If economic pressures and other realities make it difficult to persuade voters that things are going well, Republicans likely will turn to a different argument: Things may not be perfect, they might say, but Democrats would only make them worse. Republicans in Ohio are already testing versions of that argument in the state’s closely watched Senate race.

Most Americans feel the economy has gotten worse, and are finding it harder to balance their budget as they buy groceries and gas and pay for housing, insurance and healthcare.

The passing of King Harald V on Aug. 28 was a sad day for Norway. His son now King Haakon VIII will take the throne.

Crowley and Tiffany are essentially punting on the biggest affordability issue in the state and nation: Health costs are projected to rise by more than 9.5% in 2027.

Crowley’s tech contributions neutralize a Dem talking point.

For Wisconsin, the key question is not whether the digital economy should grow. It is who pays for that growth, who benefits and who bears the risk.

If you don’t happen to live in one of the 72 Wisconsin school districts that went to referendum last spring, begging local property taxpayers to cover basic costs the state is not meeting, you might get the impression from Evers’ valedictory tour that he is leaving office having solved the urgent problem of chronic underfunding of Wisconsin schools.

Repair alone cannot resolve every harm; punishment alone can never restore what was lost.

America, that fabled nation with the shining light on the hill, whose Statue of Liberty welcomed the world’s tired and poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free, has become among the world’s most cruel.

If we want to address transportation, housing affordability, homelessness, and economic opportunity effectively, we must embrace a simple truth: we rise or fall together.

Twenty-five years later, our divisions can feel deeper and more personal than they did before. I cannot fix that, but I am not helpless. I can do something smaller, but nevertheless important. I can make sure my daughters know what happened on September 11, 2001.

Milwaukee spent years reducing teen births. America’s falling fertility rate is no reason to reverse that progress.

The ERA Coalition marked Steinem’s passing with an announcement: “The most fitting way to honor her is to finish what she started: to see the ERA finally recognized as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”

Could spending of settlement cash from Meta and Facebook become issue in fall election?

Tom Tiffany’s voting record in the Wisconsin Legislature earned him the nickname “Toxic Tom.”

Derrick Van Orden is the real working-class candidate in the 3rd CD.

In the last year across America, nearly half a million workers joined a union for the first time. There are more union members in America today than at any time in the last sixteen years.

A growing coalition of companies and organizations is working to expand employee ownership in Wisconsin.

Moving around data turns out to demand a lot of Wisconsin-made metal.

Would that we all could be like Dale and Rachel Schultz, big-hearted and wise, who engage and listen to everyone.