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The voting system would also solve the third party problem in the American political system.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and city officials can’t seem to keep their stories straight on a get-out-the-vote campaign that one lawmaker says looks like “Zuckerbucks 2.0.”

It’s our imperative to vote: Even at the highest turnout rate, it’s astounding just how many people leave their vote and voice at home on Election Day.

I implore the Wisconsin Controlled Substances Board to re-evaluate based on the findings of recent kratom research so they can truly help people who are still struggling like I was.

Anti-obesity medications are effective, approved and recommended tools to treat chronic obesity. However, they are not covered under Medicare Part D, which restricts patient access to effective obesity treatments.

As a small business owner, I believe it’s crucial that we have a strong leader fighting for us at the state Capitol. That’s why I’m proud to support Gov. Tony Evers for reelection.

Democrats take great pains to describe what their policies are and go to even greater lengths to explain how they work, but rarely if ever bother to say why they’re doing it all in the first place.

The Department of Natural Resources wants to come after your piers.

Madison Ald. Gary Halverson resigned last night. He probably made the right decision for his family, but the whole awful episode says worse things about the hard-left than it does about Halverson.

This recent circular firing squad on Wisconsin elections, State Elections Boards and election officials must stop! These attacks undermine the fundamental values of our democracy and weaken confidence in the integrity of our elections.

Less than two years after the five most heavily Democratic cities in Wisconsin accepted millions of dollars in grant money from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to facilitate a takeover of election administration by liberal partisans, one of those cities is back at it.

On Tuesday, when Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban, Johnson was similarly cagey. He wouldn’t say whether he would support the bill, instead declaring that abortion should be decided by “we the people” in each of the 50 states.

As the pandemic struck in March 2020, the Evers administration issued a statewide stay-at-home order that closed schools, public places and so-called “non-essential” businesses.

Domestic violence & the judicial silencing of women.

Illinois experiment is risky, but Wisconsin is also struggling.

Study finds it’s down 65% in Wisconsin and 59% nationally since 1993, driven by government aid.

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We have learned the hard way that directly confronting an extremist on either side of the political spectrum only serves to harden positions.

Our political system was born of great compromise. The nation must grow by casting off old and new systems designed to support minority control.

It feels like the deck is stacked against us. But we don’t want handouts, we just want a fair shot.

The voting system would also solve the third party problem in the American political system.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and city officials can’t seem to keep their stories straight on a get-out-the-vote campaign that one lawmaker says looks like “Zuckerbucks 2.0.”

It’s our imperative to vote: Even at the highest turnout rate, it’s astounding just how many people leave their vote and voice at home on Election Day.

I implore the Wisconsin Controlled Substances Board to re-evaluate based on the findings of recent kratom research so they can truly help people who are still struggling like I was.

Anti-obesity medications are effective, approved and recommended tools to treat chronic obesity. However, they are not covered under Medicare Part D, which restricts patient access to effective obesity treatments.

As a small business owner, I believe it’s crucial that we have a strong leader fighting for us at the state Capitol. That’s why I’m proud to support Gov. Tony Evers for reelection.

Democrats take great pains to describe what their policies are and go to even greater lengths to explain how they work, but rarely if ever bother to say why they’re doing it all in the first place.

The Department of Natural Resources wants to come after your piers.

Madison Ald. Gary Halverson resigned last night. He probably made the right decision for his family, but the whole awful episode says worse things about the hard-left than it does about Halverson.

This recent circular firing squad on Wisconsin elections, State Elections Boards and election officials must stop! These attacks undermine the fundamental values of our democracy and weaken confidence in the integrity of our elections.

Less than two years after the five most heavily Democratic cities in Wisconsin accepted millions of dollars in grant money from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to facilitate a takeover of election administration by liberal partisans, one of those cities is back at it.

On Tuesday, when Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban, Johnson was similarly cagey. He wouldn’t say whether he would support the bill, instead declaring that abortion should be decided by “we the people” in each of the 50 states.

As the pandemic struck in March 2020, the Evers administration issued a statewide stay-at-home order that closed schools, public places and so-called “non-essential” businesses.

Domestic violence & the judicial silencing of women.

Illinois experiment is risky, but Wisconsin is also struggling.

Study finds it’s down 65% in Wisconsin and 59% nationally since 1993, driven by government aid.

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We have learned the hard way that directly confronting an extremist on either side of the political spectrum only serves to harden positions.

Our political system was born of great compromise. The nation must grow by casting off old and new systems designed to support minority control.

It feels like the deck is stacked against us. But we don’t want handouts, we just want a fair shot.