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Rejecting the empty rhetoric and even emptier caution that characterizes most campaigns, Hong is focusing in on the debates about data centers and artificial intelligence that will define Wisconsin’s future.
We are out here — on the ice, in the snow, at the top of the podium — because excellence doesn’t wait for an invitation. It shows up anyway.
If we want stronger local journalism anywhere, we should stop talking about trust as a mood and start treating it as a practice.
When members of the Wisconsin Legislature, myself included, chose to leave the state to stand against an attack on workers’ rights, Rev. Jackson was there. He didn’t just lend his voice, he lent his heart and resources.
Now is a dark time in environmental history. Fortunately, the earth will survive, with or without humans.
Measured by their dedication to mutual aid, and their refusal to let fear dictate daily life, the people of Ukraine have already demonstrated a strength that no missile can extinguish.
Data centers are not a bogeyman. They are part of the foundation for today’s economy and a more prosperous future. Data centers are infrastructure. Just like grain elevators. Just like paper mills.
How would the current congressional map, constructed to meet the now discredited “least-change” constraint, fare if it were thoroughly inspected for partisan bias as in the Grofman & Cervas report?
In a building defined by turnover, Bob Lang has been the closest thing Wisconsin government has to a permanent fixture.
Rural health care is dangerously near a breaking point.
What if the biggest barrier to fixing health care isn’t the system itself but the friction within it?
The American dream is being stolen by those at the top of the economic ladder, not those beneath us.
We are asking to be trusted, respected, and included. We are asking for policies that reflect the reality of our work and the value of our students.
Republican or Democrat, it is essential our leaders tell the truth about our elections. Wisconsin voters deserve confidence in the system and Wisconsin deserves the right to run its own elections, as we always have.
This legislation, driven by the same architects behind Project 2025, represents a dangerous step backward for our society, and it must never be allowed to take root in our legal system.
Resisting Europe’s censorship, plus a sensible approach in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at federal immigration enforcement actions in other states and consider whether Wisconsin is next. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
More than ever, Wisconsinites need a strong state Supreme Court to protect their fundamental rights and freedoms, to hold the other branches of government accountable when they overreach, and to make sure the rule of law applies to everyone, no matter how powerful or privileged.
Complex system insulates districts that agree to raise taxes the fastest
Senate throws a wrench into Assembly plan for sustaining nonprofit that covers Legislature’s doings
Rejecting the empty rhetoric and even emptier caution that characterizes most campaigns, Hong is focusing in on the debates about data centers and artificial intelligence that will define Wisconsin’s future.
We are out here — on the ice, in the snow, at the top of the podium — because excellence doesn’t wait for an invitation. It shows up anyway.
If we want stronger local journalism anywhere, we should stop talking about trust as a mood and start treating it as a practice.
When members of the Wisconsin Legislature, myself included, chose to leave the state to stand against an attack on workers’ rights, Rev. Jackson was there. He didn’t just lend his voice, he lent his heart and resources.
Now is a dark time in environmental history. Fortunately, the earth will survive, with or without humans.
Measured by their dedication to mutual aid, and their refusal to let fear dictate daily life, the people of Ukraine have already demonstrated a strength that no missile can extinguish.
Data centers are not a bogeyman. They are part of the foundation for today’s economy and a more prosperous future. Data centers are infrastructure. Just like grain elevators. Just like paper mills.
How would the current congressional map, constructed to meet the now discredited “least-change” constraint, fare if it were thoroughly inspected for partisan bias as in the Grofman & Cervas report?
In a building defined by turnover, Bob Lang has been the closest thing Wisconsin government has to a permanent fixture.
Rural health care is dangerously near a breaking point.
What if the biggest barrier to fixing health care isn’t the system itself but the friction within it?
The American dream is being stolen by those at the top of the economic ladder, not those beneath us.
We are asking to be trusted, respected, and included. We are asking for policies that reflect the reality of our work and the value of our students.
Republican or Democrat, it is essential our leaders tell the truth about our elections. Wisconsin voters deserve confidence in the system and Wisconsin deserves the right to run its own elections, as we always have.
This legislation, driven by the same architects behind Project 2025, represents a dangerous step backward for our society, and it must never be allowed to take root in our legal system.
Resisting Europe’s censorship, plus a sensible approach in Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at federal immigration enforcement actions in other states and consider whether Wisconsin is next. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
More than ever, Wisconsinites need a strong state Supreme Court to protect their fundamental rights and freedoms, to hold the other branches of government accountable when they overreach, and to make sure the rule of law applies to everyone, no matter how powerful or privileged.
Complex system insulates districts that agree to raise taxes the fastest
Senate throws a wrench into Assembly plan for sustaining nonprofit that covers Legislature’s doings
