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We can disagree on issues, but anyone who agrees with the guy who brought a firearm to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is evil.
Once upon a time a charming Prince Charles and now the present king, his work is cut out for him as he and Queen Camilla reach across the ocean to try to make things right between us — or at least appear to be all right.
Our nation has seen more than its fair share of policy disputes, strategic missteps, and even bizarre moments of national confusion since Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025. Now, we are facing an alarming moment with the absence of moral leadership at the very top of this White House concerning the Iran war.
The Universities of Wisconsin are far too important to Wisconsin to allow for governance that does not meet the standards articulated above. A functioning Board of Regents is essential for the UW System.
State utility regulators recently moved in the right direction when they rejected a proposal to have ratepayers share the costs of data center power plants.
These companies can afford to pay sales taxes like everybody else.
Evers’ veto of AB 24 sends the wrong message at the wrong time. It signals a retreat from cooperation with federal law enforcement, a disregard for policies aimed at removing dangerous individuals from our communities, and a willingness to tolerate disruptions that ultimately harm Wisconsin families.
On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.
A Day Without Immigrants on Friday May 1 will make a national statement that immigrants and their allies are vital parts of America and our economy. It will build community when that is desperately needed.
Now the liberal-controlled court is being asked by five retired judges to reconsider
Large-scale data center development is moving quickly into rural Wisconsin, and the scale is unlike anything the state has seen.
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.
Two things are immediately obvious. First, it will be American taxpayers who must foot the bill to provide tariff refunds to the U.S. businesses that paid for the tariffs. Second, no one is talking about refunds for American consumers who paid higher prices that were passed along by importers.
What on earth does Benghazi have to do with abortion factory Planned Parenthood? It appears to be the codename for cover-up involving some $90 million in taxpayer-funded Covid-era forgivable loans to a nonprofit organization ineligible to receive the government handout.
Former Democratic state Rep. Jason Fields, now chief strategy officer for the Center for Black Excellence, and longtime Republican activist Tim Higgins of Appleton teamed up to urge Wisconsin citizens to stop swallowing the disinformation being spread about the accuracy of Wisconsin’s elections.
It’s time to renew the spirit of the first Earth Day and call on politicians to protect our air, our water, our land and our very future.
We can disagree on issues, but anyone who agrees with the guy who brought a firearm to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is evil.
Once upon a time a charming Prince Charles and now the present king, his work is cut out for him as he and Queen Camilla reach across the ocean to try to make things right between us — or at least appear to be all right.
Our nation has seen more than its fair share of policy disputes, strategic missteps, and even bizarre moments of national confusion since Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025. Now, we are facing an alarming moment with the absence of moral leadership at the very top of this White House concerning the Iran war.
The Universities of Wisconsin are far too important to Wisconsin to allow for governance that does not meet the standards articulated above. A functioning Board of Regents is essential for the UW System.
State utility regulators recently moved in the right direction when they rejected a proposal to have ratepayers share the costs of data center power plants.
These companies can afford to pay sales taxes like everybody else.
Evers’ veto of AB 24 sends the wrong message at the wrong time. It signals a retreat from cooperation with federal law enforcement, a disregard for policies aimed at removing dangerous individuals from our communities, and a willingness to tolerate disruptions that ultimately harm Wisconsin families.
On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.
A Day Without Immigrants on Friday May 1 will make a national statement that immigrants and their allies are vital parts of America and our economy. It will build community when that is desperately needed.
Now the liberal-controlled court is being asked by five retired judges to reconsider
Large-scale data center development is moving quickly into rural Wisconsin, and the scale is unlike anything the state has seen.
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.
Two things are immediately obvious. First, it will be American taxpayers who must foot the bill to provide tariff refunds to the U.S. businesses that paid for the tariffs. Second, no one is talking about refunds for American consumers who paid higher prices that were passed along by importers.
What on earth does Benghazi have to do with abortion factory Planned Parenthood? It appears to be the codename for cover-up involving some $90 million in taxpayer-funded Covid-era forgivable loans to a nonprofit organization ineligible to receive the government handout.
Former Democratic state Rep. Jason Fields, now chief strategy officer for the Center for Black Excellence, and longtime Republican activist Tim Higgins of Appleton teamed up to urge Wisconsin citizens to stop swallowing the disinformation being spread about the accuracy of Wisconsin’s elections.
It’s time to renew the spirit of the first Earth Day and call on politicians to protect our air, our water, our land and our very future.
