
Heather Smith: The 2022 pink wave
The policies and the people that turned the red wave pink.
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The policies and the people that turned the red wave pink.
La Follette’s defeat of Loudenbeck was a big deal for Wisconsin democracy. It was also a noteworthy historical accomplishment for La Follette, who went into the 2022 election as one of the longest-serving statewide constitutional officers in American history.
No one would argue that the U.S. has an efficient or comprehensible healthcare system, but neutering pharmacy benefit managers would do nothing to improve it while increasing its cost for Badgers and people across the rest of the country.
If we want a return to normalcy, or, at least, if we want to avoid the inevitable slide into further despotism, we must drastically push our government back to the fringes of our lives.
Now that the noise level has been turned down, voters are starting to realize they were sold a bill of goods.
A Green Bay school welcomes immigrants, thanks to bedrock principles underlying our American constitution.
On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi told her colleagues she would be stepping down from the leadership of the House come January.
Tensions between Beijing and Washington have been steadily rising over a range of issues, from human rights to economic and military conflicts.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss whether the relationship between Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature will change as divided government continues in Wisconsin following the Nov. 8 election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
For the passionate progressive voters who saturate Madison and the rest of Dane County, the recent good news has come in waves.
A study released earlier this month found Wisconsin could see billions in economic growth and save lives with a clean energy economy.
We have so much more to do. And I will never stop working for Wisconsin to have everything we deserve.
Fresh off a mixed bag of results from the Nov. 8 election, we recommit to the next set of elections and candidates. We can expect a very bumpy ride here in Wisconsin and across the nation as races are still being sorted out.
Those workers are our neighbors and co-workers who volunteer to put in a grueling day of helping their fellow citizens to exercise their sacred right to vote and then counting and sorting all those ballots, all the while ensuring that the process is honest and fair.
Liberals never stop. They are always looking for ways to undo the legitimate actions of conservatives.
The parallels to the 2022 midterms are striking.
We need reasonable guardrails against those who seek to rig the system for their own benefit, and that’s why the Supreme Court must reject independent state legislature theory once and for all.
Darrell Brooks Jr. is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. But the people he hurt and killed in the Waukesha Christmas Parade Massacre would very likely be here unharmed today had it not been for Milwaukee County’s revolving door criminal justice system led by “progressive” justice jurists like Mary Triggiano.
As the 2023-24 legislative session approaches, we must continue to advocate for sustained, meaningful investments in public education.
But seriously, folks, Twitter is a seriously important platform.
The policies and the people that turned the red wave pink.
La Follette’s defeat of Loudenbeck was a big deal for Wisconsin democracy. It was also a noteworthy historical accomplishment for La Follette, who went into the 2022 election as one of the longest-serving statewide constitutional officers in American history.
No one would argue that the U.S. has an efficient or comprehensible healthcare system, but neutering pharmacy benefit managers would do nothing to improve it while increasing its cost for Badgers and people across the rest of the country.
If we want a return to normalcy, or, at least, if we want to avoid the inevitable slide into further despotism, we must drastically push our government back to the fringes of our lives.
Now that the noise level has been turned down, voters are starting to realize they were sold a bill of goods.
A Green Bay school welcomes immigrants, thanks to bedrock principles underlying our American constitution.
On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi told her colleagues she would be stepping down from the leadership of the House come January.
Tensions between Beijing and Washington have been steadily rising over a range of issues, from human rights to economic and military conflicts.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss whether the relationship between Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature will change as divided government continues in Wisconsin following the Nov. 8 election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
For the passionate progressive voters who saturate Madison and the rest of Dane County, the recent good news has come in waves.
A study released earlier this month found Wisconsin could see billions in economic growth and save lives with a clean energy economy.
We have so much more to do. And I will never stop working for Wisconsin to have everything we deserve.
Fresh off a mixed bag of results from the Nov. 8 election, we recommit to the next set of elections and candidates. We can expect a very bumpy ride here in Wisconsin and across the nation as races are still being sorted out.
Those workers are our neighbors and co-workers who volunteer to put in a grueling day of helping their fellow citizens to exercise their sacred right to vote and then counting and sorting all those ballots, all the while ensuring that the process is honest and fair.
Liberals never stop. They are always looking for ways to undo the legitimate actions of conservatives.
The parallels to the 2022 midterms are striking.
We need reasonable guardrails against those who seek to rig the system for their own benefit, and that’s why the Supreme Court must reject independent state legislature theory once and for all.
Darrell Brooks Jr. is going to spend the rest of his life in prison. But the people he hurt and killed in the Waukesha Christmas Parade Massacre would very likely be here unharmed today had it not been for Milwaukee County’s revolving door criminal justice system led by “progressive” justice jurists like Mary Triggiano.
As the 2023-24 legislative session approaches, we must continue to advocate for sustained, meaningful investments in public education.
But seriously, folks, Twitter is a seriously important platform.