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A majority of Wisconsin legislators don’t have to worry about thumbing their noses at what the people clearly favor because their districts are safely configured in their favor.
The Joint Finance Committee removed every single school-based mental health program from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget.
At a time when the job market is begging for graduates with bachelor’s degrees, the opportunity for many Black students to earn a college degree is being squandered.
The hard-right looks pretty weak following passage of the federal debt-limit deal.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly where the left wants.
It’s time for a crackdown on the products the FDA has already deemed a clear threat to young people across the country.
Our Memorial Day comes in the context of the brutal war raging between Russia and Ukraine.
Many wetlands across the country will lose federal protections following a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Our lawmakers can take the lead — for our state and country — by calling for serious policy reform in the Farm Bill.
In this session, the state Legislature must pass a law to change that rule and allow charging stations to charge by the actual amount of energy you get in your battery, not how long it takes.
Three of the absolute worst school districts in Wisconsin are rewarding their abysmal performance by giving themselves massive raises.
As local news outlets in the United States face budget cuts and closures due to declining revenue, it has become increasingly challenging for local journalists to spend money on litigating records disputes. WMTV’s commitment to its watchdog role is a bright light.
Where is the Republican plan — coordinated and supported by Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature — to return the budget surplus?
Baseball Commissioner’s threat looks desperate, team’s lobbying looks inept.
I wish I could say that Wisconsin and Milwaukee would lead the country in telling billionaires to pay for their own baubles. But given the realities of Republican politics in Wisconsin, I just don’t see that happening.
There was a time—long ago, in Wisconsin’s largest city—when likening politics to a sewer was a compliment.
Legislators are leveraging the shared-revenue crisis to dominate and possibly crush the Wisconsin right’s favorite punching bag.
Milwaukee’s made-up MKE Peace Week didn’t quite live up to expectations as 21 people were shot with 3 being killed.
We now are at a inflection point in American history; this requires us to think deeply about how we argue and how our political discourse, whether spoken by the right or left, must be changed to guarantee the survival of this great experiment we call the United States.
Rather than worry that students on UW campuses are being indoctrinated, we instead should listen to them and follow their lead.
A majority of Wisconsin legislators don’t have to worry about thumbing their noses at what the people clearly favor because their districts are safely configured in their favor.
The Joint Finance Committee removed every single school-based mental health program from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget.
At a time when the job market is begging for graduates with bachelor’s degrees, the opportunity for many Black students to earn a college degree is being squandered.
The hard-right looks pretty weak following passage of the federal debt-limit deal.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly where the left wants.
It’s time for a crackdown on the products the FDA has already deemed a clear threat to young people across the country.
Our Memorial Day comes in the context of the brutal war raging between Russia and Ukraine.
Many wetlands across the country will lose federal protections following a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Our lawmakers can take the lead — for our state and country — by calling for serious policy reform in the Farm Bill.
In this session, the state Legislature must pass a law to change that rule and allow charging stations to charge by the actual amount of energy you get in your battery, not how long it takes.
Three of the absolute worst school districts in Wisconsin are rewarding their abysmal performance by giving themselves massive raises.
As local news outlets in the United States face budget cuts and closures due to declining revenue, it has become increasingly challenging for local journalists to spend money on litigating records disputes. WMTV’s commitment to its watchdog role is a bright light.
Where is the Republican plan — coordinated and supported by Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature — to return the budget surplus?
Baseball Commissioner’s threat looks desperate, team’s lobbying looks inept.
I wish I could say that Wisconsin and Milwaukee would lead the country in telling billionaires to pay for their own baubles. But given the realities of Republican politics in Wisconsin, I just don’t see that happening.
There was a time—long ago, in Wisconsin’s largest city—when likening politics to a sewer was a compliment.
Legislators are leveraging the shared-revenue crisis to dominate and possibly crush the Wisconsin right’s favorite punching bag.
Milwaukee’s made-up MKE Peace Week didn’t quite live up to expectations as 21 people were shot with 3 being killed.
We now are at a inflection point in American history; this requires us to think deeply about how we argue and how our political discourse, whether spoken by the right or left, must be changed to guarantee the survival of this great experiment we call the United States.
Rather than worry that students on UW campuses are being indoctrinated, we instead should listen to them and follow their lead.