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The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how the 2026 legislative elections will shape plans to spend Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Bills being proposed in the Wisconsin State Legislature would have far-reaching impact on the right to free speech.
In Wisconsin, we took power out of the hands of big government special interests and returned it to the hardworking taxpayers and the people they elected to run their schools and local governments.
The latest version of the Legislature’s PFAS legislation exempts certain local governmental entities while leaving manufacturers and other private businesses fully subject to strict liability, raising serious equal protection concerns.
Bill that impacts FoodShare raises concerns about food access and may even expand growing food deserts in our area.
The longer we pretend this city is a progressive haven, the more people will be harmed.
Envious Madison is determined to stumble in the footsteps of Jacob Frey, the preening mayor of Minneapolis.
The social issues that hurt Democrats are on a cold back burner. Try as they might to change the subject, there’s no reason to think the Republicans can do much of anything to save themselves this November.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes he is fighting old warrior wars — no need for those who have more brains than brawn.
Does stunning change in voters’ preferences foretell fall election results?
Electing a statewide schools chief may have reflected good governance a century ago. Today it looks more like a constitutional artifact.
Wisconsin energy policy needs to increase energy availability, not subsidize utilities’ gambles.
Gas plants used to power data centers increase costs for consumers, risk of exposure to pollutants, and accelerate the harms of climate change.
It’s possible that taxpayers will be on the line for most of a $20 million loan given to the UW Athletic Department in 2020.
The conjunction of a member-owned co-op and an employee labor union is unique. Group Health Cooperative has a chance to regard this as an opportunity, find common ground with employee organizers and become a national model for labor-management cooperation.
Before Operation Metro Surge sent thousands of armed federal agents into Minneapolis, terrorizing families and spreading chaos and violence in formerly peaceful residential neighborhoods, local parent organizations were already setting up networks to provide mutual aid and safely transport children of immigrants to and from school.
Couldn’t understand the words, still the message came through loud and clear.
I surely was not the only one who laughed out loud when Congressman Andy Ogles described the Super Bowl halftime show as “gay pornography.” I viewed the show as stylized and choreographed in the same tradition that has defined pop‑music halftime shows for decades. But all of a sudden we are to believe that a cultural emergency has befallen the country.
Maybe the culture wars started with the Dixie Chicks. The “Dizzy Chicks” hated on Dubya and the president’s supporters returned the disfavor. Today, even Big Bird is suspect.
The city of Madison will work to protect against unreasonable monetary damages and will continue to encourage, promote, and protect the right to vote — including absentee voting. You don’t have to take my word for it; we prove it each and every election.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how the 2026 legislative elections will shape plans to spend Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Bills being proposed in the Wisconsin State Legislature would have far-reaching impact on the right to free speech.
In Wisconsin, we took power out of the hands of big government special interests and returned it to the hardworking taxpayers and the people they elected to run their schools and local governments.
The latest version of the Legislature’s PFAS legislation exempts certain local governmental entities while leaving manufacturers and other private businesses fully subject to strict liability, raising serious equal protection concerns.
Bill that impacts FoodShare raises concerns about food access and may even expand growing food deserts in our area.
The longer we pretend this city is a progressive haven, the more people will be harmed.
Envious Madison is determined to stumble in the footsteps of Jacob Frey, the preening mayor of Minneapolis.
The social issues that hurt Democrats are on a cold back burner. Try as they might to change the subject, there’s no reason to think the Republicans can do much of anything to save themselves this November.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes he is fighting old warrior wars — no need for those who have more brains than brawn.
Does stunning change in voters’ preferences foretell fall election results?
Electing a statewide schools chief may have reflected good governance a century ago. Today it looks more like a constitutional artifact.
Wisconsin energy policy needs to increase energy availability, not subsidize utilities’ gambles.
Gas plants used to power data centers increase costs for consumers, risk of exposure to pollutants, and accelerate the harms of climate change.
It’s possible that taxpayers will be on the line for most of a $20 million loan given to the UW Athletic Department in 2020.
The conjunction of a member-owned co-op and an employee labor union is unique. Group Health Cooperative has a chance to regard this as an opportunity, find common ground with employee organizers and become a national model for labor-management cooperation.
Before Operation Metro Surge sent thousands of armed federal agents into Minneapolis, terrorizing families and spreading chaos and violence in formerly peaceful residential neighborhoods, local parent organizations were already setting up networks to provide mutual aid and safely transport children of immigrants to and from school.
Couldn’t understand the words, still the message came through loud and clear.
I surely was not the only one who laughed out loud when Congressman Andy Ogles described the Super Bowl halftime show as “gay pornography.” I viewed the show as stylized and choreographed in the same tradition that has defined pop‑music halftime shows for decades. But all of a sudden we are to believe that a cultural emergency has befallen the country.
Maybe the culture wars started with the Dixie Chicks. The “Dizzy Chicks” hated on Dubya and the president’s supporters returned the disfavor. Today, even Big Bird is suspect.
The city of Madison will work to protect against unreasonable monetary damages and will continue to encourage, promote, and protect the right to vote — including absentee voting. You don’t have to take my word for it; we prove it each and every election.