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The tech boom doesn’t have to come at the expense of our environment, our electrical grid, or our pocketbooks — but only if we establish smart policies now.
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The tech boom doesn’t have to come at the expense of our environment, our electrical grid, or our pocketbooks — but only if we establish smart policies now.

A group show at Appleton’s Trout Museum stands up for “political” art in an era of cowardice and compliance.

An idea only a Tony Evers-appointed board could come up with.

A legitimate question: Is the armed incursion into Venezuela legal?

For a president who staked his reputation on being the ultimate champion of the American worker, the savvy businessman, the powerful master, the current trajectory is a fundamental failure of his economic architecture.

Ultimately, the school portion of your property tax bill is determined by a balance of several factors that are largely outside the control of your local school board.

Legislative leadership is willing to allow the most regressive tax of all — the property tax — to continue out of control, in turn causing harm to elderly homeowners on fixed incomes and making rents and homeownership even more unaffordable for younger people.

As Assembly Speaker Robin Vos explained in a recent interview, “we can’t have an ever-growing government” when the state’s population is stagnant and forecast to decline.

The issues of accountability for handling the multi-million opioid settlements, oversight of provider consolidations, the management of the state crime lab should be central in the AG race.

For the past 18 years, Wisconsin’s equivalent to C-SPAN has provided an inside look into the workings of state government. We are calling on state lawmakers to help save the Capitol network.

A democracy that cannot see itself clearly will eventually lose itself. WisconsinEye has spent nearly two decades making government visible at a price that is laughably small compared to what the state spends on far less defensible priorities.

Community solar emerged as an environmental issue in Wisconsin in 2025. Proposed legislation in the state Legislature could shift costs of community solar.

Apps was truly the godfather of Wisconsin writers and storytellers, an elder sage and historian with more than 50 books on a remarkable range of topics.

Any nation wishing to be viewed favorably must adhere to laws. When those laws and processes are discarded or tossed aside, the very structure of government starts to lose credibility, and the citizens are the losers.

Overall, he made 140 appointments to county government.

The field for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor is set and it’s lacking a key ingredient. There is no one looking to occupy the moderate lane.

Milwaukee suburb property taxes are one more barrier for residents.

We can get bogged down in the details in certain year-end retrospectives. The big picture? This was a remarkably bad year. Was this the worst year for American politics this century?

Public opinion is clear on this: the vast majority say women should be the deciders, along with their doctors, without government interference.

Restricting evictions during certain months or certain households often creates a perverse incentive for nonpayment — and shifts the financial burden onto housing providers.

The tech boom doesn’t have to come at the expense of our environment, our electrical grid, or our pocketbooks — but only if we establish smart policies now.

A group show at Appleton’s Trout Museum stands up for “political” art in an era of cowardice and compliance.

An idea only a Tony Evers-appointed board could come up with.

A legitimate question: Is the armed incursion into Venezuela legal?

For a president who staked his reputation on being the ultimate champion of the American worker, the savvy businessman, the powerful master, the current trajectory is a fundamental failure of his economic architecture.

Ultimately, the school portion of your property tax bill is determined by a balance of several factors that are largely outside the control of your local school board.

Legislative leadership is willing to allow the most regressive tax of all — the property tax — to continue out of control, in turn causing harm to elderly homeowners on fixed incomes and making rents and homeownership even more unaffordable for younger people.

As Assembly Speaker Robin Vos explained in a recent interview, “we can’t have an ever-growing government” when the state’s population is stagnant and forecast to decline.

The issues of accountability for handling the multi-million opioid settlements, oversight of provider consolidations, the management of the state crime lab should be central in the AG race.

For the past 18 years, Wisconsin’s equivalent to C-SPAN has provided an inside look into the workings of state government. We are calling on state lawmakers to help save the Capitol network.

A democracy that cannot see itself clearly will eventually lose itself. WisconsinEye has spent nearly two decades making government visible at a price that is laughably small compared to what the state spends on far less defensible priorities.

Community solar emerged as an environmental issue in Wisconsin in 2025. Proposed legislation in the state Legislature could shift costs of community solar.

Apps was truly the godfather of Wisconsin writers and storytellers, an elder sage and historian with more than 50 books on a remarkable range of topics.

Any nation wishing to be viewed favorably must adhere to laws. When those laws and processes are discarded or tossed aside, the very structure of government starts to lose credibility, and the citizens are the losers.

Overall, he made 140 appointments to county government.

The field for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor is set and it’s lacking a key ingredient. There is no one looking to occupy the moderate lane.

Milwaukee suburb property taxes are one more barrier for residents.

We can get bogged down in the details in certain year-end retrospectives. The big picture? This was a remarkably bad year. Was this the worst year for American politics this century?

Public opinion is clear on this: the vast majority say women should be the deciders, along with their doctors, without government interference.

Restricting evictions during certain months or certain households often creates a perverse incentive for nonpayment — and shifts the financial burden onto housing providers.