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The next Reagan? Not anyone we can see on the horizon.

Should an attorney have to be a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin to practice law in the Badger State? That’s the driving question behind a First Amendment lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Analytics are used in sports, banking, social media, entertainment, health care, education, business and government. Why not include analytics as a tool for judges in their decision making and, just as important, as a way for others to advocate for fairness in sentencing decisions?

In a video of the protest in Shanghai, verified by the Associated Press, chants against Xi, the most powerful leader since at least the 1980s, can be heard without equivocation. “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!”

What is Wisconsin waiting for?

Trump’s hatred of cities might help explain how metro area residents voted in November.

Hopefully, this latest spurt of publicity and the self-aggrandizing book he’s written won’t get him anywhere near the presidential nomination in 2024.

The problem, former Democrat Jonathan Barry notes, is that “Democrats are increasingly concentrated in Madison and Milwaukee, while, at the same time, unable to carry much of more rural Wisconsin because of their perceived ‘extreme’ policies.

That next most consequential election of our lifetimes (well, at least here in Wisconsin) will be the race for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The dirty little secret why Republicans won’t eliminate the state income tax: they’re big spenders.

Two days before Thanksgiving, Milwaukee had recorded its 195th homicide of 2022, according to police. The violence-plagued city had posted another homicide record for the third straight year.

Gov. Evers and two-thirds of voters support it. How long will legislators resist?

Thanksgiving is a great time to think about the things we are thankful for this year. Now, more than ever, I am thankful to live in the United States. I am proud to be an American.

As a society, we can become so enveloped in our personal wants and desires that we don’t take the time to stop and give thanks for all of the things we already have.

FDR used his Thanksgiving Proclamations to speak not just of bountiful harvests and prayers of gratitude but moral certainties that were at odds with unrestricted capitalism.

As I sit down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, I will not only be thankful to enjoy the day with family and friends, I will also appreciate the people who grew that food, who raised those animals and for the animals who gave their lives so I can sustain mine.

Though partisan differences may divide in Madison, through it all, there is much to be thankful for this holiday season.

This Thanksgiving holiday, I am asking everyone to truly take stock of their blessings.

On this Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve got three things to be thankful for, as far as the pro-democracy prospects go here in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin hit another deadly record in 2021, with more than 1,400 people dying of opioid overdoses.

The next Reagan? Not anyone we can see on the horizon.

Should an attorney have to be a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin to practice law in the Badger State? That’s the driving question behind a First Amendment lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Analytics are used in sports, banking, social media, entertainment, health care, education, business and government. Why not include analytics as a tool for judges in their decision making and, just as important, as a way for others to advocate for fairness in sentencing decisions?

In a video of the protest in Shanghai, verified by the Associated Press, chants against Xi, the most powerful leader since at least the 1980s, can be heard without equivocation. “Xi Jinping! Step down! CCP! Step down!”

What is Wisconsin waiting for?

Trump’s hatred of cities might help explain how metro area residents voted in November.

Hopefully, this latest spurt of publicity and the self-aggrandizing book he’s written won’t get him anywhere near the presidential nomination in 2024.

The problem, former Democrat Jonathan Barry notes, is that “Democrats are increasingly concentrated in Madison and Milwaukee, while, at the same time, unable to carry much of more rural Wisconsin because of their perceived ‘extreme’ policies.

That next most consequential election of our lifetimes (well, at least here in Wisconsin) will be the race for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The dirty little secret why Republicans won’t eliminate the state income tax: they’re big spenders.

Two days before Thanksgiving, Milwaukee had recorded its 195th homicide of 2022, according to police. The violence-plagued city had posted another homicide record for the third straight year.

Gov. Evers and two-thirds of voters support it. How long will legislators resist?

Thanksgiving is a great time to think about the things we are thankful for this year. Now, more than ever, I am thankful to live in the United States. I am proud to be an American.

As a society, we can become so enveloped in our personal wants and desires that we don’t take the time to stop and give thanks for all of the things we already have.

FDR used his Thanksgiving Proclamations to speak not just of bountiful harvests and prayers of gratitude but moral certainties that were at odds with unrestricted capitalism.

As I sit down to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, I will not only be thankful to enjoy the day with family and friends, I will also appreciate the people who grew that food, who raised those animals and for the animals who gave their lives so I can sustain mine.

Though partisan differences may divide in Madison, through it all, there is much to be thankful for this holiday season.

This Thanksgiving holiday, I am asking everyone to truly take stock of their blessings.

On this Thanksgiving weekend, I’ve got three things to be thankful for, as far as the pro-democracy prospects go here in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin hit another deadly record in 2021, with more than 1,400 people dying of opioid overdoses.