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Bipartisan efforts to protect the rights of student journalists are moving forward at the Wisconsin Capitol. Meanwhile, school officials in Madison could move in the opposite direction.
In the early campaigns that Jimmy Carter undertook for office, she would get in a car and drive the country roads looking for the tall broadcast antennas that would lead her to a radio station. She would walk in and introduce herself as the wife of the candidate and ask if they might like to interview her.
If there is no victim, no damages, and no harm done, the case must be dismissed. That’s the law.
Must entire state be redistricted? And who should court ask to draw the maps?
Wisconsin Gov. Warren Spahn AKA Tony Evers, if you’re hiding nothing in your “alias” emails, prove it. Release the emails. All 17,000 records, according to your own estimate.
Just before Thanksgiving, the governor issued 82 new pardons, bringing the total number he has granted since becoming governor to 1,111.
The bill is a major financial relief for hardworking Wisconsinites during a time of high inflation and a stagnant economy.
Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are not just pieces of election reform; they are, in my view, a manifestation of a truly evangelical vision of the principled fairness key to the functioning of a just society.
The Wisconsin Civics Games Editorial Writing & Cartoon Contest for middle and high school students aims is to increase civic education and engagement while also celebrating the First Amendment and the importance of newspapers in our society.
The Supreme Court is considering a serious and thoughtful challenge to the current maps.
Establishing two school systems — one public and one private, yet both supported with tax dollars — only expands the ability of private schools to pick and choose the most desirable students.
While all the land owners along the proposed relocation route have agreed to host the line, the state-issued permits for the project have been waiting for approval for nearly four years.
Chris Wysong, military veteran and founder of Bucket of Bread, represents the entrepreneurial spirit Wisconsin ought to encourage with its public policies.
The topic of “transparency” is being intentionally stoked to confuse and distract from other issues, and the Wisconsin Hospital Association is compelled to set the record straight.
The promise of congressional representation, like so many other promises made to the first peoples of North America, was broken by the initial 117 Congresses of the United States. And now it is being broken by the 118th Congress — even though a delegate designated four years ago by the Cherokee Nation is ready, willing and able to serve.
Children’s Wisconsin has instructed employees not to use words such as “angry,” “articulate,” “picnic” and phrases like “hip hip hooray” and “brown bag” over concerns about their supposedly racist origins.
The GOP-led House should get serious. Introduce legislation for emergency military aid to Israel and Ukraine, assistance to Taiwan (threats from China) and funding to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Such a package would pass with widespread bipartisan support.
If elected, Trump will use government as a weapon against our Democracy to do things none of us has seen in our lifetime.
The WisOpinion insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk about their experience with state budget surpluses and the battle between Democrats and Republicans over how to allocate the current surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Something tells me America would be a far better place even today if not for that tragedy in Dallas, 60 years ago today.
Bipartisan efforts to protect the rights of student journalists are moving forward at the Wisconsin Capitol. Meanwhile, school officials in Madison could move in the opposite direction.
In the early campaigns that Jimmy Carter undertook for office, she would get in a car and drive the country roads looking for the tall broadcast antennas that would lead her to a radio station. She would walk in and introduce herself as the wife of the candidate and ask if they might like to interview her.
If there is no victim, no damages, and no harm done, the case must be dismissed. That’s the law.
Must entire state be redistricted? And who should court ask to draw the maps?
Wisconsin Gov. Warren Spahn AKA Tony Evers, if you’re hiding nothing in your “alias” emails, prove it. Release the emails. All 17,000 records, according to your own estimate.
Just before Thanksgiving, the governor issued 82 new pardons, bringing the total number he has granted since becoming governor to 1,111.
The bill is a major financial relief for hardworking Wisconsinites during a time of high inflation and a stagnant economy.
Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are not just pieces of election reform; they are, in my view, a manifestation of a truly evangelical vision of the principled fairness key to the functioning of a just society.
The Wisconsin Civics Games Editorial Writing & Cartoon Contest for middle and high school students aims is to increase civic education and engagement while also celebrating the First Amendment and the importance of newspapers in our society.
The Supreme Court is considering a serious and thoughtful challenge to the current maps.
Establishing two school systems — one public and one private, yet both supported with tax dollars — only expands the ability of private schools to pick and choose the most desirable students.
While all the land owners along the proposed relocation route have agreed to host the line, the state-issued permits for the project have been waiting for approval for nearly four years.
Chris Wysong, military veteran and founder of Bucket of Bread, represents the entrepreneurial spirit Wisconsin ought to encourage with its public policies.
The topic of “transparency” is being intentionally stoked to confuse and distract from other issues, and the Wisconsin Hospital Association is compelled to set the record straight.
The promise of congressional representation, like so many other promises made to the first peoples of North America, was broken by the initial 117 Congresses of the United States. And now it is being broken by the 118th Congress — even though a delegate designated four years ago by the Cherokee Nation is ready, willing and able to serve.
Children’s Wisconsin has instructed employees not to use words such as “angry,” “articulate,” “picnic” and phrases like “hip hip hooray” and “brown bag” over concerns about their supposedly racist origins.
The GOP-led House should get serious. Introduce legislation for emergency military aid to Israel and Ukraine, assistance to Taiwan (threats from China) and funding to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Such a package would pass with widespread bipartisan support.
If elected, Trump will use government as a weapon against our Democracy to do things none of us has seen in our lifetime.
The WisOpinion insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk about their experience with state budget surpluses and the battle between Democrats and Republicans over how to allocate the current surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Something tells me America would be a far better place even today if not for that tragedy in Dallas, 60 years ago today.
