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Voters used to be quite picky about candidates, particularly about their morals. To be accused of marriage infidelity or domestic violence, for instance, was the kiss of death.
When the Legislature listened to families and passed legislation to give parents more rights, more options, and more say in education, Evers turned them away.
We cannot improve the climate crisis — or live healthy, prosperous lives — without bold climate action from our representatives at every level of government. But that takes your voice.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, react to the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision approving GOP-drawn legislative districts for the next decade. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie sees similarities between Madison and Charlottesville, Virginia, where he graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009 and now lives.
Founded by Wisconsin senator, it was always about more than the environment. It still is.
Kittle dicusses Gov. Tony Evers’ clean energy plan with Scott Manley, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s senior vice president for government affairs.
Democrats and Republicans came together last year to pass the historic bipartisan infrastructure law, which includes over $10B to help localities identify and address PFAS contamination.
More than 6,000 acres — 10 square miles — of prime Wisconsin farmland used to feed us all could be converted into seas of solar panels in the name of environmental justice, and other similar projects are planned in the area, across the state and nation.
Wisconsin’s racial disparities in assessment data are egregious, not to mention unconscionable. In disparities by race, we are the worst state in the nation.
Freeing Europe from being a hostage to Russian gas supply is essential — part of the new Cold War strategy of containment.
If Western democracies give Zelensky and his smart, hard-as-nails defenders enough support, that could be the tip of a mighty spear that convinces autocratic leaders who want to stay in power that the use of military force is a loser.
New study links huge decline in corporate income taxes paid in states like Wisconsin to less government services.
When Sen. Ron Johnson voted against the American Rescue Plan last March, he voted against expansions to the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Both are important to the success of my restaurant and small businesses across this state.
Less than four months before the gubernatorial primary, a growing number of influential figures in state Republican circles have been floating the idea that neither of the two major candidates, Rebecca Kleefisch and Kevin Nicholson, stand a chance against Governor Evers this fall.
Gerrymandering, elections and the battle ahead.
DWD still is lagging far behind in paying claims — despite record-low unemployment.
For the past three decades, Wisconsin has ranked as the worst in the nation for Black maternal and child health outcomes.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, extreme partisan gerrymandering means the current Republican leadership knows that their party will almost inevitably retain control regardless of the will of the voters.
Its decision approves gerrymandered maps even worse than those of last decade.
Voters used to be quite picky about candidates, particularly about their morals. To be accused of marriage infidelity or domestic violence, for instance, was the kiss of death.
When the Legislature listened to families and passed legislation to give parents more rights, more options, and more say in education, Evers turned them away.
We cannot improve the climate crisis — or live healthy, prosperous lives — without bold climate action from our representatives at every level of government. But that takes your voice.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, react to the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision approving GOP-drawn legislative districts for the next decade. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie sees similarities between Madison and Charlottesville, Virginia, where he graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009 and now lives.
Founded by Wisconsin senator, it was always about more than the environment. It still is.
Kittle dicusses Gov. Tony Evers’ clean energy plan with Scott Manley, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s senior vice president for government affairs.
Democrats and Republicans came together last year to pass the historic bipartisan infrastructure law, which includes over $10B to help localities identify and address PFAS contamination.
More than 6,000 acres — 10 square miles — of prime Wisconsin farmland used to feed us all could be converted into seas of solar panels in the name of environmental justice, and other similar projects are planned in the area, across the state and nation.
Wisconsin’s racial disparities in assessment data are egregious, not to mention unconscionable. In disparities by race, we are the worst state in the nation.
Freeing Europe from being a hostage to Russian gas supply is essential — part of the new Cold War strategy of containment.
If Western democracies give Zelensky and his smart, hard-as-nails defenders enough support, that could be the tip of a mighty spear that convinces autocratic leaders who want to stay in power that the use of military force is a loser.
New study links huge decline in corporate income taxes paid in states like Wisconsin to less government services.
When Sen. Ron Johnson voted against the American Rescue Plan last March, he voted against expansions to the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Both are important to the success of my restaurant and small businesses across this state.
Less than four months before the gubernatorial primary, a growing number of influential figures in state Republican circles have been floating the idea that neither of the two major candidates, Rebecca Kleefisch and Kevin Nicholson, stand a chance against Governor Evers this fall.
Gerrymandering, elections and the battle ahead.
DWD still is lagging far behind in paying claims — despite record-low unemployment.
For the past three decades, Wisconsin has ranked as the worst in the nation for Black maternal and child health outcomes.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, extreme partisan gerrymandering means the current Republican leadership knows that their party will almost inevitably retain control regardless of the will of the voters.
Its decision approves gerrymandered maps even worse than those of last decade.
