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The way this city and region approaches transportation is unquestionably going in a different direction. Whether the full scope of change will be realized is another question. A squishy middle-ground is always more likely than a bold decision.
After 23 years on the Madison police force, Mike Hanson is retiring as captain of the downtown district.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the upcoming spring 2025 Supreme Court election, now an open seat that will determine ideological control of the court with liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s plan to retire. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
This year’s protests recall the classic demonstrations of the 1960s. However, these anti-Israel protests aren’t your parents’ or grandparents’ dissents of the past. They differ in important ways that are essential to understand.
Videos of protesters being beaten, tear-gassed and aggressively arrested across the county have been going viral on social media
A recent case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court threatened to replace the state’s legislative maps with new maps drawn by partisans and picked by the court. The case was ultimately mooted, but the bad social science advanced by the experts retained by the court deserves comment.
During the Walker administration, we enacted some of the boldest reforms in the nation. Five years later, Wisconsin still ranks second in the nation on the Federalism Scorecard issued by the State Policy Network.
It’s our responsibility to ensure teachers have the support to help all Wisconsin students.
The right to vote is one of our greatest rights and privileges. In order to protect that right, it is essential that our laws and procedures safeguard the integrity of our electoral system.
The people we met were not the “animals, thugs and drug dealers” of Donald Trump’s imagination. They were people desperately fleeing violence, crime, and corruption, seeking economic opportunity and a better life for themselves and their families.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority wants to throw out a two-year-old case banning ballot drop boxes while at the same time blasting the US Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade.
Rothman lashed out Tuesday at UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone for reaching an agreement with pro-Palestinian student protesters.
UW-Milwaukee officially endorses the ‘genocide’ blood libel against Israel.
When mindsets move to the high ground, societies and economies win by promoting collaboration, by putting love or at least tolerance over hate, by innovating versus dominating.
What has to happen is that Hamas and all other radical groups need to lay down their arms, recognize Israel’s right to exist and get to work on a two state solution.
Its editor, stalwart Republican James Wigderson watched as readers and his party went off the rails.
The reason editorial cartoons matter is that they are vital to our culture as they stir the national conversation about topics and personalities that are at times gritty and hard to stomach.
What a different country, what a better country, ours would be if every American had the occasion to live abroad.
It’s time for Congress to realize that improving tax fairness means a stronger economy, more vibrant small businesses and greater opportunities for Wisconsin families.
The late-night reporting of absentee ballots in Milwaukee is the result of combination of a very poor policy choice by Milwaukee election officials and a state law that creates inefficiencies in counting. Fortunately, the city has the ability to change course and improve efficiency.
The way this city and region approaches transportation is unquestionably going in a different direction. Whether the full scope of change will be realized is another question. A squishy middle-ground is always more likely than a bold decision.
After 23 years on the Madison police force, Mike Hanson is retiring as captain of the downtown district.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the upcoming spring 2025 Supreme Court election, now an open seat that will determine ideological control of the court with liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s plan to retire. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
This year’s protests recall the classic demonstrations of the 1960s. However, these anti-Israel protests aren’t your parents’ or grandparents’ dissents of the past. They differ in important ways that are essential to understand.
Videos of protesters being beaten, tear-gassed and aggressively arrested across the county have been going viral on social media
A recent case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court threatened to replace the state’s legislative maps with new maps drawn by partisans and picked by the court. The case was ultimately mooted, but the bad social science advanced by the experts retained by the court deserves comment.
During the Walker administration, we enacted some of the boldest reforms in the nation. Five years later, Wisconsin still ranks second in the nation on the Federalism Scorecard issued by the State Policy Network.
It’s our responsibility to ensure teachers have the support to help all Wisconsin students.
The right to vote is one of our greatest rights and privileges. In order to protect that right, it is essential that our laws and procedures safeguard the integrity of our electoral system.
The people we met were not the “animals, thugs and drug dealers” of Donald Trump’s imagination. They were people desperately fleeing violence, crime, and corruption, seeking economic opportunity and a better life for themselves and their families.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority wants to throw out a two-year-old case banning ballot drop boxes while at the same time blasting the US Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade.
Rothman lashed out Tuesday at UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone for reaching an agreement with pro-Palestinian student protesters.
UW-Milwaukee officially endorses the ‘genocide’ blood libel against Israel.
When mindsets move to the high ground, societies and economies win by promoting collaboration, by putting love or at least tolerance over hate, by innovating versus dominating.
What has to happen is that Hamas and all other radical groups need to lay down their arms, recognize Israel’s right to exist and get to work on a two state solution.
Its editor, stalwart Republican James Wigderson watched as readers and his party went off the rails.
The reason editorial cartoons matter is that they are vital to our culture as they stir the national conversation about topics and personalities that are at times gritty and hard to stomach.
What a different country, what a better country, ours would be if every American had the occasion to live abroad.
It’s time for Congress to realize that improving tax fairness means a stronger economy, more vibrant small businesses and greater opportunities for Wisconsin families.
The late-night reporting of absentee ballots in Milwaukee is the result of combination of a very poor policy choice by Milwaukee election officials and a state law that creates inefficiencies in counting. Fortunately, the city has the ability to change course and improve efficiency.