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On May 17, former Wisconsin Democratic Representative Dave Obey will be honored as the Labor HHS Appropriations Room is officially named after him.

Wisconsin Right To Life offers emergency grants to women in immediate financial distress so they can choose life for their baby, as well as grants to Pregnancy Resource Centers to assist them in providing care to women in need.

We know restrictive abortion laws harm pregnant people, especially persons of color, low income and those who live in rural communities. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is committed to making sure that those in Wisconsin who want to terminate a pregnancy can access that care.

Reproductive control has always been a thing.

The people will decide, not the court.

Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that impacts Black people in Wisconsin and our country at higher rates than any other racial group; yet, people living with obesity have been denied access to the care they need to survive, widening disparities throughout our health care system.

In the face of a contracting economy, high gas prices, the worst inflation in 40 years, raging violent crime, and a collapse of government education, Gov. Tony Evers has ordered the Department of Administration to create an Office of Environmental Justice.

Which counties provide the most votes for parties in statewide primaries?

Trump’s defeat merely interrupted anti-democracy movement, expert warns.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Milwaukee as the potential host of the 2024 GOP National Convention. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Republicans simply want to use education as a convenient container into which they can dump their familiar culture war grievances.

Scott Girard’s and Jack Kelly’s cover story in this week’s print edition of the Cap Times told the inside story of how Wisconsin Republicans, like those nationwide, are trying to make K-12 education the defining issue in this fall’s elections.

Kapenga in an open letter questions the Educational Equity Leadership Series offered to teachers.

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. With the Wisconsin legislative districts still gerrymandered, there has been no shortage of discussion regarding incumbency and the redistricting process. One

Project Rachel provides support to those with post-abortive trauma.

The folly and pure hubris of conservatives taking reckless actions with our democracy are now coming home to roost.

With much of the media still hyperventilating over the likelihood that Roe v. Wade will be overturned once the Supreme Court publishes its leaked decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, it has been difficult to determine the true impact of the decision.

Proposal would give the wealthy a tax cut 60 times higher than for middle income folks.

There’s nothing like an attempt by political opponents to flip control of the city council to concentrate the minds of local legislators. With local politics becoming more fractious all across the country, this was the peril that faced several other Stevens Point council members and me in the April 5 Wisconsin spring election.

Wisconsin River investors making waves.

On May 17, former Wisconsin Democratic Representative Dave Obey will be honored as the Labor HHS Appropriations Room is officially named after him.

Wisconsin Right To Life offers emergency grants to women in immediate financial distress so they can choose life for their baby, as well as grants to Pregnancy Resource Centers to assist them in providing care to women in need.

We know restrictive abortion laws harm pregnant people, especially persons of color, low income and those who live in rural communities. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is committed to making sure that those in Wisconsin who want to terminate a pregnancy can access that care.

Reproductive control has always been a thing.

The people will decide, not the court.

Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that impacts Black people in Wisconsin and our country at higher rates than any other racial group; yet, people living with obesity have been denied access to the care they need to survive, widening disparities throughout our health care system.

In the face of a contracting economy, high gas prices, the worst inflation in 40 years, raging violent crime, and a collapse of government education, Gov. Tony Evers has ordered the Department of Administration to create an Office of Environmental Justice.

Which counties provide the most votes for parties in statewide primaries?

Trump’s defeat merely interrupted anti-democracy movement, expert warns.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Milwaukee as the potential host of the 2024 GOP National Convention. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Republicans simply want to use education as a convenient container into which they can dump their familiar culture war grievances.

Scott Girard’s and Jack Kelly’s cover story in this week’s print edition of the Cap Times told the inside story of how Wisconsin Republicans, like those nationwide, are trying to make K-12 education the defining issue in this fall’s elections.

Kapenga in an open letter questions the Educational Equity Leadership Series offered to teachers.

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. With the Wisconsin legislative districts still gerrymandered, there has been no shortage of discussion regarding incumbency and the redistricting process. One

Project Rachel provides support to those with post-abortive trauma.

The folly and pure hubris of conservatives taking reckless actions with our democracy are now coming home to roost.

With much of the media still hyperventilating over the likelihood that Roe v. Wade will be overturned once the Supreme Court publishes its leaked decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, it has been difficult to determine the true impact of the decision.

Proposal would give the wealthy a tax cut 60 times higher than for middle income folks.

There’s nothing like an attempt by political opponents to flip control of the city council to concentrate the minds of local legislators. With local politics becoming more fractious all across the country, this was the peril that faced several other Stevens Point council members and me in the April 5 Wisconsin spring election.

Wisconsin River investors making waves.