It is not uncommon in parts of Europe and the Middle East for scores of other nationals to undertake a wide array of jobs that otherwise would not be completed in the host nation. What makes white rural voters so fearful about the way the rest of the world operates, especially since there are not enough of them for the jobs which are needing to be completed?

Since his book cited Badger Institute research on federal role in bloated bureaucracy, we update the grim figures.

Evers secured $15 million in crisis-response funds to protect access to health care in western Wisconsin. Regrettably, GOP lawmakers on the budget committee have refused to release the money, holding the distribution hostage to other legislation.

Nearly 12,000 youth and young adults face homelessness each year right here in Milwaukee County.

President-elect Donald Trump won with the help of nontraditional Republican voters in 2024.

Down-ballot candidates did well, and if they can get the state back on the path to a broader and more prosperous labor movement, the returns would be even greater.

Winners, losers and lots of unknown.

Voters of all ages and races from all walks of life and all socioeconomic backgrounds in all areas of the country came together to deliver Trump 312 electoral votes and a resounding win in the national popular vote.

The great irony of the greatest political comeback in American history is that Donald Trump’s resurrection from the political dead would never have happened without the people who tried to destroy him in the first place.

The Democratic Party faces a reckoning whether it likes it or not. The party knows what it is against but either doesn’t know or won’t say what it’s for. It either lacks the imagination needed to conjure a vision of where America should head and what our country has the potential to become, or lacks the courage to proclaim it.

Trump was able to declare victory at 12:48 am CT, because Wisconsin, yes, our humble,  unassuming state, put him over the top of the 270 electoral votes he needed to win. And he won Wisconsin, in part, because Republicans got him over the 23% threshold here in Dane County.

Republicans grabbed the Senate, but Democrats could still take the House—and no matter what happens, they have a duty to fight Trump with everything they have.

Voters shouldn’t have to endure a barrage of useless, misfired election ads.

It has been a frustrating and chaotic year with the absence of leadership at the DNR and it is very evident that there are bureaucrats at the helm.

There are lessons to be learned from the 13 schools that Milwaukee Public Schools consultants are listing for possible closing in the next several years. The lessons go beyond the numbers involved with the schools.

With Gov. Evers, UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and UW President Jay Rothman not convinced, it’s unlikely that a low-level recommendation to spin out UW-Madison from the 13-university system will go anywhere.

If all the folks in Wisconsin who are of Norwegian heritage go out and buy Tom Loftus’ new book documenting his four years as U.S. ambassador to Norway, it will hit the New York Times best seller list. And, frankly, they should get a copy of Loftus’ “Mission to Oslo” to learn in a fun read what makes their ancestral home so special.

Recently, the Legislature enacted increases in shared revenue, which the governor signed into law, leading many to believe the issue was resolved. However, this additional funding falls short of meeting the rising operational costs required to provide essential services to our communities.