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Ruth Conniff: ‘We saw this day coming’
Midwives prepare to protect abortion access in Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: The brilliance of the Dobbs decision
There is no right to an abortion in the Constitution, either in the text or implicit in any other rights that it confers.

Dave Cieslewicz: Safe, legal & rare
For the third time in six years Democrats and liberals are being given an opportunity to turn tragedy into progress. Will they blow it again?

Spencer Black: Next year’s Supreme Court race will decide the future of democracy
The Supreme Court decision could give Republicans a veto-proof majority even if the Republicans win only a modest victory.

Tip McGuire: Worker misclassification costly for workers, taxpayers
This unfair practice has wide-reaching impacts on taxpayers, the construction industry, and the workers themselves.

Jeremiah Mosteller: Courts clogged
Pandemic made the problem of delayed justice worse in Wisconsin.

M.D. Kittle: DNR strong-arms small pet shops in ‘Operation Crusty Crab’
Operation Crusty Crab began in 2019 when the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a citizen complaint of red swamp crayfish for sale at a Milwaukee pet store.

Bruce Thompson: How many support Gableman probe?
And what percent in state are confident of election results?

Reggie Jackson: Why hate is alive and well
Silence, suppression, and the racial reckoning in America that never was.

Bruce Murphy: The stunning rise in antisemitism
Nationally and in Wisconsin, the highest in more than four decades. Why?

Paris Procopis: Madison elite hyperbole & the attempt to demonize Tim Michels
Whenever a new candidate announces for a high-profile political race, the internet becomes infested with miles and miles of hyperbolic political doublespeak.

David Crowley: A courageous call for equity
A family’s battle with top-ranked school in town has lessons for all of us.

Chris Walloch: Roe v. Wade: Is this 2022 or 1849?
The leaked opinion from the Supreme Court is an unacceptable rollback of our constitutional rights.

M.D. Kittle: A post-Roe v. Wade Wisconsin
After nearly 50 years, the constitutionally suspect U.S. Supreme Court decision federally protecting abortion may soon be history.

Gregory Humphrey: Why journalism and anonymous sources matter
Supreme Court’s draft on Roe V. Wade makes point.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sorting through the leaked Roe draft
Conservatives should be careful about what they’ve wished and prayed for all these years.

Ruth Conniff: Democratic candidates opposing Ron Johnson jump on abortion issue
Leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe injects issue into US Senate race.

Bill Lueders: DHS reversal puts seniors at risk
On April 21, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services rescinded the citations it had issued to a senior health care facility for having violated state law in evicting my mother, Elaine Benz, last fall. No reason was given for the state’s reversal.

Owen Robinson: The table is set
A Republican nomination that Rebecca Kleefisch was cruising to win has turned into an intramural brawl to take on the feckless Gov. Tony Evers in what looks like a red wave election year.

Tom Still: Up the river with a paddle
Wisconsin River investors making waves.

Ruth Conniff: ‘We saw this day coming’
Midwives prepare to protect abortion access in Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: The brilliance of the Dobbs decision
There is no right to an abortion in the Constitution, either in the text or implicit in any other rights that it confers.

Dave Cieslewicz: Safe, legal & rare
For the third time in six years Democrats and liberals are being given an opportunity to turn tragedy into progress. Will they blow it again?

Spencer Black: Next year’s Supreme Court race will decide the future of democracy
The Supreme Court decision could give Republicans a veto-proof majority even if the Republicans win only a modest victory.

Tip McGuire: Worker misclassification costly for workers, taxpayers
This unfair practice has wide-reaching impacts on taxpayers, the construction industry, and the workers themselves.

Jeremiah Mosteller: Courts clogged
Pandemic made the problem of delayed justice worse in Wisconsin.

M.D. Kittle: DNR strong-arms small pet shops in ‘Operation Crusty Crab’
Operation Crusty Crab began in 2019 when the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a citizen complaint of red swamp crayfish for sale at a Milwaukee pet store.

Bruce Thompson: How many support Gableman probe?
And what percent in state are confident of election results?

Reggie Jackson: Why hate is alive and well
Silence, suppression, and the racial reckoning in America that never was.

Bruce Murphy: The stunning rise in antisemitism
Nationally and in Wisconsin, the highest in more than four decades. Why?

Paris Procopis: Madison elite hyperbole & the attempt to demonize Tim Michels
Whenever a new candidate announces for a high-profile political race, the internet becomes infested with miles and miles of hyperbolic political doublespeak.

David Crowley: A courageous call for equity
A family’s battle with top-ranked school in town has lessons for all of us.

Chris Walloch: Roe v. Wade: Is this 2022 or 1849?
The leaked opinion from the Supreme Court is an unacceptable rollback of our constitutional rights.

M.D. Kittle: A post-Roe v. Wade Wisconsin
After nearly 50 years, the constitutionally suspect U.S. Supreme Court decision federally protecting abortion may soon be history.

Gregory Humphrey: Why journalism and anonymous sources matter
Supreme Court’s draft on Roe V. Wade makes point.

Dave Cieslewicz: Sorting through the leaked Roe draft
Conservatives should be careful about what they’ve wished and prayed for all these years.

Ruth Conniff: Democratic candidates opposing Ron Johnson jump on abortion issue
Leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overruling Roe injects issue into US Senate race.

Bill Lueders: DHS reversal puts seniors at risk
On April 21, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services rescinded the citations it had issued to a senior health care facility for having violated state law in evicting my mother, Elaine Benz, last fall. No reason was given for the state’s reversal.

Owen Robinson: The table is set
A Republican nomination that Rebecca Kleefisch was cruising to win has turned into an intramural brawl to take on the feckless Gov. Tony Evers in what looks like a red wave election year.