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Price transparency alone will not solve every problem with America’s health care system. But competition cannot work when consumers and employers cannot meaningfully compare prices.
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Price transparency alone will not solve every problem with America’s health care system. But competition cannot work when consumers and employers cannot meaningfully compare prices.

Foodborne outbreaks point to several problems with our food system. One is consolidation. Whether it’s pork, eggs, lettuce, or strawberries, one or two companies often control the sector.

No one should have to earn the right to die with dignity.

Congress must act, codifying right-to-repair to ensure this undue burden on farmers and the monopoly it creates are broken for good.

Dolly Parton loved the place she came from and kept pulling up chairs for people unlike her. Her life made a better America visible, leaving the harder work of building it to all of us.

Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.

Two very different American stories are in focus this week: rich people and what they do with their wealth.

Main Street Agenda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel team on documentary project exploring how polarization is shaping the lives of Gen Z in Wisconsin and contributing to distrust of political system.

Fusion voting would allow each of these groups to create a party and have leverage.

It’s consequential that Crowley could be the first Black candidate ever to be elected as Wisconsin’s governor — just as it was notable that, 50 years ago, a Black woman briefly assumed acting gubernatorial responsibilities in the state.

With the general election looming on Nov. 3, here, in my view, are the surfacing issues that will separate the two candidates.

My conclusion is that these people are utterly incompetent and not corrupt. They seem so inept that even if they tried to cheat, they’d screw it up. But who can blame the rest of conservatives for believing there is corruption?

Trump’s war with Canada has costs.

The Constitution demands the Supreme Court abandon its “unitary executive power” ideology, uphold the three coequal branches of government and enforce the “rule of law,” not the “rule by men.”

It’s time to stop the coddling of the rich, quit stoking an out-of-control national debt and put the nation’s budgetary house — and its future — in order.

With vaccination rates falling and preventable diseases resurging, Wisconsin families should turn to evidence and trusted medical expertise.

For helping criminally abused animals at Ridglan — which has since closed and surrendered every beagle to appropriate care — Dane County aims to punish us with up to $25,000 in fines and 12½ years in prison.

But was some of that wave in the August election Republican crossovers voting for Hong?

I spoke with Crowley over the phone to learn more about what solutions a Crowley administration would offer Wisconsinites to a problem that isn’t going away any time soon.

When Evers leaves office at the end of his term, the Clean Energy Plan should continue as his biggest legacy.

Price transparency alone will not solve every problem with America’s health care system. But competition cannot work when consumers and employers cannot meaningfully compare prices.

Foodborne outbreaks point to several problems with our food system. One is consolidation. Whether it’s pork, eggs, lettuce, or strawberries, one or two companies often control the sector.

No one should have to earn the right to die with dignity.

Congress must act, codifying right-to-repair to ensure this undue burden on farmers and the monopoly it creates are broken for good.

Dolly Parton loved the place she came from and kept pulling up chairs for people unlike her. Her life made a better America visible, leaving the harder work of building it to all of us.

Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.

Two very different American stories are in focus this week: rich people and what they do with their wealth.

Main Street Agenda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel team on documentary project exploring how polarization is shaping the lives of Gen Z in Wisconsin and contributing to distrust of political system.

Fusion voting would allow each of these groups to create a party and have leverage.

It’s consequential that Crowley could be the first Black candidate ever to be elected as Wisconsin’s governor — just as it was notable that, 50 years ago, a Black woman briefly assumed acting gubernatorial responsibilities in the state.

With the general election looming on Nov. 3, here, in my view, are the surfacing issues that will separate the two candidates.

My conclusion is that these people are utterly incompetent and not corrupt. They seem so inept that even if they tried to cheat, they’d screw it up. But who can blame the rest of conservatives for believing there is corruption?

Trump’s war with Canada has costs.

The Constitution demands the Supreme Court abandon its “unitary executive power” ideology, uphold the three coequal branches of government and enforce the “rule of law,” not the “rule by men.”

It’s time to stop the coddling of the rich, quit stoking an out-of-control national debt and put the nation’s budgetary house — and its future — in order.

With vaccination rates falling and preventable diseases resurging, Wisconsin families should turn to evidence and trusted medical expertise.

For helping criminally abused animals at Ridglan — which has since closed and surrendered every beagle to appropriate care — Dane County aims to punish us with up to $25,000 in fines and 12½ years in prison.

But was some of that wave in the August election Republican crossovers voting for Hong?

I spoke with Crowley over the phone to learn more about what solutions a Crowley administration would offer Wisconsinites to a problem that isn’t going away any time soon.

When Evers leaves office at the end of his term, the Clean Energy Plan should continue as his biggest legacy.