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Rob Kreibich: Photo ID protects your vote

Over the past week, Republicans in both houses of the Wisconsin State Legislature passed common sense legislation that will give you, the voter, the ability to permanently protect your precious vote by enshrining a photo ID requirement in our state constitution.

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John Torinus: Don’t count on citizen referenda anytime soon

One of the reasons current politicians drag their feet on direct democracy is that they would lose the lobby money if citizens were making policy decisions instead of them. Gun and anti-abortion lobbies would use their deep pockets to mount public media campaigns to protect their interests instead of doling it out politicians.

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Ty Babinski: Online learners deserve equal opportunity, fair funding

This year, the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families is pushing for equal opportunity and fair funding for our students. The current funding formula short changes online charter students, and even singles them out by restricting their access to extracurricular activities. In addition, the state standardized testing protocols are archaic, burdensome and unfair, and must be modernized.

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Dave Cieslewicz: Delusional climate deniers

For a couple of decades climate deniers said climate change wasn’t happening at all. Then they said it was, but it wasn’t human caused, just a natural cycle. Now they say it’s real, but it’s too late to do anything about it — never mind we didn’t do something when we could have, mostly because of them.

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Rob Kreibich: Photo ID protects your vote

Over the past week, Republicans in both houses of the Wisconsin State Legislature passed common sense legislation that will give you, the voter, the ability to permanently protect your precious vote by enshrining a photo ID requirement in our state constitution.

Read More »

John Torinus: Don’t count on citizen referenda anytime soon

One of the reasons current politicians drag their feet on direct democracy is that they would lose the lobby money if citizens were making policy decisions instead of them. Gun and anti-abortion lobbies would use their deep pockets to mount public media campaigns to protect their interests instead of doling it out politicians.

Read More »

Ty Babinski: Online learners deserve equal opportunity, fair funding

This year, the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families is pushing for equal opportunity and fair funding for our students. The current funding formula short changes online charter students, and even singles them out by restricting their access to extracurricular activities. In addition, the state standardized testing protocols are archaic, burdensome and unfair, and must be modernized.

Read More »

Dave Cieslewicz: Delusional climate deniers

For a couple of decades climate deniers said climate change wasn’t happening at all. Then they said it was, but it wasn’t human caused, just a natural cycle. Now they say it’s real, but it’s too late to do anything about it — never mind we didn’t do something when we could have, mostly because of them.

Read More »