
Chris Kapenga: Milwaukee must learn from its own bad decisions the hard way
If we step in and “save the day,” there will be no consequences for the poor policies which led to the current situation.
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If we step in and “save the day,” there will be no consequences for the poor policies which led to the current situation.

What’s needed most is a revival of politics as it should be: people building real power together, engaging with each other in the work of moving policy in a direction they care about and getting what they want for their community.

Got to get voters where they live before they will go your way. Purists lose elections.

While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.

The corporations that produce the wares of war have been among the country’s most notorious grifters practically since the founding of the republic.

Memorial Day has an unfortunate time relation with another major event affecting veterans — the deadlock on raising the nation’s debt ceiling.

Intellectual and viewpoint diversity must be on an equal plane with all other types of diversity our university system promotes.

The problem of undiversified, inequitable and exclusionary policies.

This year, instead of threats and insults, Evers and Republican legislative leaders have actually reached tentative agreements on three major pieces of the 2023-25 state budget.

Will Wisconsin GOP U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Bryan Steil, members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, step-up? They would be saving the nation, including Wisconsin, from total disaster, if Congress does not approve the Biden-McCarthy deal by June 5.

I was proud to help pass the HALT Fentanyl Act through the House.

If state values teachers, give them a raise in next budget.

We do well on Memorial Day to remember that the struggle for liberty and justice was not settled by the break with British colonialism. It extends to this day.

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood believes a high-speed rail network can do for the country what the Interstate did to the backbone of our transportation system in the 1950s.

What we need above all is the sort of sensible realism women and men who served bring to policy.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature is ready to legalize medical marijuana. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Christiane Amanpour has recently become an even brighter journalistic star, and it has nothing to do with her day job as chief foreign correspondent for CNN.

Take time this Memorial Day to remember those fallen soldiers who have made your freedom possible today.

With our rich history, abundant resources and industrious people, Wisconsin should look boldly to a future where families can prosper, industries can confidently invest and the nation can find answers to our toughest problems.

President Biden’s America is filled with chaos. Despite what the media may be telling us, people see the daily disarray caused by the president’s policies — and it’s time we call them out.

If we step in and “save the day,” there will be no consequences for the poor policies which led to the current situation.

What’s needed most is a revival of politics as it should be: people building real power together, engaging with each other in the work of moving policy in a direction they care about and getting what they want for their community.

Got to get voters where they live before they will go your way. Purists lose elections.

While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.

The corporations that produce the wares of war have been among the country’s most notorious grifters practically since the founding of the republic.

Memorial Day has an unfortunate time relation with another major event affecting veterans — the deadlock on raising the nation’s debt ceiling.

Intellectual and viewpoint diversity must be on an equal plane with all other types of diversity our university system promotes.

The problem of undiversified, inequitable and exclusionary policies.

This year, instead of threats and insults, Evers and Republican legislative leaders have actually reached tentative agreements on three major pieces of the 2023-25 state budget.

Will Wisconsin GOP U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Bryan Steil, members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, step-up? They would be saving the nation, including Wisconsin, from total disaster, if Congress does not approve the Biden-McCarthy deal by June 5.

I was proud to help pass the HALT Fentanyl Act through the House.

If state values teachers, give them a raise in next budget.

We do well on Memorial Day to remember that the struggle for liberty and justice was not settled by the break with British colonialism. It extends to this day.

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood believes a high-speed rail network can do for the country what the Interstate did to the backbone of our transportation system in the 1950s.

What we need above all is the sort of sensible realism women and men who served bring to policy.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature is ready to legalize medical marijuana. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Christiane Amanpour has recently become an even brighter journalistic star, and it has nothing to do with her day job as chief foreign correspondent for CNN.

Take time this Memorial Day to remember those fallen soldiers who have made your freedom possible today.

With our rich history, abundant resources and industrious people, Wisconsin should look boldly to a future where families can prosper, industries can confidently invest and the nation can find answers to our toughest problems.

President Biden’s America is filled with chaos. Despite what the media may be telling us, people see the daily disarray caused by the president’s policies — and it’s time we call them out.