As Madison continues to grow, though, the pressure to fell trees for wider roads, new apartment complexes and dozens of businesses and housing developments will intensify.

The new hope offered by the Supreme Court’s ruling will hopefully result in maps giving every voter confidence their values will be reflected in election outcomes. We are finally on the right path to end gerrymandering and begin returning Wisconsin values to the Legislature.

There is little doubt new maps will still result in Republican control. Liberal former Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz conceded that it is very likely Republicans will retain legislative control in a recent Isthmus column, and other analysis tells a similar story.

Ranked choice voting is the living dead of bad policy: No matter how many times the hero shoots it in the head, it still staggers forward, lurching for another gullible brain to consume.

Proposed cottage food sales cap would be among lowest in the country.

Children’s and Ascension hospitals are the worst, report finds, which causes higher costs.

Watch for Dean Phillips in New Hampshire presidential primary.

Voters in Wisconsin have been denied their right to choose which party controls the state Legislature for the past 12 years because of the most gerrymandered maps in the nation.

As an investigation by Wisconsin Watch and Wisconsin Public Radio revealed as the pandemic was subsiding, thousands of workers still wind up in $7.25 jobs. And contrary to what many GOP legislators claim, they aren’t just teenagers in part-time first jobs.

Regulation is very tricky business requiring immense expertise. Some states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maryland, have been regulating health care as a utility for as long as 50 years.

They side with Democrats in keeping Joe Biden’s challenger off the ballot.

Prosecutors and judges, not politicians, will have the final word on Jan. 6 investigations.

Supporters of the largest land conservation effort in state history recently announced there is enough money to go ahead with the project, but local officials are pushing to block federal funding.

There’s no question that 800-1,000 migrants moving into a relatively poor Wisconsin town of 15,000 has put a strain on city services. But despite the sensationalism about violence and chaos spilling over the border, the community’s reaction to the new arrivals seems positive.

May the Personal Property Tax rest in peace, and may our state continue to move toward a more streamlined, business-friendly environment that fosters growth and innovation.

The monumental decision by the court’s new majority brings hope for a brighter future for all of Wisconsin.

The Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — bills introduced during this Congress — would safeguard every vote, ensuring our democratic process remains secure and serves its intended purpose: government of, by and for the people.

As a new book on rural voting habits details, the caricature of rural communities full of Bible-thumping, gun-toting culture warriors badly misrepresents the politics of the countryside.

The migrant airdrops and inhumane bus rides, exacted by republican governors like Greg Abbott in Texas and Ron DeSantis in Florida, are not solely about border control. By way of influencing policy, it’s also a waste of time and disingenuous.

Sheehy provides parting thoughts as his tenure as MMAC president closes.