ering is designing the boundaries of districts to favor one party.  A tonymender is the construction of districts so that neither party is implicitly favored. Just as Elbridge Gerry is forever remembered as the father of redistricting shenanigans, this word is coined to honor any effort like that of Governor Evers to create a districting map that seeks to be fair to both parties.

Republicans in Wisconsin and nationwide have been trying to pass laws that interfere and obstruct people’s ability to make their own reproductive health care decisions — and in 2024, they’re still trying.

The logic behind professional management of local governments is sound. Municipalities are complex organizations, and effectively managing their staffing and finances requires a unique skillset, as well as insulation from partisan politics. Yet the idea of professional management of municipalities is often misunderstood.

Perhaps retiring Gallagher could provide one last official service to his country: lead House Republicans to support military aid for Ukraine and Israel.

While his congressional brethren were seeking impeachments of President Biden or the head of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas or grasping to hold onto every conspiracy theory, Gallager effectively used his time in Congress to dig into some weighty issues of our time.

The quiet part was said out loud. In an official document, written by a government watchdog.

Biden is a good man who has done a good job, but he’s just too old and frail for the rigors of being president going forward.

This Black History Month, I would like to celebrate five prominent Black women who paved the way in the field of politics.

Reliable energy infrastructure is important for Wisconsin businesses, and that’s why the Wisconsin Economic Development Association and economic development organizations and local chambers of commerce across the state support the Right of First Refusal legislation.

One thing is certain, those who have been the architects of tilting the political playing field to suit their own interests are finding it isn’t much fun when suddenly you don’t hold all the cards.

Democrat’s ability to court rural vote wins grudging respect — and fear.

The new chair of the Republican National Committee must be bold. Now is not the time to maintain the status quo.

Plus: “Begrudging Biden Voters,” Nikki Haley’s chances, and more in our breakdown of the new Marquette University Law School Poll.

The Senate brought forth a bi-partisan border bill that was welcomed by the Border Patrol union. Without reading the bill, House Speaker Johnson, announced the bill was dead on arrival.

Of all the issues that were being attempted to be hashed out and placed into a border bill, the most vulnerable were tossed under the political bus as Republicans simply refused to entertain the need for basic humanity.

The role African Americans played and continue to play in the history of the United States has all too often been ignored, and in many cases has been completely distorted and dismissed.

Making our culture about our politics divides America, and misses what a song can do for a kid from rural Wisconsin.

In recent years, the trend has been to restrict or eliminate such comments. The latest move in our region came on Feb. 1, when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the state’s biggest newspaper, announced it would stop allowing reader comments to be appended to any of its stories.

The youth of our country are our future. It is good to know there are patriots who are active with the Young Republicans in shaping the future of our state and Nation.