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Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to pay wages based on an individual’s productivity when a disability significantly limits the ability to perform job tasks at a typical pace. The point of 14(c) isn’t the wage — it’s the opportunity. It opens the door to work for people who would otherwise be shut out entirely.
The suffering of women and girls, from across the globe, can never be dismissed as a mere “distraction.”
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson swore an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” But the Republican from Oshkosh shows few signs that he takes seriously what is supposed to be a solemn commitment.
Gov. Tony Evers and our state legislators should not be afraid of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism. It’s high time that our state joins most other states in adopting it.
Before you can do anything, help anyone, you have to, you know, actually win elections. Sounding more like Georgia Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff might help.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how the 2026 legislative elections will shape plans to spend Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Bills being proposed in the Wisconsin State Legislature would have far-reaching impact on the right to free speech.
In Wisconsin, we took power out of the hands of big government special interests and returned it to the hardworking taxpayers and the people they elected to run their schools and local governments.
The latest version of the Legislature’s PFAS legislation exempts certain local governmental entities while leaving manufacturers and other private businesses fully subject to strict liability, raising serious equal protection concerns.
Bill that impacts FoodShare raises concerns about food access and may even expand growing food deserts in our area.
The longer we pretend this city is a progressive haven, the more people will be harmed.
Envious Madison is determined to stumble in the footsteps of Jacob Frey, the preening mayor of Minneapolis.
The social issues that hurt Democrats are on a cold back burner. Try as they might to change the subject, there’s no reason to think the Republicans can do much of anything to save themselves this November.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes he is fighting old warrior wars — no need for those who have more brains than brawn.
Does stunning change in voters’ preferences foretell fall election results?
Electing a statewide schools chief may have reflected good governance a century ago. Today it looks more like a constitutional artifact.
Wisconsin energy policy needs to increase energy availability, not subsidize utilities’ gambles.
Gas plants used to power data centers increase costs for consumers, risk of exposure to pollutants, and accelerate the harms of climate change.
It’s possible that taxpayers will be on the line for most of a $20 million loan given to the UW Athletic Department in 2020.
The conjunction of a member-owned co-op and an employee labor union is unique. Group Health Cooperative has a chance to regard this as an opportunity, find common ground with employee organizers and become a national model for labor-management cooperation.
Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to pay wages based on an individual’s productivity when a disability significantly limits the ability to perform job tasks at a typical pace. The point of 14(c) isn’t the wage — it’s the opportunity. It opens the door to work for people who would otherwise be shut out entirely.
The suffering of women and girls, from across the globe, can never be dismissed as a mere “distraction.”
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson swore an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” But the Republican from Oshkosh shows few signs that he takes seriously what is supposed to be a solemn commitment.
Gov. Tony Evers and our state legislators should not be afraid of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism. It’s high time that our state joins most other states in adopting it.
Before you can do anything, help anyone, you have to, you know, actually win elections. Sounding more like Georgia Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff might help.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how the 2026 legislative elections will shape plans to spend Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Bills being proposed in the Wisconsin State Legislature would have far-reaching impact on the right to free speech.
In Wisconsin, we took power out of the hands of big government special interests and returned it to the hardworking taxpayers and the people they elected to run their schools and local governments.
The latest version of the Legislature’s PFAS legislation exempts certain local governmental entities while leaving manufacturers and other private businesses fully subject to strict liability, raising serious equal protection concerns.
Bill that impacts FoodShare raises concerns about food access and may even expand growing food deserts in our area.
The longer we pretend this city is a progressive haven, the more people will be harmed.
Envious Madison is determined to stumble in the footsteps of Jacob Frey, the preening mayor of Minneapolis.
The social issues that hurt Democrats are on a cold back burner. Try as they might to change the subject, there’s no reason to think the Republicans can do much of anything to save themselves this November.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes he is fighting old warrior wars — no need for those who have more brains than brawn.
Does stunning change in voters’ preferences foretell fall election results?
Electing a statewide schools chief may have reflected good governance a century ago. Today it looks more like a constitutional artifact.
Wisconsin energy policy needs to increase energy availability, not subsidize utilities’ gambles.
Gas plants used to power data centers increase costs for consumers, risk of exposure to pollutants, and accelerate the harms of climate change.
It’s possible that taxpayers will be on the line for most of a $20 million loan given to the UW Athletic Department in 2020.
The conjunction of a member-owned co-op and an employee labor union is unique. Group Health Cooperative has a chance to regard this as an opportunity, find common ground with employee organizers and become a national model for labor-management cooperation.