We all know that the Director of State Courts, Randy Koschnick, was illegally fired (on August 2) by the four liberal and lawless supreme court justices. (See Article 7 Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution.)

Ever since Wisconsin Republican politicians gained complete control of the state Legislature through cleverly gerrymandered redistricting, they’ve flexed their muscles to make it more difficult for the state’s cities to govern themselves.

Change is blowing in the wind. And, Wisconsin is another step closer to expanding Medicaid. In an extraordinary exchange, the Wisconsin Medical Society reaffirmed to me its support for expanding Medicaid.

For about $365 million, representing a small portion of Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar budget surplus, the state could replace expiring federal pandemic dollars to help child-care programs stay in business.

But parents do.

Republicans are again making school choice one of their primary issues leading up to the 2024 election cycle. In four key 2024 battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina — 64% of Democrats support charter schools. Democrats should listen carefully to parents before voters go to the polls.

Throughout the budget process, School Choice Wisconsin and our partners in the Wisconsin Coalition for Education Freedom supported reforms to the system that would “decouple” the choice programs from local property taxes.

Why is college so expensive?

Deer, who died Tuesday at age 88, was an epic figure in the history of her Menominee Indian Tribe, her state of Wisconsin and the United States.

And some Wisconsinites who overcame adversity to achieve it.

Many safeguards are in place for “gain of function” research, and they should be strictly enforced. An outright ban on experiments in one state out of 50 causes more problems than it purports to solve.

While a number of policy problems will be discussed on stage, one issue that’s top of mind for voters – Social Security – should be front and center. 

The trajectory of DeSantis 2024 should remind political observers of another recent Republican presidential bid that at this point in 2015 was about to enter a dramatic plunge into premature defeat well before voters voted: Scott Walker.

Wisconsin native charged as co-conspirator for role in devising fake elector scheme.

Community solar should be as common in Wisconsin as cheese and football.

Taxpayer dollars should be allocated more efficiently so citizens can decide where their funding is going — supporting the institutions of their choice — and avoid paying twice for education services for their children.

Is the state senator’s determination to keep fighting after court loss an attempt to drive a struggling local newspaper out of business?

The AG says releasing the list could jeopardize officers’ safety. Experts call that far-fetched.

It’s a devastating scenario for the GOP. But don’t expect Republican leaders to get real and admit that a Fox News debate without the party’s front-runner, the man who has literally remade the GOP in his own image, is not a debate at all.

Republican presidential candidates cannot rest on having an unpopular incumbent, they must give younger voters affirmative reasons to support them and then chase the votes.

Our nation’s classrooms simply must address why civics matters for the health of our democracy.