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“No new taxes” is a great slogan, but it is not a realistic way to govern. The reality is that infrastructure doesn’t fund itself, roads don’t repave themselves, and bridges don’t rebuild themselves. Taxpayers make that happen, one way or another.
Right of first refusal would raise rates on hardworking Wisconsinites.
Just before Sunshine Week, this week’s annual mid-March public education campaign celebrating the importance of open records and freedom of information, the Wisconsin Examiner proudly accepted the 2025 Media Openness Award from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council for our reporters’ work forcing police department records into the open.
This is Sunshine Week and, as is usually the case, this year it presents an opportunity to demonstrate just how truly hostile most politicians in both parties are to transparency.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor isn’t backing down from her scathing dissent to the court’s decision to grant presidents, essentially, the power of a king.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, preview the April 1 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The richest man in the world is the biggest spender on behalf of a right-wing effort to take control of a state Supreme Court.
Joe Gow was fired as chancellor and stripped of his tenure; LaVar Charleston was removed from administration but allowed to return to teaching.
While many municipalities throw up roadblocks, Brown County village welcomes increased supply of homes.
With a decade of stability in funding for solar tax credits and incentives in Wisconsin, businesses like Northwind Solar have been able to confidently invest in employees and infrastructure for solar projects. However, this progress is at risk due to pressure at the federal level to stop funding for clean energy and solar initiatives that create jobs for Wisconsin communities.
Thomas-Greenfield: Us leaving our leadership role vacant is opening the door. It’s offering China leadership on a silver platter.
Turn up and confront them. If you are angry, show it. Remember they are more scared of you than they are of Trump.
The federal government gives less scrutiny to its spending than a private company—or your family.
If Wisconsin factories and power plants are contributing to high ozone levels in Wisconsin, they need do more than blame other states.
MAGA vs Madison: a fight for Republican control
My experience was that Attorney General Schimel demonstrated a profound lack of respect for the environmental hearing process. His late and highly unusual intrusion into the case on behalf of the CAFO needlessly extended the case from hell.
April 4 will mark the one-year anniversary of Wisconsin Act 266, which requires Hmong American and Asian American history to be taught in all Wisconsin K-12 public schools.
Governor Evers wants to increase the hospital assessment fee in order to increase aid to hospitals by billions of dollars, a classic bait-and-switch. But the health care system in Wisconsin is already dealing with many issues, including added financial stress made worse by state policy makers.
Speaker Robin Vos is a master at getting the Democrats to take bad votes. He did it again this week — twice in the same day.
Currently, more than 1,000 inmates reside in the facility, despite a capacity of less than 750. It is estimated there is currently $200 million in repairs and deferred maintenance costs.
“No new taxes” is a great slogan, but it is not a realistic way to govern. The reality is that infrastructure doesn’t fund itself, roads don’t repave themselves, and bridges don’t rebuild themselves. Taxpayers make that happen, one way or another.
Right of first refusal would raise rates on hardworking Wisconsinites.
Just before Sunshine Week, this week’s annual mid-March public education campaign celebrating the importance of open records and freedom of information, the Wisconsin Examiner proudly accepted the 2025 Media Openness Award from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council for our reporters’ work forcing police department records into the open.
This is Sunshine Week and, as is usually the case, this year it presents an opportunity to demonstrate just how truly hostile most politicians in both parties are to transparency.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor isn’t backing down from her scathing dissent to the court’s decision to grant presidents, essentially, the power of a king.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, preview the April 1 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The richest man in the world is the biggest spender on behalf of a right-wing effort to take control of a state Supreme Court.
Joe Gow was fired as chancellor and stripped of his tenure; LaVar Charleston was removed from administration but allowed to return to teaching.
While many municipalities throw up roadblocks, Brown County village welcomes increased supply of homes.
With a decade of stability in funding for solar tax credits and incentives in Wisconsin, businesses like Northwind Solar have been able to confidently invest in employees and infrastructure for solar projects. However, this progress is at risk due to pressure at the federal level to stop funding for clean energy and solar initiatives that create jobs for Wisconsin communities.
Thomas-Greenfield: Us leaving our leadership role vacant is opening the door. It’s offering China leadership on a silver platter.
Turn up and confront them. If you are angry, show it. Remember they are more scared of you than they are of Trump.
The federal government gives less scrutiny to its spending than a private company—or your family.
If Wisconsin factories and power plants are contributing to high ozone levels in Wisconsin, they need do more than blame other states.
MAGA vs Madison: a fight for Republican control
My experience was that Attorney General Schimel demonstrated a profound lack of respect for the environmental hearing process. His late and highly unusual intrusion into the case on behalf of the CAFO needlessly extended the case from hell.
April 4 will mark the one-year anniversary of Wisconsin Act 266, which requires Hmong American and Asian American history to be taught in all Wisconsin K-12 public schools.
Governor Evers wants to increase the hospital assessment fee in order to increase aid to hospitals by billions of dollars, a classic bait-and-switch. But the health care system in Wisconsin is already dealing with many issues, including added financial stress made worse by state policy makers.
Speaker Robin Vos is a master at getting the Democrats to take bad votes. He did it again this week — twice in the same day.
Currently, more than 1,000 inmates reside in the facility, despite a capacity of less than 750. It is estimated there is currently $200 million in repairs and deferred maintenance costs.
