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As MAGA Republicans continue pushing their extreme antiabortion agenda, women across the country are fighting to protect their freedoms, just like our mothers and grandmothers did over half a century ago.
Walker at least, for all his faults, never had people wondering why he was nasty. When it comes to DeSantis one has to ask ‘Who hurt you as a child?’
For those living paycheck to paycheck, watching every penny and far too often “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” Biden’s plan is just the solution that many would benefit from.
Johnson discusses his misgivings about ranked-choice voting.
Journalistic standards are truly on the milk carton.
January 21-27, 2024 is National School Choice Week and I am a proud to celebrate giving more opportunities in education here in Wisconsin!
The Searle Family Trust, based in Madison, has bankrolled many other right-wing causes.
As long as our Supreme Court bases its decisions in these cases on the Wisconsin Constitution’s rules governing legislative district boundaries, they should be immune from scrutiny in Federal Courts where different more GOP friendly rules apply to judicial oversight of elections.
Wisconsin is in danger of becoming like Minnesota or California because of a politically driven WI Supreme Court. And Democrats are using the new liberal majority court as if it were the Legislature until they get the highly partisan legislative maps they want, among other things.
The strength of our private sector relies on representative government; if the current project to create fair maps succeeds, the state economy will better serve the citizens of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin congressional Republicans must stop playing games. The latest stopgap funding bill expires in March. Will they finally act responsibly? Enough nonsense. Time for a Democratic-led House!
Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in the Dobbs decision called for the U.S. Supreme Court to “reconsider” the right to contraception, established by Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. Soon after, 195 House Republicans voted against the “Right to Contraception Act,” a bill that sought to codify this fundamental health care right into federal law.
As a student and an educator, I have seen the boom and bust of for-profit education. Very few for-profit schools operate “above board”; many rely on predatory lending practices through the federal financial aid program and the GI Bill; they overpromise on what they can deliver by way of student experiences, faculty expertise, and clinical placements.
Century-old protection raises costs for anything shipped to or from state — but not enough to overcome shipbuilding industry’s interest.
If the final plans to bring Amtrak to Madison requires even a smidgen of state money, the GOP boss, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, has made it clear the state will refuse to help.
Long before Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Bernie Sanders, Paine anticipated a social welfare state that provided retirement security, health care and education for all. Indeed, he suggested that it was essential to the realization of the promise of the American experiment.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Who filed second gerrymandering lawsuit and why? Nine questions the case raises.
As the election year proceeds, many of us are already tired of being told how we need to not just “hear” members in Trump’s base, but to “listen” to them. We’re told to do this even as many Trump backers don’t seem to care what the rest of us think.
Don’t pull the straight lever. Pull for the right candidate regardless of the party.
As MAGA Republicans continue pushing their extreme antiabortion agenda, women across the country are fighting to protect their freedoms, just like our mothers and grandmothers did over half a century ago.
Walker at least, for all his faults, never had people wondering why he was nasty. When it comes to DeSantis one has to ask ‘Who hurt you as a child?’
For those living paycheck to paycheck, watching every penny and far too often “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” Biden’s plan is just the solution that many would benefit from.
Johnson discusses his misgivings about ranked-choice voting.
Journalistic standards are truly on the milk carton.
January 21-27, 2024 is National School Choice Week and I am a proud to celebrate giving more opportunities in education here in Wisconsin!
The Searle Family Trust, based in Madison, has bankrolled many other right-wing causes.
As long as our Supreme Court bases its decisions in these cases on the Wisconsin Constitution’s rules governing legislative district boundaries, they should be immune from scrutiny in Federal Courts where different more GOP friendly rules apply to judicial oversight of elections.
Wisconsin is in danger of becoming like Minnesota or California because of a politically driven WI Supreme Court. And Democrats are using the new liberal majority court as if it were the Legislature until they get the highly partisan legislative maps they want, among other things.
The strength of our private sector relies on representative government; if the current project to create fair maps succeeds, the state economy will better serve the citizens of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin congressional Republicans must stop playing games. The latest stopgap funding bill expires in March. Will they finally act responsibly? Enough nonsense. Time for a Democratic-led House!
Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in the Dobbs decision called for the U.S. Supreme Court to “reconsider” the right to contraception, established by Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. Soon after, 195 House Republicans voted against the “Right to Contraception Act,” a bill that sought to codify this fundamental health care right into federal law.
As a student and an educator, I have seen the boom and bust of for-profit education. Very few for-profit schools operate “above board”; many rely on predatory lending practices through the federal financial aid program and the GI Bill; they overpromise on what they can deliver by way of student experiences, faculty expertise, and clinical placements.
Century-old protection raises costs for anything shipped to or from state — but not enough to overcome shipbuilding industry’s interest.
If the final plans to bring Amtrak to Madison requires even a smidgen of state money, the GOP boss, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, has made it clear the state will refuse to help.
Long before Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Bernie Sanders, Paine anticipated a social welfare state that provided retirement security, health care and education for all. Indeed, he suggested that it was essential to the realization of the promise of the American experiment.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Who filed second gerrymandering lawsuit and why? Nine questions the case raises.
As the election year proceeds, many of us are already tired of being told how we need to not just “hear” members in Trump’s base, but to “listen” to them. We’re told to do this even as many Trump backers don’t seem to care what the rest of us think.
Don’t pull the straight lever. Pull for the right candidate regardless of the party.
