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Milwaukee’s rise in violent crime coincides with the denigration and depletion of the thin blue line.

A candidate themself should never, ever belittle, demean, or devalue citizens who show support and offer to volunteer for a campaign. To do so is seriously shallow.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider which party has momentum in the final weeks of the 2022 general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Young people, please confound the predictions. Show up in record numbers and vote like your future depends on it.

I wonder if those two uniformed sheriffs who appear in Ron Johnson’s attack ads that paint Mandela Barnes as anti-cop ever ask the senator why he wasn’t more alarmed by the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

The economy, public safety, and the border are major issues with voters.

Why are Republicans surging in the polls less than three weeks before the midterm election? Because, as Dan O’Donnell writes, America is rejecting unserious Democrats in deadly serious times.

Wisconsin comes out looking bad in yet another recent environmental report. On a “toxicity-weighted scale” of chemicals, Wisconsin saw the most releases of any state, according to the Environment America Research and Policy Center.

In a close election, emphasizing the vast difference on climate could propel U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes to victory.

Think your electric bills are expensive now? They would explode under Gov. Tony Evers’ carbon-free by 2050 plan, according to a new report from a Minnesota think tank.

Conservative Republicans in the United States should take note of what the Tories have done for their future needs.

It’s too early to declare an irreversible trend, but it’s clear that promising startups can be found in places beyond Madison and Milwaukee. Wisconsin needs them all to prosper.

The Line 5 relocation project will bring with it union construction jobs, training opportunities for tomorrow’s union trades men and women, and economic development for our entire state.

Gov. Tony Evers’ incompetent Department of Safety and Professional Services is now compromising public safety.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed much of the GOP’s legislative agenda. If he loses to Tim Michels in November, will Wisconsin be the next Florida?

AG races across the country will determine whether local prosecutors are encouraged to bring charges in abortion cases or forced to comply with pre-Roe bans

Sen. Ron Johnson is too slick for Wisconsin’s good. This August he proposed moving Social Security Insurance into the federal government’s discretionary budget. He claims this will help improve it

Rep. Dan Knodl was the leader of the conservative effort to pass a resolution earlier this year that called for a convention of the states to rewrite the U.S. constitution by using its Article V.

Tulsi Gabbard finally calls it a night and leaves the party

Michels’ campaign has focused on the governor’s lockdown decisions, lack of response to violence in Kenosha, and soft-on-crime record.

Milwaukee’s rise in violent crime coincides with the denigration and depletion of the thin blue line.

A candidate themself should never, ever belittle, demean, or devalue citizens who show support and offer to volunteer for a campaign. To do so is seriously shallow.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider which party has momentum in the final weeks of the 2022 general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Young people, please confound the predictions. Show up in record numbers and vote like your future depends on it.

I wonder if those two uniformed sheriffs who appear in Ron Johnson’s attack ads that paint Mandela Barnes as anti-cop ever ask the senator why he wasn’t more alarmed by the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

The economy, public safety, and the border are major issues with voters.

Why are Republicans surging in the polls less than three weeks before the midterm election? Because, as Dan O’Donnell writes, America is rejecting unserious Democrats in deadly serious times.

Wisconsin comes out looking bad in yet another recent environmental report. On a “toxicity-weighted scale” of chemicals, Wisconsin saw the most releases of any state, according to the Environment America Research and Policy Center.

In a close election, emphasizing the vast difference on climate could propel U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes to victory.

Think your electric bills are expensive now? They would explode under Gov. Tony Evers’ carbon-free by 2050 plan, according to a new report from a Minnesota think tank.

Conservative Republicans in the United States should take note of what the Tories have done for their future needs.

It’s too early to declare an irreversible trend, but it’s clear that promising startups can be found in places beyond Madison and Milwaukee. Wisconsin needs them all to prosper.

The Line 5 relocation project will bring with it union construction jobs, training opportunities for tomorrow’s union trades men and women, and economic development for our entire state.

Gov. Tony Evers’ incompetent Department of Safety and Professional Services is now compromising public safety.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed much of the GOP’s legislative agenda. If he loses to Tim Michels in November, will Wisconsin be the next Florida?

AG races across the country will determine whether local prosecutors are encouraged to bring charges in abortion cases or forced to comply with pre-Roe bans

Sen. Ron Johnson is too slick for Wisconsin’s good. This August he proposed moving Social Security Insurance into the federal government’s discretionary budget. He claims this will help improve it

Rep. Dan Knodl was the leader of the conservative effort to pass a resolution earlier this year that called for a convention of the states to rewrite the U.S. constitution by using its Article V.

Tulsi Gabbard finally calls it a night and leaves the party

Michels’ campaign has focused on the governor’s lockdown decisions, lack of response to violence in Kenosha, and soft-on-crime record.