
Ruth Conniff: Biden v. Trump the sequel comes to Wisconsin
Whatever voters do in April, come November we’ll almost certainly be facing a Trump v. Biden rematch. That’s a coin toss in our state.
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Whatever voters do in April, come November we’ll almost certainly be facing a Trump v. Biden rematch. That’s a coin toss in our state.

I truly feel that our nation yearns, maybe without even knowing it, to be politely asked for their vote and to be treated as something other than just a part of an angry election cycle. A little Sousa music and an old-fashioned touch to our politics might just be what we need most in 2024.

At tonight’s State of the Union address what Joe Biden says won’t be heard. How he says it is the whole ballgame.

State and federal grants helping Wausau replace 8K lead service lines

Much progress made recently but more work remains

In 2022, more than 1,800 Wisconsinites died of an overdose, including nearly 70 in Waukesha County.

While the inflation pressures have fallen significantly, corporations that set everyday prices haven’t necessarily followed along.

Budget surpluses suggest the obvious. Wisconsin doesn’t have a taxing problem. It has a spending problem. And leaving that money on the table so politicians can play Uncle Sugar makes it worse.

A 67-year old rape victim is orphaned by the broken ’system.’

Wisconsin’s smallest incorporated village is on a hill, and in a valley, too. Third in a series of profiles of persevering small towns in the Badger State.

Rejecting this referendum is not a rejection of public schools; it is a call for long-needed accountability. We owe it to taxpayers. We owe it to employers. We owe it to parents. But most of all, we owe it to our students.

We’re used to seeing politicians with a “D” for Democrat or an “R” for Republican after their name. I wonder if that Republican “R” doesn’t also stand for Russia these days, because Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are looking more and more like Vladimir Putin’s patsies.

How did we get to this point where a professional editorial board at the Wisconsin State Journal allowed for the F-bomb to be published by using the syndicated work of editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette?

Madison and Milwaukee were guaranteed 10% increases, other municipalities 20%

New legislative electoral maps are heavily gerrymandered to the benefit of Democrats, but where there is change, there is opportunity.

WEDC is building on this momentum with the launch of Look Forward Wisconsin, which combines online and TV advertising with person-to-person follow-up to attract potential new residents.

Assembly Bill 466, the Wisconsin Data Privacy Act, was introduced to empower you, the consumer, and give back control over your personal data.

The Department of Labor, trying for the fourth time in 13 years, is pushing a regulation that will result in a massive loss of financial guidance for millions of Americans, particularly those who need this advice the most

Positions of county treasurer, clerk and register of deeds should be eliminated, not given raises.

The Civilian Police Oversight Board was created in 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It never made any sense because the Madison Police Department has long been among the most progressive anywhere and because there’s always been plenty of civilian oversight over it.

Whatever voters do in April, come November we’ll almost certainly be facing a Trump v. Biden rematch. That’s a coin toss in our state.

I truly feel that our nation yearns, maybe without even knowing it, to be politely asked for their vote and to be treated as something other than just a part of an angry election cycle. A little Sousa music and an old-fashioned touch to our politics might just be what we need most in 2024.

At tonight’s State of the Union address what Joe Biden says won’t be heard. How he says it is the whole ballgame.

State and federal grants helping Wausau replace 8K lead service lines

Much progress made recently but more work remains

In 2022, more than 1,800 Wisconsinites died of an overdose, including nearly 70 in Waukesha County.

While the inflation pressures have fallen significantly, corporations that set everyday prices haven’t necessarily followed along.

Budget surpluses suggest the obvious. Wisconsin doesn’t have a taxing problem. It has a spending problem. And leaving that money on the table so politicians can play Uncle Sugar makes it worse.

A 67-year old rape victim is orphaned by the broken ’system.’

Wisconsin’s smallest incorporated village is on a hill, and in a valley, too. Third in a series of profiles of persevering small towns in the Badger State.

Rejecting this referendum is not a rejection of public schools; it is a call for long-needed accountability. We owe it to taxpayers. We owe it to employers. We owe it to parents. But most of all, we owe it to our students.

We’re used to seeing politicians with a “D” for Democrat or an “R” for Republican after their name. I wonder if that Republican “R” doesn’t also stand for Russia these days, because Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are looking more and more like Vladimir Putin’s patsies.

How did we get to this point where a professional editorial board at the Wisconsin State Journal allowed for the F-bomb to be published by using the syndicated work of editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette?

Madison and Milwaukee were guaranteed 10% increases, other municipalities 20%

New legislative electoral maps are heavily gerrymandered to the benefit of Democrats, but where there is change, there is opportunity.

WEDC is building on this momentum with the launch of Look Forward Wisconsin, which combines online and TV advertising with person-to-person follow-up to attract potential new residents.

Assembly Bill 466, the Wisconsin Data Privacy Act, was introduced to empower you, the consumer, and give back control over your personal data.

The Department of Labor, trying for the fourth time in 13 years, is pushing a regulation that will result in a massive loss of financial guidance for millions of Americans, particularly those who need this advice the most

Positions of county treasurer, clerk and register of deeds should be eliminated, not given raises.

The Civilian Police Oversight Board was created in 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It never made any sense because the Madison Police Department has long been among the most progressive anywhere and because there’s always been plenty of civilian oversight over it.