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On Aug. 27 Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Madison schools Superintendent Dr. Joe Gothard will recognize 10 of the most outstanding afterschool staff this year, including two legends, KC Gilbertson and Pat Wongkit, who have dedicated decades of their lives to uplifting others.
West Bend was witness to an incredible exercise in democracy at the local level Thursday night in a jam-packed hearing on the future of the sadly vacated UW campus.
It is a test of whether sovereign nations can exist without fear of conquest, and whether the rule of law still matters in global affairs.
The legislation was a priority for out-of-state delivery corporations, which seek to classify workers as “independent contractors” to get around labor law protections.
We must reclaim our identity, not as Republicans or Democrats, not as coastal elites or flyover country, but as Americans. We must stop letting people who utilize large platforms, but face no accountability, define us.
We should build on the Trump administration’s border security successes and pair them with innovative, safeguarding labor policies.
Ukrainians die as Russia’s murderous aggression continues. Putin and Trump got a photo op. The summit concluded with no deal, and brief, vacuous statements by Putin and Trump.
Sometimes, enough is enough!
By abandoning the Post or the Times, or even the Wall Street Journal, with its strong news reporting, you hurt skilled professional reporters who spend their days ferreting out facts on which the nighttime spin merchants rely.
Trump’s actions are not just political; they are a social and psychological assault that reverberates in Black communities of every class.
A timely lesson from Covid’s Operation Warp Speed.
We live in a dishonest age, and all the lying is giving fiction a bad name.
President Trump recently completed the most successful first six months of any term in history.
These days, economics is the Rodney Dangerfield of public policy: It gets no respect. In both Washington and Madison, basic economic principles are routinely ignored, as if policymakers believe they can repeal the laws of supply and demand with campaign slogans.
The company has disregarded the government’s safety demands and upgrades after five people were killed and 14 were injured in a 2017 horrific corn plant explosion.
One of the most absurd cases that WILL championed was aimed at the city of Madison for its attempts to save our migrating birds.
Milwaukee’s reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse once defined its economic and cultural identity. But as industry collapsed and neighborhoods suffered decades of disinvestment, residents began turning to the land in vacant lots, schoolyards, and rooftops as a means of survival and resistance.
During my 30 years of practicing medicine, I have cared for unvaccinated children who died from vaccine-preventable diseases like bacterial meningitis, whooping cough, and influenza.
The imprint of Irish culture on American life has been immense. Today, over 30 million Americans identify as Irish, over half a million of whom live in Wisconsin.
Complaints about ugly new housing abound in Madison, but they aren’t getting us anywhere.
On Aug. 27 Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Madison schools Superintendent Dr. Joe Gothard will recognize 10 of the most outstanding afterschool staff this year, including two legends, KC Gilbertson and Pat Wongkit, who have dedicated decades of their lives to uplifting others.
West Bend was witness to an incredible exercise in democracy at the local level Thursday night in a jam-packed hearing on the future of the sadly vacated UW campus.
It is a test of whether sovereign nations can exist without fear of conquest, and whether the rule of law still matters in global affairs.
The legislation was a priority for out-of-state delivery corporations, which seek to classify workers as “independent contractors” to get around labor law protections.
We must reclaim our identity, not as Republicans or Democrats, not as coastal elites or flyover country, but as Americans. We must stop letting people who utilize large platforms, but face no accountability, define us.
We should build on the Trump administration’s border security successes and pair them with innovative, safeguarding labor policies.
Ukrainians die as Russia’s murderous aggression continues. Putin and Trump got a photo op. The summit concluded with no deal, and brief, vacuous statements by Putin and Trump.
Sometimes, enough is enough!
By abandoning the Post or the Times, or even the Wall Street Journal, with its strong news reporting, you hurt skilled professional reporters who spend their days ferreting out facts on which the nighttime spin merchants rely.
Trump’s actions are not just political; they are a social and psychological assault that reverberates in Black communities of every class.
A timely lesson from Covid’s Operation Warp Speed.
We live in a dishonest age, and all the lying is giving fiction a bad name.
President Trump recently completed the most successful first six months of any term in history.
These days, economics is the Rodney Dangerfield of public policy: It gets no respect. In both Washington and Madison, basic economic principles are routinely ignored, as if policymakers believe they can repeal the laws of supply and demand with campaign slogans.
The company has disregarded the government’s safety demands and upgrades after five people were killed and 14 were injured in a 2017 horrific corn plant explosion.
One of the most absurd cases that WILL championed was aimed at the city of Madison for its attempts to save our migrating birds.
Milwaukee’s reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse once defined its economic and cultural identity. But as industry collapsed and neighborhoods suffered decades of disinvestment, residents began turning to the land in vacant lots, schoolyards, and rooftops as a means of survival and resistance.
During my 30 years of practicing medicine, I have cared for unvaccinated children who died from vaccine-preventable diseases like bacterial meningitis, whooping cough, and influenza.
The imprint of Irish culture on American life has been immense. Today, over 30 million Americans identify as Irish, over half a million of whom live in Wisconsin.
Complaints about ugly new housing abound in Madison, but they aren’t getting us anywhere.
