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A newly progressive state Supreme Court has opened the way for scrapping rigged election maps and renewing the promise of representative democracy in a key battleground state.
Long before the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled gerrymandered state legislative district maps unconstitutional, Dale Schultz, former GOP state majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate, courageously led on fair maps.
Our language, whether written or spoken, is central to the human condition and culture.
Biden-Harris administration has built a track record of strengthening services for children and families in the child welfare system.
The left’s lawfare against Trump.
When Janet Protasiewicz’s election in April gave liberals a 4-3 advantage on the Court, it empowered Protasiewicz, Ann Walsh Bradley, Jill Karofsky and Rebecca Dallet to turn Wisconsin into a Court-run tyrannical dictatorship in which the state Legislature is being rendered impotent.
Maximize participation to accurately measure the people’s will.
Assembly Speaker confesses he regrets hiring Gableman: ‘He was way wackier than I thought.’
I think the district should calculate the hours spent on this mess and write a press release showing what it costs to respond to this conservative grievance.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, predict the political stories most likely to dominate the news in 2024. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political winners and losers of 2023.Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The essential ingredient will be how to enforce any agreement reached.
Women in our state are keeping a wary eye on Texas.
According to our survey and focus groups, the vote swing among Milwaukee’s suburban women is not necessarily an endorsement of modern liberal ideology.
It may be Christmas week, but the Biden administration found it necessary to send warnings to nine states for the ruthless way they have been kicking kids in low-income families off Medicaid.
Over 100 places in Wisconsin have lost more than 20% of their population since 1990. This is the first of occasional profiles of persevering small towns in the Badger State.
During each of our eight years as governor and first lady of Wisconsin, Tonette and I hosted an evening at the Executive Residence to honor Gold Star families.
From our main streets to our interstates, rural and urban communities, and high-tech to handmade products, Wisconsin has had a big year. It’s our job to carry that momentum into next year, and the next — to keep looking forward with our sleeves rolled up.
These overused words and expressions have got to go.
If that holiday party gets boring, here are eight state government trivia questions you can ask between drinks. Or not.
A newly progressive state Supreme Court has opened the way for scrapping rigged election maps and renewing the promise of representative democracy in a key battleground state.
Long before the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled gerrymandered state legislative district maps unconstitutional, Dale Schultz, former GOP state majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate, courageously led on fair maps.
Our language, whether written or spoken, is central to the human condition and culture.
Biden-Harris administration has built a track record of strengthening services for children and families in the child welfare system.
The left’s lawfare against Trump.
When Janet Protasiewicz’s election in April gave liberals a 4-3 advantage on the Court, it empowered Protasiewicz, Ann Walsh Bradley, Jill Karofsky and Rebecca Dallet to turn Wisconsin into a Court-run tyrannical dictatorship in which the state Legislature is being rendered impotent.
Maximize participation to accurately measure the people’s will.
Assembly Speaker confesses he regrets hiring Gableman: ‘He was way wackier than I thought.’
I think the district should calculate the hours spent on this mess and write a press release showing what it costs to respond to this conservative grievance.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, predict the political stories most likely to dominate the news in 2024. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political winners and losers of 2023.Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The essential ingredient will be how to enforce any agreement reached.
Women in our state are keeping a wary eye on Texas.
According to our survey and focus groups, the vote swing among Milwaukee’s suburban women is not necessarily an endorsement of modern liberal ideology.
It may be Christmas week, but the Biden administration found it necessary to send warnings to nine states for the ruthless way they have been kicking kids in low-income families off Medicaid.
Over 100 places in Wisconsin have lost more than 20% of their population since 1990. This is the first of occasional profiles of persevering small towns in the Badger State.
During each of our eight years as governor and first lady of Wisconsin, Tonette and I hosted an evening at the Executive Residence to honor Gold Star families.
From our main streets to our interstates, rural and urban communities, and high-tech to handmade products, Wisconsin has had a big year. It’s our job to carry that momentum into next year, and the next — to keep looking forward with our sleeves rolled up.
These overused words and expressions have got to go.
If that holiday party gets boring, here are eight state government trivia questions you can ask between drinks. Or not.
