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The success of our community depends on electing quality candidates to represent us.

Her policies will cost us more and make us less secure.

lease explain to us like we were 5 years old how the Republican nominee for President goes into battleground state Georgia with its 16 electoral votes and for 10 long minutes excoriates the Republican governor of that state.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss recent Wisconsin Supreme Court opinions on absentee ballot drop boxes and legislative oversight of stewardship purchases. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership…. Please log

Should the governor or the Legislature have the power of the purse over federal funds?

If you’re not rich, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson doesn’t think you should have children. J.D. Vance makes a populist pitch to “the forgotten men and women of America.” But he’s more interested in shaming women who don’t have children than he is in actual family-friendly policies.

Residents in the 8th CD will vote in two separate elections that will have the same names on the same ballot for the same position, but only to serve different terms.

GOP US Senate candidate says Black men have lived on ‘handouts’ and ‘welfare checks.’

Wisconsin would join 34 other states whose governors and legislators share authority over major federal funding allocations.

The Democratic field depends on whether Gov. Tony Evers decides to run for a third term.

The data for Wisconsin, nation offers a less euphoric conclusion.

The energy was palpable as approximately 3,000 supporters gathered for Vice President Kamala Harris’ inaugural rally of her presidential campaign, some traveling from as far as Iowa to witness this historic event at West Allis Central High School.

The next victim could be you or someone you hold dear who simply called the police for protection. Who will protect us from the police?

If we are to meet all of our objectives to decarbonize the economy, we must stop constructing new fossil fuel infrastructure and continue to invest heavily in clean, renewable sources of electrical energy.

In the flush of environmental activism of the last century, perhaps no single law has had bigger environmental and economic impacts than the 1972 Clean Water Act.

The national debt is now more than $35 trillion. Soon, interest payments will become the largest spending category in the entire federal budget, and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon.

Biden shows how to get it done.

Wisconsin citizens seeking to understand the open records and meetings laws have at their fingertips a valuable resource: the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Public Records and Open Meetings compliance guides.

In the Badger State, any 16- or 17-year-old with at least a 3.0 grade point average is eligible to serve as a poll worker.

Across the country, poorly designed ballot drop box programs have been widely associated with election security concerns. If the procedures surrounding the drop box security, use, and placement are not transparent, fair, and honest, drop boxes have the potential to upend voter confidence.

The success of our community depends on electing quality candidates to represent us.

Her policies will cost us more and make us less secure.

lease explain to us like we were 5 years old how the Republican nominee for President goes into battleground state Georgia with its 16 electoral votes and for 10 long minutes excoriates the Republican governor of that state.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss recent Wisconsin Supreme Court opinions on absentee ballot drop boxes and legislative oversight of stewardship purchases. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership…. Please log

Should the governor or the Legislature have the power of the purse over federal funds?

If you’re not rich, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson doesn’t think you should have children. J.D. Vance makes a populist pitch to “the forgotten men and women of America.” But he’s more interested in shaming women who don’t have children than he is in actual family-friendly policies.

Residents in the 8th CD will vote in two separate elections that will have the same names on the same ballot for the same position, but only to serve different terms.

GOP US Senate candidate says Black men have lived on ‘handouts’ and ‘welfare checks.’

Wisconsin would join 34 other states whose governors and legislators share authority over major federal funding allocations.

The Democratic field depends on whether Gov. Tony Evers decides to run for a third term.

The data for Wisconsin, nation offers a less euphoric conclusion.

The energy was palpable as approximately 3,000 supporters gathered for Vice President Kamala Harris’ inaugural rally of her presidential campaign, some traveling from as far as Iowa to witness this historic event at West Allis Central High School.

The next victim could be you or someone you hold dear who simply called the police for protection. Who will protect us from the police?

If we are to meet all of our objectives to decarbonize the economy, we must stop constructing new fossil fuel infrastructure and continue to invest heavily in clean, renewable sources of electrical energy.

In the flush of environmental activism of the last century, perhaps no single law has had bigger environmental and economic impacts than the 1972 Clean Water Act.

The national debt is now more than $35 trillion. Soon, interest payments will become the largest spending category in the entire federal budget, and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon.

Biden shows how to get it done.

Wisconsin citizens seeking to understand the open records and meetings laws have at their fingertips a valuable resource: the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Public Records and Open Meetings compliance guides.

In the Badger State, any 16- or 17-year-old with at least a 3.0 grade point average is eligible to serve as a poll worker.

Across the country, poorly designed ballot drop box programs have been widely associated with election security concerns. If the procedures surrounding the drop box security, use, and placement are not transparent, fair, and honest, drop boxes have the potential to upend voter confidence.