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As centrists fall for the fantasy, who will end up living in the flight path?

Policymakers on both sides of the aisle spend a lot of time talking about ways to strengthen rural communities — and rightly so. They must remember that unless our local hospitals are kept secure and strong, our rural communities cannot be secure or strong either.

It will be seven years ago next month that McCain, suffering from terminal cancer, walked to the front of the Senate floor and dramatically signaled thumbs down to the bill that would have meant the death knell for the ACA.

It was a sad joke when the Supreme Court took up a case from conservatives who wanted to con people into thinking that a proven abortion medication with a decades-long safety record is dangerous.

For now, at least, one party in our two-party system remains fully captured by what was — at the time when “culture war” entered our lexicon — still an emerging trend. The rift has widened, and now threatens to swallow whatever is left of our common civic life.

She hasn’t announced a change of heart on most positions she had as a Democrat.

Why does Biden keep touting this thing when his efforts aren’t even appreciated by the people he’s trying to help?

As Jon Stewart says in his own inimitable way, juries consider all the facts and carefully weigh the evidence but don’t stop there and neither should journalists.

Tony Evers owns this. The governor has been in office five and a half years, so he can’t blame the mess at the Department of Corrections on the previous administration. And he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with blaming it on the Republican Legislature. This is about mismanagement at the top.

With the urgency that climate change is forcing upon us, we must reinstate the Office of the Public Intervenor if we are going to save our beautiful and unique landscape.

There are serious ramifications for local economies, law enforcement and strains on agencies and resources that create a maelstrom of issues when immigrants come to the country without vetting.

Much less money for Wisconsin, more board members from outside state.

The Society of Professional Journalists issues a ‘call to action’ for other reporters to follow suit.

When it’s Father’s Day in 2024, we should be able to go far beyond gifts – to our failure to define fatherhood.

Mount Horeb voters approved referendums that paid for school security improvements.

On April 16, with no discussion, the Madison Common Council unanimously approved an ordinance amendment to allow humane officers to require that dogs who bite other dogs or people be physically restrained when outside, lest their owners be fined up to $500. Last month, the Dane County Board passed a nearly identical amendment. Both are now in effect.

The liberal law firm that brought suit against the WI alternate presidential electors makes the case that the scheme that culminated in the January 6, 2021, assault on the Constitution began here in Wisconsin.

What the data shows about Wisconsin and U.S. economies.

Rep. Troy Nehls called Paul Ryan a “piece of garbage” for suggesting in the gentlest way imaginable that Trump may not be the hero our country needs.

City leaders can play a role in MPS reform.

As centrists fall for the fantasy, who will end up living in the flight path?

Policymakers on both sides of the aisle spend a lot of time talking about ways to strengthen rural communities — and rightly so. They must remember that unless our local hospitals are kept secure and strong, our rural communities cannot be secure or strong either.

It will be seven years ago next month that McCain, suffering from terminal cancer, walked to the front of the Senate floor and dramatically signaled thumbs down to the bill that would have meant the death knell for the ACA.

It was a sad joke when the Supreme Court took up a case from conservatives who wanted to con people into thinking that a proven abortion medication with a decades-long safety record is dangerous.

For now, at least, one party in our two-party system remains fully captured by what was — at the time when “culture war” entered our lexicon — still an emerging trend. The rift has widened, and now threatens to swallow whatever is left of our common civic life.

She hasn’t announced a change of heart on most positions she had as a Democrat.

Why does Biden keep touting this thing when his efforts aren’t even appreciated by the people he’s trying to help?

As Jon Stewart says in his own inimitable way, juries consider all the facts and carefully weigh the evidence but don’t stop there and neither should journalists.

Tony Evers owns this. The governor has been in office five and a half years, so he can’t blame the mess at the Department of Corrections on the previous administration. And he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with blaming it on the Republican Legislature. This is about mismanagement at the top.

With the urgency that climate change is forcing upon us, we must reinstate the Office of the Public Intervenor if we are going to save our beautiful and unique landscape.

There are serious ramifications for local economies, law enforcement and strains on agencies and resources that create a maelstrom of issues when immigrants come to the country without vetting.

Much less money for Wisconsin, more board members from outside state.

The Society of Professional Journalists issues a ‘call to action’ for other reporters to follow suit.

When it’s Father’s Day in 2024, we should be able to go far beyond gifts – to our failure to define fatherhood.

Mount Horeb voters approved referendums that paid for school security improvements.

On April 16, with no discussion, the Madison Common Council unanimously approved an ordinance amendment to allow humane officers to require that dogs who bite other dogs or people be physically restrained when outside, lest their owners be fined up to $500. Last month, the Dane County Board passed a nearly identical amendment. Both are now in effect.

The liberal law firm that brought suit against the WI alternate presidential electors makes the case that the scheme that culminated in the January 6, 2021, assault on the Constitution began here in Wisconsin.

What the data shows about Wisconsin and U.S. economies.

Rep. Troy Nehls called Paul Ryan a “piece of garbage” for suggesting in the gentlest way imaginable that Trump may not be the hero our country needs.

City leaders can play a role in MPS reform.