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Today, we’re honoring Veterans Day and all the brave folks who served our state and country, including the more than 300,000 veterans who call Wisconsin home.
On this day scores of restaurants and other businesses honor vets with everything from free meals to discounts on merchandise to say thanks. So it was more than a bit ironic that a cabal of Wisconsin election deniers headed by state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Republican from Menomonee Falls, and none other than the disgraced former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, attempted to delay the counting of absentee ballots by Wisconsin citizens serving in the military.
As Gov. Tony Evers continues to celebrate his reelection victory on Tuesday, one of his biggest failures looms large this Veterans Day.
Those involved in the green energy movement were relieved by Gov. Tony Evers’ win over his challenger, Republican Tim Michels.
Governor pulled off something no Wisconsin Democrat has accomplished in 60 years.
Journalist Dom Noth analyzes results of Tuesday’s election.
The problematic youth vote, and rewarding sound leadership: Candidates who were viewed as problem-solvers won their elections. Case in point: Every incumbent Republican governor in the nation who ran won their election. And they won big.
Voters not willing to swallow Donald Trump or his trashy candidates.
Given the enormity of the challenges confronting us, we cannot afford to curl up in a ball. We need to talk politics; we need to do politics. We need to be citizens.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides us an opportunity to finally get every house and business access to high-speed internet. Now it’s up to leaders in Washington to make sure we create the correct conditions that allow this law to do what it was meant to do.
Is it too much to ask that firearms be treated in the same, nuanced manner as motorized vehicles? That there be one set of rules for owning and carrying a handgun; another for purchasing a semiautomatic, assault-style rifle; and a third for how much ammo a single clip may hold?
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up recent statewide elections for governor and U.S. Senate, and offer their views on why ticket splitting seems to be a Badger pastime. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
It is Evers, with election to a second term, who should be heralded as the single most consequential protector since La Follette of the enlightened goals of that “Wisconsin Idea.”
Republicans fell victim to a lack of bold vision, sketchy candidates, and polarized incumbency.
The biggest loser in Tuesday’s election was Donald Trump and his style of politics.
This week’s midterm elections were most notable for what didn’t happen.
Becky Kleefisch would have beaten Tony Evers. But she got snowed under in the Republican primary by Tim Michels’ millions and by Trump’s endorsement of Michels.
Beyond the ballot totals, which groups, advocates and trends won or lost?
Mr. Johnson is going back to Washington. But the usual suspects in the mainstream media took their sweet time calling Tuesday’s race for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
The data give a mixed picture of the state’s economy, with stagnant labor force growth.
Today, we’re honoring Veterans Day and all the brave folks who served our state and country, including the more than 300,000 veterans who call Wisconsin home.
On this day scores of restaurants and other businesses honor vets with everything from free meals to discounts on merchandise to say thanks. So it was more than a bit ironic that a cabal of Wisconsin election deniers headed by state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Republican from Menomonee Falls, and none other than the disgraced former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, attempted to delay the counting of absentee ballots by Wisconsin citizens serving in the military.
As Gov. Tony Evers continues to celebrate his reelection victory on Tuesday, one of his biggest failures looms large this Veterans Day.
Those involved in the green energy movement were relieved by Gov. Tony Evers’ win over his challenger, Republican Tim Michels.
Governor pulled off something no Wisconsin Democrat has accomplished in 60 years.
Journalist Dom Noth analyzes results of Tuesday’s election.
The problematic youth vote, and rewarding sound leadership: Candidates who were viewed as problem-solvers won their elections. Case in point: Every incumbent Republican governor in the nation who ran won their election. And they won big.
Voters not willing to swallow Donald Trump or his trashy candidates.
Given the enormity of the challenges confronting us, we cannot afford to curl up in a ball. We need to talk politics; we need to do politics. We need to be citizens.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides us an opportunity to finally get every house and business access to high-speed internet. Now it’s up to leaders in Washington to make sure we create the correct conditions that allow this law to do what it was meant to do.
Is it too much to ask that firearms be treated in the same, nuanced manner as motorized vehicles? That there be one set of rules for owning and carrying a handgun; another for purchasing a semiautomatic, assault-style rifle; and a third for how much ammo a single clip may hold?
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up recent statewide elections for governor and U.S. Senate, and offer their views on why ticket splitting seems to be a Badger pastime. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
It is Evers, with election to a second term, who should be heralded as the single most consequential protector since La Follette of the enlightened goals of that “Wisconsin Idea.”
Republicans fell victim to a lack of bold vision, sketchy candidates, and polarized incumbency.
The biggest loser in Tuesday’s election was Donald Trump and his style of politics.
This week’s midterm elections were most notable for what didn’t happen.
Becky Kleefisch would have beaten Tony Evers. But she got snowed under in the Republican primary by Tim Michels’ millions and by Trump’s endorsement of Michels.
Beyond the ballot totals, which groups, advocates and trends won or lost?
Mr. Johnson is going back to Washington. But the usual suspects in the mainstream media took their sweet time calling Tuesday’s race for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
The data give a mixed picture of the state’s economy, with stagnant labor force growth.