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Communities across the state and nation have watched as hospitals and clinics have closed.

The two consultants hired by the leftist court majority were hired to deliver maps that favor Democrats. That is exactly what is going to happen.

Last minute GOP legislation based on Evers’ plan vetoed by governor. Why?

Government shouldn’t be used as a weapon.

Our ability to make informed electoral decisions hinges on having clear, honest information from our representative about his stance on pivotal issues like abortion rights.

Will in-your-face style of state senator be tempered as a Circuit Court judge?

While a recent influx of new residents, primarily from Nicaragua and Venezuela, has drawn local attention, labeling it a “crisis” ignores the bigger picture and risks wasting precious resources.

Chisholm did not expect to win the presidency in 1972. But she did expect that her candidacy would inspire others.

When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state primaries to win his party’s nomination. Kennedy’s first battleground state? Wisconsin—a state that would prove more arduous, more exhausting, and more crucial to winning the presidency than any other.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court wants gadfly Dean Phillips on the Democrats’ presidential primary ballot for April 2 even if Joe Biden’s party does not. And so it shall be. It is the right thing to do.

What has been missing from many ongoing issues across the state is a strong competitive discussion at election time where two candidates have an equal chance of winning as voters head to the ballot box.

Trump and acolytes like Wisconsin GOP Senator Ron Johnson see political advantage in sneering at bipartisan compromise and negotiation.

Eliminating barriers to teacher education in Wisconsin.

A Fitchburg state representative has some ambitious proposals to do so.

On April 17, the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in Stevens Point will posthumously induct Red Cliff Ojibwe tribal member Walter Bresette, a prominent treaty rights activist who organized support for Ojibwe fishing rights in the late 1980s, and opposition to metallic mines in the 1990s.

Last week, the congressman, who is a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, called for a hearing at which DeJoy could be pressed for answers regarding Postal Service delays and disruptions.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their take on where the Supreme Court redistricting process is headed. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Introduced by State Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls,, AR 18 calls for the impeachment and removal of Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

I don’t want to trivialize Donald Trump’s behavior, but it seems there’s a case to made that the reason he’s facing 91 indictments, massive fines and penalties is his penchant for cavalierly getting into trouble, almost as if he can’t help himself.

There is an invasion happening at America’s southern border. Despite its duty to protect our sovereignty, the federal government has turned a blind eye to a crisis that is growing exponentially worse every day.

Communities across the state and nation have watched as hospitals and clinics have closed.

The two consultants hired by the leftist court majority were hired to deliver maps that favor Democrats. That is exactly what is going to happen.

Last minute GOP legislation based on Evers’ plan vetoed by governor. Why?

Government shouldn’t be used as a weapon.

Our ability to make informed electoral decisions hinges on having clear, honest information from our representative about his stance on pivotal issues like abortion rights.

Will in-your-face style of state senator be tempered as a Circuit Court judge?

While a recent influx of new residents, primarily from Nicaragua and Venezuela, has drawn local attention, labeling it a “crisis” ignores the bigger picture and risks wasting precious resources.

Chisholm did not expect to win the presidency in 1972. But she did expect that her candidacy would inspire others.

When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state primaries to win his party’s nomination. Kennedy’s first battleground state? Wisconsin—a state that would prove more arduous, more exhausting, and more crucial to winning the presidency than any other.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court wants gadfly Dean Phillips on the Democrats’ presidential primary ballot for April 2 even if Joe Biden’s party does not. And so it shall be. It is the right thing to do.

What has been missing from many ongoing issues across the state is a strong competitive discussion at election time where two candidates have an equal chance of winning as voters head to the ballot box.

Trump and acolytes like Wisconsin GOP Senator Ron Johnson see political advantage in sneering at bipartisan compromise and negotiation.

Eliminating barriers to teacher education in Wisconsin.

A Fitchburg state representative has some ambitious proposals to do so.

On April 17, the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame in Stevens Point will posthumously induct Red Cliff Ojibwe tribal member Walter Bresette, a prominent treaty rights activist who organized support for Ojibwe fishing rights in the late 1980s, and opposition to metallic mines in the 1990s.

Last week, the congressman, who is a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, called for a hearing at which DeJoy could be pressed for answers regarding Postal Service delays and disruptions.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their take on where the Supreme Court redistricting process is headed. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Introduced by State Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls,, AR 18 calls for the impeachment and removal of Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

I don’t want to trivialize Donald Trump’s behavior, but it seems there’s a case to made that the reason he’s facing 91 indictments, massive fines and penalties is his penchant for cavalierly getting into trouble, almost as if he can’t help himself.

There is an invasion happening at America’s southern border. Despite its duty to protect our sovereignty, the federal government has turned a blind eye to a crisis that is growing exponentially worse every day.