16 members of Finance, mostly Republicans, decide what’s in the state budget.

Evers likes to defend his actions by trumpeting that “the will of the people is the law of the land,” but I’m hard-pressed to imagine a less democratic policy in modern history than tethering generations of Wisconsinites to perpetual tax increases that neither they nor their elected officials ever voted for.

Believing they can purge their way to victory, cultists would rather lose with the My Pillow Man than elect a moderate Republican. The reality is that Donald Trump’s hold on Wisconsin voters is communion wafer thin.

With so much support and such a strong record of success, why are Republican legislators hesitating to back stewardship? It appears the reason is petulance.

Years after Covid, the overspending continues—even with a Republican Congress.

Reporters must do their complete job with every news story they write or air. That means adding the reason the actions Trump makes run counter to constitutional safeguards and the laws of the country.

A leaked version of a proposed budget for the federal Department of Health and Human Services would eliminate direct funding for many programs for people with disabilities

As the Trump administration’s demolition of our civic institutions proceeds, there is little attention paid to the human impact these cuts will have on the government workers who are being summarily dismissed.

America is stuck at the moment, as if in a state of suspended animation. Few are satisfied with where we are at right now, making many long for yesterday. But yesterday’s gone. Tomorrow, it’ll soon be here. Might as well get to imagining how it could be better than before.

The theologian and veteran Vatican watcher Rich Raho, who has met the new pope, announced, “In Pope Leo we can expect a social justice warrior.”

A healthy democracy relies on process, balance, and respect for the distinct roles each branch of government plays. When one branch chooses to override the others, the result isn’t policy progress. It’s a warning sign.

Extending Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum is a commonsense, life-saving step that would benefit families across our rural, suburban and urban communities.

Van Orden is more interested in theatrics to obscure his votes than protecting the Medicaid coverage of 152,900 in the 3rd CD.

Turning Point’s assertions that they would do so much better running RPW are totally unfounded, disingenuous, and self-serving.

Recent reports about harassment of tribal spear fishermen exerting their treaty rights brought memories of the spring of 1988.

Society can no longer abide with deaths and tragedies due to willfully stupid and selfish gun owners. A 3-year-old girl would be alive if common sense had been employed.

Would the felony charges against him have been filed in a less progressive jurisdiction than Dane County?

As of April 2024, only 25 states in the U.S. mandate free access to menstrual products in correctional facilities. Wisconsin is not one of them.

Black businesses need us to show up! … Trump’s so-called Liberation Day threatens to return Black entrepreneurs to an employer’s figurative plantation.

John Skilton, one of Madison’s most celebrated attorneys, dropped me a note earlier this week to which he attached the recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell that declared in strong terms that Donald Trump’s action targeting the Perkins Coie law firm is clearly unconstitutional.