in Gaza, where the death toll now exceeds 30,000. This is no abstract number. More than 30,000
The White House said Biden will talk about his “Investing in America agenda” and then participate in a campaign event.
Protesters like to claim they are “speaking truth to power.” That’s both noble and heroic. It is also rare, because speaking the truth requires knowing the truth. And knowledge is gained not by joining the crowd chanting slogans but by taking time to talk and to listen, questioning, debating, reading, and reflecting. It is a slow, arduous and ultimately rewarding process. It is called education.
To judge by media coverage — especially prominent due to the strong visuals of tent encampments and tensions between protesters and officials — one might infer that Gaza is foremost among political concerns this spring.
Former Beloit Daily News Editor Bill Barth sees echoes of the Vietnam War protest movement in today’s campus protests over the Isreal-Gaza war.
The “outside agitator” meme is invoked to absolve — or, at least, mitigate — your tribe of accountability. That’s a cop out.
Blogger Gregory Humphrey chides Columbia University for blocking press access to protests. He also criticizes protesters’ demands journalists get protesters’ permission to photograph them.
After insisting that she would only meet with protesters after they had voluntarily decamped, she met with them yesterday anyway. Why on earth is she rewarding this kind of behavior?
Robert Reich, President Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor during the ’90s, notes that since the Reagan, Bush and Trump tax cuts, wealthy Americans have financed the federal government mainly by lending it money and collecting interest payments on those loans — “profiting when the rest of us pay them back.”
We are a nation at a crossroads in need of prayer.
Injecting new ideas and forcing the major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests remain the most tangible results of minor-party and independent campaigns.
Town of Erin – Washington County District Attorney Mark Bensen has endorsed former law enforcement officer Jim Piwowarczyk for Wisconsin state Assembly, raising Piwowarczyk’s background in law enforcement and “commitment to the area and to the community.” Bensen, a Republican, joins a chorus of other top Washington County officials who
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the race for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, where former Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, a Democrat who served in Congress from 1993-1995 along with two stints in the state Assembly, is running against Republican incumbent Bryan Steil.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce new legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the federal government’s existing programs related to menopause and mid-life women’s health. The Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act would strengthen and
MADISON — University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist Francis Halzen has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy’s announcement of the new members this week.
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds Wisconsinites that the application period for the 2024 elk hunt is open through May 31. New this year, the Black River Elk Range will be open to hunting for the first time since elk were reintroduced to the state. Once
Top labor leaders across the Blue Wall states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania held events this week praising Joe Biden as the most pro-union president in history and slamming Donald Trump for selling out thousands of American workers by stacking his administration with anti-union officials, shipping jobs overseas and gutting
This week, the Biden-Harris campaign held press conferences and events in Madison, Milwaukee, and Delavan to launch Wisconsin Latinos con Biden, a statewide effort to mobilize, engage and train Latino supporters on messaging and relational organizing to reach their friends and families about the Biden-Harris administration’s accomplishments for the Latino
Grand View, WI – Chanz Green announced earlier today that he will run for re-election in the 74th Assembly District. “I’m excited to announce my re-election campaign in the new 74th Assembly District,” said Green. “Since being elected, the voices of Northern Wisconsin have always been my top priority. Even
Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) Secretary Dan Hereth and Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich joined state inspectors at Bay Beach Amusement Park on Wednesday, just a few days ahead of the amusement park’s opening weekend. “I’ve been here (Bay Beach) several times over the years, both for
“Across the nation this week, institutions of higher education initiated police action against encampments by students protesting Israel’s military actions and civilian casualties in Gaza, where the death toll now exceeds 30,000. This is no abstract number. More than 30,000 people have lost their lives. People in our community and
The White House said Biden will talk about his “Investing in America agenda” and then participate in a campaign event.
Protesters like to claim they are “speaking truth to power.” That’s both noble and heroic. It is also rare, because speaking the truth requires knowing the truth. And knowledge is gained not by joining the crowd chanting slogans but by taking time to talk and to listen, questioning, debating, reading, and reflecting. It is a slow, arduous and ultimately rewarding process. It is called education.
To judge by media coverage — especially prominent due to the strong visuals of tent encampments and tensions between protesters and officials — one might infer that Gaza is foremost among political concerns this spring.
Former Beloit Daily News Editor Bill Barth sees echoes of the Vietnam War protest movement in today’s campus protests over the Isreal-Gaza war.
The “outside agitator” meme is invoked to absolve — or, at least, mitigate — your tribe of accountability. That’s a cop out.
Blogger Gregory Humphrey chides Columbia University for blocking press access to protests. He also criticizes protesters’ demands journalists get protesters’ permission to photograph them.
After insisting that she would only meet with protesters after they had voluntarily decamped, she met with them yesterday anyway. Why on earth is she rewarding this kind of behavior?
Robert Reich, President Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor during the ’90s, notes that since the Reagan, Bush and Trump tax cuts, wealthy Americans have financed the federal government mainly by lending it money and collecting interest payments on those loans — “profiting when the rest of us pay them back.”
We are a nation at a crossroads in need of prayer.
Injecting new ideas and forcing the major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests remain the most tangible results of minor-party and independent campaigns.