There were some surprises along the way.

In a session otherwise defined by circular firing squads, three Republican legislators did something rare in Wisconsin politics. They led.

Wisconsin is sitting on a significant state budget surplus. Investing these resources into special education services would provide real relief while ensuring schools have the resources needed to serve all students. A more balanced approach to school funding, including a new approach to general aid disbursements, is necessary.

It is up to us as adults to put young people in an environment where they can be successful. And when we do that, these kids respond positively. When provided an equal level of expectations and a positive environment, Black students can perform just as well as their white counterparts.

Wauwatosa ‘2030 Slate’ mum on governing Ideas, promises school board recall elections

Americans have had enough of Trump-GOP’s cruelty, incompetence, lies and stupidity. There’s hope; Americans are organizing, protesting and voting.

The founders of the United States feared monarchically inclined presidents who could wage wars of whim.

The book’s foreword says McGovern’s diary provides “a sense of the man he was to become. We also come to understand why McGovern, having experienced combat firsthand, in later life was not among those given to glorifying war or to sending their fellow citizens to fight when not absolutely necessary.” Times have changed.

Most of our strategies focus on managing the symptoms of violence—not changing the conditions that produce it.

Evidence from border counties indicates increased economic freedom encourages prosperity

There’s a nationwide shortage of fiber-optic cable due to backlogs and price demands, thanks to the data center building boom and federal requirements for domestic sourcing of such cable.

Democrats must embrace a fundamental reality: choice is already here, and it’s serving families well.

This is the first time in over 50 years there were no increases in generalized state aid for schools. However, the Legislature did give nearly $1 billion of your tax dollars for voucher and independent charter schools.

The minority in the state Legislature squandered their chance on bills for UW, sports wagering

A new poll in Wisconsin might shed some light on what will happen in battleground states and districts across the country this fall.

Farmers have taken it on the chin since Donald Trump was sworn into office in January 2025.

America, this is as urgent as a call to arms in civil war — but it’s a call to nonviolent arms. We must all think deeper and act with more purpose, with history as our best light, to overcome the everyday evils and injustices of Donald J. Trump’s presidency.

Both parties are going to have to learn to work together.

All across Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and other battlegrounds, a key voting bloc has deep reasons to care about the economy.