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Ruiz’s troubled life didn’t have to end like this. His final moments will haunt our city. It’s time for us to finally take action and fund programs in the intervening years before violent tragedy strikes again.
After a steady climb, a dramatic decline of women senators is likely on the horizon.
Students are asked to examine hardship. They are fed stories of oppression and discrimination. They focus on identity and woke progressive values. They elevate the downtrodden as the sole heroes of history.
In the face of these challenges, and under a violent authoritarian regime, it’s easy to see how things can spin out of control. People are angry, desperate, divided. Wikler offers a better vision. We could pull together and recommit to a peaceful, generous and unifying vision.
This says little about where the electorate as a whole is, but quite a bit about where the Democratic Party is right now.
Evers laid a strong foundation. Now Wisconsin has the chance to build on it. Kelda Roys is the leader ready to meet this moment.
Democratic socialism provides very different answers to our budget questions.
Administrative redundancy slows the process of connecting Wisconsinites with assistance and, ultimately, helping them become self-sufficient again. This fragmentation makes it difficult to determine how effective these programs are as a whole.
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has courageously and eloquently tried to block Trump’s increasingly delusional imperialism. Her counterpart, Wisconsin GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, has taken the opposite tack.
Worries about the future of Social Security are spreading like Canadian wildfires now that recipients are facing the hard, cold fact that benefits will have to be cut if changes aren’t made within the next six years.
Recent cyber-attacks on water systems across the U.S. serve to increase the importance of taking action on green issues.
Financial challenges do not excuse MPS leadership from explaining how decisions were made, nor does it excuse the board from asking tough questions and offering amendments to make a better budget.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss which party has a better message on energy costs facing voters in the 2026 midterm election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Another Democrat drops out in Wisconsin.
Barring a political collapse unlike anything we’ve seen this cycle (and we’ve seen a lot), Hong will be the Democratic nominee for governor. That means it’s time to start paying attention to the election Wisconsin is actually about to have.
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong is more than just wrong on economic and political issues; her policies will make us less safe in Wisconsin.
During the mid-1990s, federal welfare reform emphasized employment and achieved substantial reductions in reliance on public assistance and in poverty. Thirty years later, Wisconsin can build on that success by implementing another wave of pro-work safety net reform, this time at the state level.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Gov. Tony Evers are hitting the road in what would be the worst buddy comedy ever. They’re going to try to win over voters with 12 days to the primary.
Milwaukee’s August 2025 flood revealed how climate-era disasters can break the boundary between household hardship and public infrastructure failure.
While we must continue responding with compassion after violence occurs, the time has come to invest just as intentionally in preventing violence before it becomes irreversible.
Ruiz’s troubled life didn’t have to end like this. His final moments will haunt our city. It’s time for us to finally take action and fund programs in the intervening years before violent tragedy strikes again.
After a steady climb, a dramatic decline of women senators is likely on the horizon.
Students are asked to examine hardship. They are fed stories of oppression and discrimination. They focus on identity and woke progressive values. They elevate the downtrodden as the sole heroes of history.
In the face of these challenges, and under a violent authoritarian regime, it’s easy to see how things can spin out of control. People are angry, desperate, divided. Wikler offers a better vision. We could pull together and recommit to a peaceful, generous and unifying vision.
This says little about where the electorate as a whole is, but quite a bit about where the Democratic Party is right now.
Evers laid a strong foundation. Now Wisconsin has the chance to build on it. Kelda Roys is the leader ready to meet this moment.
Democratic socialism provides very different answers to our budget questions.
Administrative redundancy slows the process of connecting Wisconsinites with assistance and, ultimately, helping them become self-sufficient again. This fragmentation makes it difficult to determine how effective these programs are as a whole.
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has courageously and eloquently tried to block Trump’s increasingly delusional imperialism. Her counterpart, Wisconsin GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, has taken the opposite tack.
Worries about the future of Social Security are spreading like Canadian wildfires now that recipients are facing the hard, cold fact that benefits will have to be cut if changes aren’t made within the next six years.
Recent cyber-attacks on water systems across the U.S. serve to increase the importance of taking action on green issues.
Financial challenges do not excuse MPS leadership from explaining how decisions were made, nor does it excuse the board from asking tough questions and offering amendments to make a better budget.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss which party has a better message on energy costs facing voters in the 2026 midterm election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Another Democrat drops out in Wisconsin.
Barring a political collapse unlike anything we’ve seen this cycle (and we’ve seen a lot), Hong will be the Democratic nominee for governor. That means it’s time to start paying attention to the election Wisconsin is actually about to have.
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong is more than just wrong on economic and political issues; her policies will make us less safe in Wisconsin.
During the mid-1990s, federal welfare reform emphasized employment and achieved substantial reductions in reliance on public assistance and in poverty. Thirty years later, Wisconsin can build on that success by implementing another wave of pro-work safety net reform, this time at the state level.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Gov. Tony Evers are hitting the road in what would be the worst buddy comedy ever. They’re going to try to win over voters with 12 days to the primary.
Milwaukee’s August 2025 flood revealed how climate-era disasters can break the boundary between household hardship and public infrastructure failure.
While we must continue responding with compassion after violence occurs, the time has come to invest just as intentionally in preventing violence before it becomes irreversible.
