Issues took a back seat to party or tribal loyalty in the Aug. 9 Wisconsin primary.

It’s campaign season, so the only numbers that seem to matter to the mainstream media are the ones in polls. Here are some other ones that ought to matter more.

Depending on their circumstance, many Wisconsin residents could see nearly 1/3 to roughly 60% of their student loan debt cleared.

President Joe Biden’s disastrous open border policies have emboldened drug cartels to infest U.S. cities and small towns alike with highly addictive and deadly opioids.

Former Cap Times columnist Rob Zaleski focuses on former Madison Police Chief David Couper.

Michels promises that as governor — unlike Tony Evers — he’ll keep Wisconsin’s schools open, adding sarcastically, “no matter what Fauci says.”

He faces an all-out war for reelection against a well-armed opponent, and his battle plan seems to be unveiling a last-minute tax cut and praying voters don’t realize how disingenuous it is.

Golden rule: Don’t spend money you don’t have.

MU, MSOE, UW-Madison the highest, MIAD and UW-Superior the lowest in future earnings.

Thankfully, after he was widely castigated for voting to deny health care to the men and women who risked their lives to protect all of us, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was shamed into supporting the final bill.

Politics has corrupted us. Those we have elected have become power seekers rather than people servers.

The GOP businessman candidate for governor offers a very un-business like analysis.

Evers refuses to use billions of unused federal relief monies he controls to fund his election year tax shift.

Evers’ B-roll ends up in B.S. political ad.

Every time Johnson and his fellow Republican politicians attack Social Security and Medicare, it reaffirms the fact that Republicans in Congress do not care about seniors and our livelihood — they only care about themselves.

The rise of of hate is alarming, but not nearly as alarming as the fact the time and time again, angry men with guns are taking their hatred into public places and murdering people.

Although I am optimistic by nature, I find it a struggle these days to remain hopeful.

Finally, after years and years of pressing the issue in election after election, action has now been taken on student loan forgiveness.