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The Trump/Vance obsession with tariffs on friends and enemies alike will drive up consumer prices and inflation and will do little to stimulate the economy and grow jobs in the manufacturing sector. Further, their attacks on academic R&D and universities will slow U.S. growth and prosperity.
Wisconsin voter ID laws, state superintendent race on the April 1 election ballot.
Which Wisconsin state Supreme Court candidate imposes the toughest criminal sentences? It’s Brad Schimel, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, thinks a victory next week by Susan Crawford in the state Supreme Court race would not only be monumental for the state, but could also help break Musk’s hold on Republicans.
Did Scott Walker sell the billionaire on flipping the Wisconsin Supreme Court?
The enduring legacy of Black women in government service
CESA 10 is working hard with school districts to manage upgrade projects with a focus on transparency, efficiency, and fiscal responsibility, making these efforts a win-win that benefits both schools and local taxpayers.
This is a fight worth having both for the health of people and for the tax dollars spent.
Red and blue have turned into emblems of division and polarization, and not by accident.
DPI’s powers include determining how to measure academic progress.
Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent nearly $300 million to elect Trump. Now he is trying to buy Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Supreme Court race is about life and death issues.
Elon Musk has suddenly taken great interest in the American judiciary. Unfortunately, he’s not up to speed on the basics.
It is perfectly clear; Act 10 must stay. While some may wish to go back to 2010, to a $3.6 billion deficit and to relitigate the past, now is not the time to go back.
“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 Trump/Vance obsession with tariffs on friends and enemies alike will drive up consumer prices and inflation and will do little to stimulate the economy and grow jobs in the manufacturing sector. Further, their attacks on academic R&D and universities will slow U.S. growth and prosperity.
Wisconsin voter ID laws, state superintendent race on the April 1 election ballot.
Which Wisconsin state Supreme Court candidate imposes the toughest criminal sentences? It’s Brad Schimel, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, thinks a victory next week by Susan Crawford in the state Supreme Court race would not only be monumental for the state, but could also help break Musk’s hold on Republicans.
Did Scott Walker sell the billionaire on flipping the Wisconsin Supreme Court?
The enduring legacy of Black women in government service
CESA 10 is working hard with school districts to manage upgrade projects with a focus on transparency, efficiency, and fiscal responsibility, making these efforts a win-win that benefits both schools and local taxpayers.
This is a fight worth having both for the health of people and for the tax dollars spent.
Red and blue have turned into emblems of division and polarization, and not by accident.
DPI’s powers include determining how to measure academic progress.
Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent nearly $300 million to elect Trump. Now he is trying to buy Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Supreme Court race is about life and death issues.
Elon Musk has suddenly taken great interest in the American judiciary. Unfortunately, he’s not up to speed on the basics.
It is perfectly clear; Act 10 must stay. While some may wish to go back to 2010, to a $3.6 billion deficit and to relitigate the past, now is not the time to go back.
“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.
