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The chaos and dysfunction injected into national politics by Donald Trump has pretty much infected all levels of government.
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The chaos and dysfunction injected into national politics by Donald Trump has pretty much infected all levels of government.

Ryan said his sweet spot on making a difference in the world is mixing empathy and compassion with data.

Abortion services are resuming in Madison and Milwaukee today after a 15-month pause.

Support in the Senate is unclear; Gov. Evers is opposed.

McCain was a forceful critic of gerrymandering, especially in Wisconsin.

The Assembly and Senate both held floor sessions on Tuesday and Thursday. Issues included redistricting, the governor’s veto authority, and agency appointments. The situation is even more explosive now that liberals have a majority on the State Supreme Court.

There is no other such honor for an African-American woman on any state house in the nation, other than Rosa Parks, at the U.S. Capitol.

The over $1 billion in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funds coming to Wisconsin presents the historic opportunity to finally connect every corner of the state, including communities tucked into the most rural, hardest-to-reach regions.

Parents are being forced to choose between low-rated care or no care at all.

McKay Coppins tells Romney’s story in a book just out, Mitt Romney, a Reckoning.

Wisconsin U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany will never be accused of actually thinking for themselves.

2022 Nobel Prize winner in Physics: Climate change orthodoxy is dangerous corruption of science.

Any discussion must address state restrictions on how municipalities police the rental industry.

The Illinois Grocery Initiative is a model for other states to look at as it is the first of its kind. The $20 million initiative will be used to support existing grocers and encourage new grocery stores to open.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the impact of Gov. Tony Evers’ budget vetoes on the fall legislative session. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Here are the reasons the answer is yes.

Wisconsin is Ground Zero for attacks on democracy, which generated a tsunami of news from the Capitol this week.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated this week that people who filed for unemployment insurance during the pandemic stole somewhere between $100 billion and $135 billion in benefits — just a portion of the estimated fraud across all federal pandemic programs.

Whether agricultural and food products move by land or water, WisDOT is making the kinds of improvements to our transportation infrastructure that will help agriculture and all of Wisconsin’s freight-dependent industries be more competitive, both in the state and in markets all around the world.

This week marked 22 years since radical Islamic terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, killing 2,977 innocent people. We must never forget the events of that day, who carried them out and why.

The chaos and dysfunction injected into national politics by Donald Trump has pretty much infected all levels of government.

Ryan said his sweet spot on making a difference in the world is mixing empathy and compassion with data.

Abortion services are resuming in Madison and Milwaukee today after a 15-month pause.

Support in the Senate is unclear; Gov. Evers is opposed.

McCain was a forceful critic of gerrymandering, especially in Wisconsin.

The Assembly and Senate both held floor sessions on Tuesday and Thursday. Issues included redistricting, the governor’s veto authority, and agency appointments. The situation is even more explosive now that liberals have a majority on the State Supreme Court.

There is no other such honor for an African-American woman on any state house in the nation, other than Rosa Parks, at the U.S. Capitol.

The over $1 billion in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funds coming to Wisconsin presents the historic opportunity to finally connect every corner of the state, including communities tucked into the most rural, hardest-to-reach regions.

Parents are being forced to choose between low-rated care or no care at all.

McKay Coppins tells Romney’s story in a book just out, Mitt Romney, a Reckoning.

Wisconsin U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany will never be accused of actually thinking for themselves.

2022 Nobel Prize winner in Physics: Climate change orthodoxy is dangerous corruption of science.

Any discussion must address state restrictions on how municipalities police the rental industry.

The Illinois Grocery Initiative is a model for other states to look at as it is the first of its kind. The $20 million initiative will be used to support existing grocers and encourage new grocery stores to open.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the impact of Gov. Tony Evers’ budget vetoes on the fall legislative session. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Here are the reasons the answer is yes.

Wisconsin is Ground Zero for attacks on democracy, which generated a tsunami of news from the Capitol this week.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated this week that people who filed for unemployment insurance during the pandemic stole somewhere between $100 billion and $135 billion in benefits — just a portion of the estimated fraud across all federal pandemic programs.

Whether agricultural and food products move by land or water, WisDOT is making the kinds of improvements to our transportation infrastructure that will help agriculture and all of Wisconsin’s freight-dependent industries be more competitive, both in the state and in markets all around the world.

This week marked 22 years since radical Islamic terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, killing 2,977 innocent people. We must never forget the events of that day, who carried them out and why.