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Democrats can’t just rely on big margins in favorable areas to turn this country around.

People are still debating whether the millions who marched in rural and urban America, the 20,000 here in Madison and the thousands of others in Dane County communities did any good to change the way Donald Trump and the Republicans are governing.

Experts argue it will take a Democrat like Tony Evers to win the state.

Wisconsin has the tools, data and public accountability mechanisms necessary to balance wolf conservation with the protection of livestock and human safety.

As families across Wisconsin and the nation prepare for open enrollment, they’re discovering that their monthly health insurance premiums have skyrocketed.

The undeniable tangible human costs of these abstract political strategies is about to become abundantly clear.

The incredible uprising against Trump’s first eight months in office constitutes what looks like the start of a political movement, like a juggernaut.

The demolition of the heretofore little known East Wing is one of those pop-up cultural thunderstorms, momentarily intense, quickly gone. Symbolizes Trump in the China shop, upsetting norms, defying tradition, setting the agenda without asking Nancy Pelosi for permission.

The unity of nations was always a misnomer, double-speak for the unified power of an elite. What we need is the unity of a nation, not in policy but in purpose.

Veterans’ issues are always top of mind for me, not because they make the headlines, but because I am a veteran myself and understand firsthand the sacrifices and challenges our servicemen and servicewomen face.

I’m running to represent Wisconsin’s 17th Senate District, which stretches across our western counties into the edges of Dane County.

Expect candidates to field questions about economic growth/environmental concerns.

There’s a reason it’s a big story when adults abuse the trust of children. It’s despicable behavior. Politicians who ignore or capitalize on that crime for political gain do us no good.

Thanks to Dane County, the Democratic Party is poised to live down to its reputation as the party of defund the police. What did Republicans do to deserve such luck?

Trump and Republicans still refuse to negotiate with Democrats to end the government shutdown.

The longer this shutdown continues, the more Americans see the truth: Our democracy is not just under threat, it is being actively undermined.

As President Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Americans need to admit their addiction to China and break our economic dependency on it.

Baldwin has taken the confirmation process seriously and, last week, she announced that she would vote against putting Taibleson on the bench.

An estimated 7 million to 10 million Americans rallied on No Kings Saturday from sea to shining sea.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss legislation to allow clerks to process absentee ballots the day before election day. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Democrats can’t just rely on big margins in favorable areas to turn this country around.

People are still debating whether the millions who marched in rural and urban America, the 20,000 here in Madison and the thousands of others in Dane County communities did any good to change the way Donald Trump and the Republicans are governing.

Experts argue it will take a Democrat like Tony Evers to win the state.

Wisconsin has the tools, data and public accountability mechanisms necessary to balance wolf conservation with the protection of livestock and human safety.

As families across Wisconsin and the nation prepare for open enrollment, they’re discovering that their monthly health insurance premiums have skyrocketed.

The undeniable tangible human costs of these abstract political strategies is about to become abundantly clear.

The incredible uprising against Trump’s first eight months in office constitutes what looks like the start of a political movement, like a juggernaut.

The demolition of the heretofore little known East Wing is one of those pop-up cultural thunderstorms, momentarily intense, quickly gone. Symbolizes Trump in the China shop, upsetting norms, defying tradition, setting the agenda without asking Nancy Pelosi for permission.

The unity of nations was always a misnomer, double-speak for the unified power of an elite. What we need is the unity of a nation, not in policy but in purpose.

Veterans’ issues are always top of mind for me, not because they make the headlines, but because I am a veteran myself and understand firsthand the sacrifices and challenges our servicemen and servicewomen face.

I’m running to represent Wisconsin’s 17th Senate District, which stretches across our western counties into the edges of Dane County.

Expect candidates to field questions about economic growth/environmental concerns.

There’s a reason it’s a big story when adults abuse the trust of children. It’s despicable behavior. Politicians who ignore or capitalize on that crime for political gain do us no good.

Thanks to Dane County, the Democratic Party is poised to live down to its reputation as the party of defund the police. What did Republicans do to deserve such luck?

Trump and Republicans still refuse to negotiate with Democrats to end the government shutdown.

The longer this shutdown continues, the more Americans see the truth: Our democracy is not just under threat, it is being actively undermined.

As President Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Americans need to admit their addiction to China and break our economic dependency on it.

Baldwin has taken the confirmation process seriously and, last week, she announced that she would vote against putting Taibleson on the bench.

An estimated 7 million to 10 million Americans rallied on No Kings Saturday from sea to shining sea.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss legislation to allow clerks to process absentee ballots the day before election day. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.