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The Great Depression remains distinctively destructive. The 1929 stock market collapse proved to be the spark for a decade of extraordinary economic crises and human misery.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the top political issues at play this election cycle. In Wisconsin, it’s the economy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

The drop box controversy, MAGA complaining won’t destroy democracy.

Whether she worked there or not, prices are climbing due to her tenure in office.

If you do not like Harris because of her party or policies, and you would feel better voting for a third- or fourth-party candidate to “send a message,” think again. That protest vote is a vote for Trump.

From president down to state legislator to local elected positions, the votes we cast for candidates up and down the ballot will determine whether Wisconsinites get access to affordable care or continue to face barriers to treatments and therapies that can improve health and even save lives.

They could help Kamala Harris win Wisconsin — and the presidency.

Democrats are not going to win over middle America until they get religion. So why is Kamala Harris giving the cold shoulder to the annual Al Smith dinner October 16 in NYC?

Donald Trump doesn’t care about Black America or our interests, he only wants what is best for him. Donald Trump failed our community every year that he was president.

There was a letter to the editor in the New York Times earlier this week that I wish the people who buy into the Donald Trump/JD Vance demonization of immigrants would read.

If we all reject violence in politics, why does a Milwaukee mural honor a woman who shot up the U.S. Capitol?

Milwaukee’s government does a lot of easy things because they cannot seem to tackle any of the city’s serious problems.

Americans are tired of throwing more and more of their tax dollars at a problem and seeing worse and worse results.

Opportunity is knocking in our region.

It’s worth watching ballot initiatives in several states this November.

Wisconsin has protections in place this year to make sure our elections are safe and show voters that our state is committed to ballot security.

Wausau Mayor Doug Diny was carrying on his spat with the city clerk over the ballot box. He took a new low in Wisconsin politics and is now a national news story. This underscores why there is an interest, and a need to watch what Trump supporters are doing, ‘in our name.’

Wisconsin’s public schools are proving just how little taxpayers can trust them to be good stewards of their money.

The achievement of SOP 575 emerged out of the grief, rage and demand for better from the relatives of those killed by police, and it highlights what diligent grassroots organizing against police crimes can accomplish.

Cities across America with the strictest gun laws, like New York, DC, and Chicago, have some of the highest violent crime rates. Adding more restrictions would be wrong and dangerous.

The Great Depression remains distinctively destructive. The 1929 stock market collapse proved to be the spark for a decade of extraordinary economic crises and human misery.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the top political issues at play this election cycle. In Wisconsin, it’s the economy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

The drop box controversy, MAGA complaining won’t destroy democracy.

Whether she worked there or not, prices are climbing due to her tenure in office.

If you do not like Harris because of her party or policies, and you would feel better voting for a third- or fourth-party candidate to “send a message,” think again. That protest vote is a vote for Trump.

From president down to state legislator to local elected positions, the votes we cast for candidates up and down the ballot will determine whether Wisconsinites get access to affordable care or continue to face barriers to treatments and therapies that can improve health and even save lives.

They could help Kamala Harris win Wisconsin — and the presidency.

Democrats are not going to win over middle America until they get religion. So why is Kamala Harris giving the cold shoulder to the annual Al Smith dinner October 16 in NYC?

Donald Trump doesn’t care about Black America or our interests, he only wants what is best for him. Donald Trump failed our community every year that he was president.

There was a letter to the editor in the New York Times earlier this week that I wish the people who buy into the Donald Trump/JD Vance demonization of immigrants would read.

If we all reject violence in politics, why does a Milwaukee mural honor a woman who shot up the U.S. Capitol?

Milwaukee’s government does a lot of easy things because they cannot seem to tackle any of the city’s serious problems.

Americans are tired of throwing more and more of their tax dollars at a problem and seeing worse and worse results.

Opportunity is knocking in our region.

It’s worth watching ballot initiatives in several states this November.

Wisconsin has protections in place this year to make sure our elections are safe and show voters that our state is committed to ballot security.

Wausau Mayor Doug Diny was carrying on his spat with the city clerk over the ballot box. He took a new low in Wisconsin politics and is now a national news story. This underscores why there is an interest, and a need to watch what Trump supporters are doing, ‘in our name.’

Wisconsin’s public schools are proving just how little taxpayers can trust them to be good stewards of their money.

The achievement of SOP 575 emerged out of the grief, rage and demand for better from the relatives of those killed by police, and it highlights what diligent grassroots organizing against police crimes can accomplish.

Cities across America with the strictest gun laws, like New York, DC, and Chicago, have some of the highest violent crime rates. Adding more restrictions would be wrong and dangerous.