Wisconsin’s budget surplus presents risks and opportunities.

Not only have four giant meatpacking conglomerates locked up 85% of beef sales in this country, they also have a chokehold on the farmers who produce everything from beef to chicken.

The holiday season can be particularly difficult for individuals who suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts.

If Alfred Anderson and the British and German soldiers of World War I could halt one of the most horrific conflicts of the 20th century, then surely the Russian and Ukrainian soldiers of our time could halt one of the most horrific wars of the 21st century.

Here’s my list of local folks who I think had the biggest impact on our community and state this year.

Gov. Tony Evers launched his liberal wish list road trip last week, his biennial listening session he’s calling the “Doing the Right Thing” tour.

Assembly Speaker’s comments blasting Milwaukee worries Mayor Johnson.

Much closer to reality is industrial imaging testing with neutrons, which SHINE conducts, as well as production of medical isotopes using small-scale fusion reactions.

Big business campaign contributions, including millions of dollars from the ultra-conservative Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, helped transform the state Supreme Court.

Even as billionaires have dominated the headlines, the pope has spoken of the “new tyranny” of unfettered capitalism and the threat to humanity posed by “an unjust international system in which ‘King Money’ is at the center.”

One of the greatest signs of humility was shown to me — over and over again — by the families of our fallen service members.

This advancement, while good, has also brought an array of legal challenges.

Technological advancements will no doubt help to address climate change, but they will be far less effective without a societal change in how much we consume.

Democrats ending our neighboring state’s key role in helping pick presidents.

Baldwin has authored a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to fund a $350 million annual grant program to pay for travel expenses for women who have to travel to get an abortion. It is a bill that is as offensive as it is unserious.

Fresh off championing the newly signed into law Respect for Marriage Act — a bill that protects the freedom to marry whom we love — Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s introduction of the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act could not have come at a more critical time in the fight for another freedom: abortion rights.

Solutions to the gun violence problem lie not in further regulation of the firearms themselves, but in how society raises young men, the primary source of these acts.

I darn near let out a cheer when I read Jeet Heer’s column in the Nation magazine last week that declared that Donald Trump wasn’t the only loser in Georgia’s run-off election for U.S. senator. An even bigger loser was that wild and crazy man from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham.