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Becky Kleefisch would have beaten Tony Evers. But she got snowed under in the Republican primary by Tim Michels’ millions and by Trump’s endorsement of Michels.
Beyond the ballot totals, which groups, advocates and trends won or lost?
Mr. Johnson is going back to Washington. But the usual suspects in the mainstream media took their sweet time calling Tuesday’s race for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
The data give a mixed picture of the state’s economy, with stagnant labor force growth.
Until federal leaders take action to speed access to utility poles, 100% connectivity will remain out of reach.
The so-called red wave turned into an election night struggle for Republicans, with Gov. Tony Evers winning a second term and the GOP-led Legislature’s hopes for a veto-proof supermajority apparently coming up short.
While the bombast and high volume of television advertisements cease, there is now the realization with seven weeks left in this congressional session some more work needs to be completed.
I volunteered to be a poll worker. Little did I know how things had changed.
Last month’s financial reports published by the big oil conglomerates spoke volumes.
Oligarchy is an American phenomenon, and it’s expanding at an exponential rate, while income inequality is surging.
Republicans’ short-term success in rural areas—like Wisconsin farm country, where I’m from—can distract from the need for a long-term rural policy agenda that can outlast the appeal of Trump, or any one personality.
Republican attack ads have been vicious this year — especially the ads that portray Barnes, the first Black Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, as “dangerous” and “different.”
Of all the sleazy tricks pulled this election season one of the sleaziest appears to be an effort by a phony “patriot” group to get Wisconsin conservatives to vote for a former independent candidate for governor who backs Republican Tim Michels.
Cieslewicz writes about bellwether races to watch as results come in.
When we awake on November 9th, the real work begins.
A large body of research makes clear that reducing state-level income tax rates — yes, including for those at the top — is an effective way to boost pre-tax incomes across the board because of the more robust economic activity that takes place in the wake of such reforms.
Controversy surrounding Hillsdale charter schools led the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University in Wisconsin to threaten to sever ties last month with Lake Country Classical Academy — Wisconsin’s first Hillsdale-affiliated charter school.
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, after considerable conflict, gives the colorful capitalist an opportunity to change the notoriously dictatorial social media giant.
Refusing to accept election results and to work with the political opposition are dangerous precedents that pose an existential risk to our democracy and to the Wisconsin Idea both at home and throughout the nation.
Because it really matters.
Becky Kleefisch would have beaten Tony Evers. But she got snowed under in the Republican primary by Tim Michels’ millions and by Trump’s endorsement of Michels.
Beyond the ballot totals, which groups, advocates and trends won or lost?
Mr. Johnson is going back to Washington. But the usual suspects in the mainstream media took their sweet time calling Tuesday’s race for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
The data give a mixed picture of the state’s economy, with stagnant labor force growth.
Until federal leaders take action to speed access to utility poles, 100% connectivity will remain out of reach.
The so-called red wave turned into an election night struggle for Republicans, with Gov. Tony Evers winning a second term and the GOP-led Legislature’s hopes for a veto-proof supermajority apparently coming up short.
While the bombast and high volume of television advertisements cease, there is now the realization with seven weeks left in this congressional session some more work needs to be completed.
I volunteered to be a poll worker. Little did I know how things had changed.
Last month’s financial reports published by the big oil conglomerates spoke volumes.
Oligarchy is an American phenomenon, and it’s expanding at an exponential rate, while income inequality is surging.
Republicans’ short-term success in rural areas—like Wisconsin farm country, where I’m from—can distract from the need for a long-term rural policy agenda that can outlast the appeal of Trump, or any one personality.
Republican attack ads have been vicious this year — especially the ads that portray Barnes, the first Black Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, as “dangerous” and “different.”
Of all the sleazy tricks pulled this election season one of the sleaziest appears to be an effort by a phony “patriot” group to get Wisconsin conservatives to vote for a former independent candidate for governor who backs Republican Tim Michels.
Cieslewicz writes about bellwether races to watch as results come in.
When we awake on November 9th, the real work begins.
A large body of research makes clear that reducing state-level income tax rates — yes, including for those at the top — is an effective way to boost pre-tax incomes across the board because of the more robust economic activity that takes place in the wake of such reforms.
Controversy surrounding Hillsdale charter schools led the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University in Wisconsin to threaten to sever ties last month with Lake Country Classical Academy — Wisconsin’s first Hillsdale-affiliated charter school.
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, after considerable conflict, gives the colorful capitalist an opportunity to change the notoriously dictatorial social media giant.
Refusing to accept election results and to work with the political opposition are dangerous precedents that pose an existential risk to our democracy and to the Wisconsin Idea both at home and throughout the nation.
Because it really matters.
