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If enacted, this bill would add up to more expensive coverage, more regulation, and more needless bureaucracy.

One of the best columns I’ve read recently that addresses the debate over the boundaries of free speech and Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan came from the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman.

Of all the wasteful impulses many politicians have, one of the worst is giving big tax breaks to dying industries.

It is time you hear the truth.

The ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil will likely hurt Americans more at the gas pumps than is already the case, and it may not stop tanks from rolling into Kyiv.

Funneling anti-tank weapons to Ukraine is not a secret to anyone. That is acceptable by Western leaders. But the use of Polish jets in the hands of Ukraine, who have pleaded for the aircraft, is deemed a step too far.

Inflation has now risen to 7.9 percent, setting a 40-year record for the fourth straight month.

Some Republicans in the state want to go so far as to decertify its 2020 electoral votes

The notion that we could assemble a group of completely disinterested people to draw the maps is a fantasy. Everybody has biases.

To cool the planet, liberals need to cool the rhetoric.

Many Wisconsinites have been forced to reckon with the chronically lax judicial policies that have contributed to undermining the safety of our communities.

His report claims grants to 5 Wisconsin cities changed the 2020 election. Let’s examine the evidence.

Is Gov. Tony Evers inappropriately using the Wisconsin National Guard? Wisconsin’s Republican House delegation wants answers.

AB 176 would allow DACA recipients to become law enforcement agents. They would become tools in their own communities, with the power to profile and deport their undocumented neighbors and even their relatives.

One of the latest high-profile projects to be undermined by secretive bait-and-switch tactics of Republicans on the committee is the Cedar Gorge Clay Bluffs Nature Preserve south of Port Washington.

Sandhill crane hunt not a good look for Wisconsin.

Push for state legislation will have to wait until 2023, MMAC leader says.

With resolve, conviction, and utter determination Zelenskyy is providing the world something not seen in such quantity in a very long time. Leadership.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has drastically miscalculated in launching a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.

As a candidate, Biden repeatedly declared war on the American energy industry, and a year into his presidency, the entire country is learning just how costly that war can be.

If enacted, this bill would add up to more expensive coverage, more regulation, and more needless bureaucracy.

One of the best columns I’ve read recently that addresses the debate over the boundaries of free speech and Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan came from the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman.

Of all the wasteful impulses many politicians have, one of the worst is giving big tax breaks to dying industries.

It is time you hear the truth.

The ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil will likely hurt Americans more at the gas pumps than is already the case, and it may not stop tanks from rolling into Kyiv.

Funneling anti-tank weapons to Ukraine is not a secret to anyone. That is acceptable by Western leaders. But the use of Polish jets in the hands of Ukraine, who have pleaded for the aircraft, is deemed a step too far.

Inflation has now risen to 7.9 percent, setting a 40-year record for the fourth straight month.

Some Republicans in the state want to go so far as to decertify its 2020 electoral votes

The notion that we could assemble a group of completely disinterested people to draw the maps is a fantasy. Everybody has biases.

To cool the planet, liberals need to cool the rhetoric.

Many Wisconsinites have been forced to reckon with the chronically lax judicial policies that have contributed to undermining the safety of our communities.

His report claims grants to 5 Wisconsin cities changed the 2020 election. Let’s examine the evidence.

Is Gov. Tony Evers inappropriately using the Wisconsin National Guard? Wisconsin’s Republican House delegation wants answers.

AB 176 would allow DACA recipients to become law enforcement agents. They would become tools in their own communities, with the power to profile and deport their undocumented neighbors and even their relatives.

One of the latest high-profile projects to be undermined by secretive bait-and-switch tactics of Republicans on the committee is the Cedar Gorge Clay Bluffs Nature Preserve south of Port Washington.

Sandhill crane hunt not a good look for Wisconsin.

Push for state legislation will have to wait until 2023, MMAC leader says.

With resolve, conviction, and utter determination Zelenskyy is providing the world something not seen in such quantity in a very long time. Leadership.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has drastically miscalculated in launching a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.

As a candidate, Biden repeatedly declared war on the American energy industry, and a year into his presidency, the entire country is learning just how costly that war can be.