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Former Republican Gov. Scott McCallum and Milwaukee-based journalist David Haynes are leading an effort to lower the temperature of today’s at-your-throat politics.
Evers vetoed a measure that could have allowed a school district to hire someone for the superintendent’s position, even if that person did not have a state license for the job.
Sports betting has become so pervasive that the owners of my favorite Major League Baseball team have built a “sports book” facility attached to the right field corner of Wrigley Field.
But protest votes hint at challenges for both in November.
Wisconsin voters spoke loudly and clearly Tuesday, striking a blow for democracy by forever banishing private money from election administration.
Yesterday’s elections weren’t going to be earth-shattering, but the results were still encouraging.
Lesson number-one for Biden, as regards the November race in Wisconsin, is simple: keep running against Trump. It works.
If you can’t answer “yes” to most of these questions, why would you vote for this man as president of the United States? The same questions can be asked of Joe Biden.
The whole nation can and should strongly applaud the voters in Enid, Oklahoma. The reason we do so is very basic. We must never allow extremists to prevail.
Bipartisan action in Madison sends a statement that respect for courts and the safety of judges is not a liberal or conservative value.
We have a crisis of lenient, uncaring judges.
To right today’s wrongs, government can and should be put to use the way it was when the whole country was electrified. Doing so depends on keeping in mind what Williamson, Levi and the IRS itself have learned: It all hinges on tax fairness.
It’s a stunning trend: Four-year and two-year campuses are cutting back, merging, closing.
Milwaukee still the worst, while Elkhorn shows how to keep kids in school.
On Good Friday, Wisconsin’s Christians paused to reflect on the crucifixion of Jesus and plan for weekend family celebrations of his rising. Gov. Tony Evers used the time to veto 41 bills.
Too often, police agencies in Wisconsin are responding to requests for public information with blanket “open investigation” responses that are not adequately explained or clearly necessary. This denies the media — and the public — pertinent information about crimes that have happened in their backyards.
The way out of the morass is not to trade one woke behemoth for another, but to trade all behemoths for a true community driven journalism that promises to rebuild local journalism the only way it can be authentically rebuilt—from the bottom up.
The reflexive opposition to density and infill on the part of older and wealthier residents in Madison runs counter to the reality of our severe housing shortage and its dire impacts on those of more modest means.
Protected by the First Amendment, Edward R. Murrow denounced Joseph McCarthy on national news.
By voting yes on both Question 1 and Question 2, Wisconsin voters can prohibit the use of private funds in election administration and also ensure only legally designated election officials can perform election tasks. These ballot initiatives will bring much needed fairness to elections, ultimately leading to greater confidence in outcomes, if passed.
Former Republican Gov. Scott McCallum and Milwaukee-based journalist David Haynes are leading an effort to lower the temperature of today’s at-your-throat politics.
Evers vetoed a measure that could have allowed a school district to hire someone for the superintendent’s position, even if that person did not have a state license for the job.
Sports betting has become so pervasive that the owners of my favorite Major League Baseball team have built a “sports book” facility attached to the right field corner of Wrigley Field.
But protest votes hint at challenges for both in November.
Wisconsin voters spoke loudly and clearly Tuesday, striking a blow for democracy by forever banishing private money from election administration.
Yesterday’s elections weren’t going to be earth-shattering, but the results were still encouraging.
Lesson number-one for Biden, as regards the November race in Wisconsin, is simple: keep running against Trump. It works.
If you can’t answer “yes” to most of these questions, why would you vote for this man as president of the United States? The same questions can be asked of Joe Biden.
The whole nation can and should strongly applaud the voters in Enid, Oklahoma. The reason we do so is very basic. We must never allow extremists to prevail.
Bipartisan action in Madison sends a statement that respect for courts and the safety of judges is not a liberal or conservative value.
We have a crisis of lenient, uncaring judges.
To right today’s wrongs, government can and should be put to use the way it was when the whole country was electrified. Doing so depends on keeping in mind what Williamson, Levi and the IRS itself have learned: It all hinges on tax fairness.
It’s a stunning trend: Four-year and two-year campuses are cutting back, merging, closing.
Milwaukee still the worst, while Elkhorn shows how to keep kids in school.
On Good Friday, Wisconsin’s Christians paused to reflect on the crucifixion of Jesus and plan for weekend family celebrations of his rising. Gov. Tony Evers used the time to veto 41 bills.
Too often, police agencies in Wisconsin are responding to requests for public information with blanket “open investigation” responses that are not adequately explained or clearly necessary. This denies the media — and the public — pertinent information about crimes that have happened in their backyards.
The way out of the morass is not to trade one woke behemoth for another, but to trade all behemoths for a true community driven journalism that promises to rebuild local journalism the only way it can be authentically rebuilt—from the bottom up.
The reflexive opposition to density and infill on the part of older and wealthier residents in Madison runs counter to the reality of our severe housing shortage and its dire impacts on those of more modest means.
Protected by the First Amendment, Edward R. Murrow denounced Joseph McCarthy on national news.
By voting yes on both Question 1 and Question 2, Wisconsin voters can prohibit the use of private funds in election administration and also ensure only legally designated election officials can perform election tasks. These ballot initiatives will bring much needed fairness to elections, ultimately leading to greater confidence in outcomes, if passed.
