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The Capital Times blames crooked maps for the 64-36 advantage Republicans enjoy in Iowa’s lower house despite Iowa’s vaunted non-partisan redistricting system.
Families in Wisconsin are grappling with the task of finding nearby, affordable day care providers with openings, and day care providers across the state report that they are understaffed and underpaid.
This September, the Senate made its mark on state history by successfully overriding three of the governor’s vetoes.
Assault weapon brought with demand to see Gov. Evers. Time for red flag law.
The racist history of America’s military.
GOP nihilists and Trump acolytes, including Wisconsin U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden and Senator Ron Johnson, are abandoning Ukraine.
Let’s get something straight. When the extremist Republicans, including Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, push to cut off military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, they become allies of Vladimir Putin.
Victor Fuchs, who was a Stanford University economist, is credited with awakening Americans to the inefficiencies of its health care system, if indeed you can still call it that.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, detail the legislative debate over how to use the state’s projected $4 billion budget surplus, from tax cuts to funding child care and schools. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Energy costs are too high. From heating your home to filling up your car, you are paying too much. Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s anti-energy policies have driven costs even higher. I am working to lower costs for you and your family with an all-of-the-above energy approach.
No surprise that both Republicans who were willing to overturn the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021 — bowing to their lying pal Donald Trump — joined the Matt Gaetz crowd last week in efforts to shut down the government.
In Washington and Wisconsin, things are going downhill.
Some House Republicans want the former president to be their new boss. There are just two problems with this plan: It’s crazy, and it’s not allowed.
I can recommend Klug’s podcasts as thought-provoking. But I can’t abide the false equivalency.
Conservatives feel isolated and intimidated on college campuses. New University of Chicago and Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling shows only 9% of respondents think conservatives can speak freely about their beliefs.
The assertion of tribal sovereignty, combined with building alliances with the non-Native communities in the watersheds at risk from ecologically destructive mining projects has proven to be an effective strategy.
Wisconsin left standing still.
Brandon Maly is focused on reengaging conservative suburban voters on the outskirts of Madison.
While recalling history and understanding it is most important, the visual and social relationship to our past must be connected to the times in which we live.
I don’t have any kids in Iron River, either. But plenty of folks do. And as we come to the end of Banned Books Week in America, it’s up to them to stand up to a bunch of grumpy old men and women and demand that thoughts and ideas be allowed to flow freely at the library.
The Capital Times blames crooked maps for the 64-36 advantage Republicans enjoy in Iowa’s lower house despite Iowa’s vaunted non-partisan redistricting system.
Families in Wisconsin are grappling with the task of finding nearby, affordable day care providers with openings, and day care providers across the state report that they are understaffed and underpaid.
This September, the Senate made its mark on state history by successfully overriding three of the governor’s vetoes.
Assault weapon brought with demand to see Gov. Evers. Time for red flag law.
The racist history of America’s military.
GOP nihilists and Trump acolytes, including Wisconsin U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden and Senator Ron Johnson, are abandoning Ukraine.
Let’s get something straight. When the extremist Republicans, including Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, push to cut off military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, they become allies of Vladimir Putin.
Victor Fuchs, who was a Stanford University economist, is credited with awakening Americans to the inefficiencies of its health care system, if indeed you can still call it that.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, detail the legislative debate over how to use the state’s projected $4 billion budget surplus, from tax cuts to funding child care and schools. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Energy costs are too high. From heating your home to filling up your car, you are paying too much. Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s anti-energy policies have driven costs even higher. I am working to lower costs for you and your family with an all-of-the-above energy approach.
No surprise that both Republicans who were willing to overturn the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021 — bowing to their lying pal Donald Trump — joined the Matt Gaetz crowd last week in efforts to shut down the government.
In Washington and Wisconsin, things are going downhill.
Some House Republicans want the former president to be their new boss. There are just two problems with this plan: It’s crazy, and it’s not allowed.
I can recommend Klug’s podcasts as thought-provoking. But I can’t abide the false equivalency.
Conservatives feel isolated and intimidated on college campuses. New University of Chicago and Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling shows only 9% of respondents think conservatives can speak freely about their beliefs.
The assertion of tribal sovereignty, combined with building alliances with the non-Native communities in the watersheds at risk from ecologically destructive mining projects has proven to be an effective strategy.
Wisconsin left standing still.
Brandon Maly is focused on reengaging conservative suburban voters on the outskirts of Madison.
While recalling history and understanding it is most important, the visual and social relationship to our past must be connected to the times in which we live.
I don’t have any kids in Iron River, either. But plenty of folks do. And as we come to the end of Banned Books Week in America, it’s up to them to stand up to a bunch of grumpy old men and women and demand that thoughts and ideas be allowed to flow freely at the library.