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The polling shows more and more parents want that opportunity for their kids – and more and more other Wisconsinites believe the right thing to do is to give it to them now.
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The polling shows more and more parents want that opportunity for their kids – and more and more other Wisconsinites believe the right thing to do is to give it to them now.

These are the types of jobs that built the middle class all across this state and will help rebuild it again.

Republican senators who are looking for someone to vouch for Judge Jackson should be impressed with the assessment from the very conservative, and historically very partisan, former House leader.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, evaluate the race for Milwaukee Mayor and its impact on state politics. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

The new book “Battleground” is a deeply academic dive into how Wisconsin became such an unwelcoming place for civil discourse during the past dozen years.

Bob Lang has graced the Wisconsin Legislature with his calm competence for 50 years.

The devaluation of Black people in science and medicine.

Watch the speech if you can, then get busy working your way through the political rhetoric to find those who are truly working for folks in Wisconsin and remember to thank those who actually lowered your taxes in November.

Scott Manley, executive vice president of Government Relations for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, says WMC’s ad aims to “help voters understand the real Tony Evers.”

The Trump base got their elections bills. Evers got a kick in the teeth. And Kleefisch got the credit, somehow, for closing Lincoln Hills.

Nothing illustrates just how far gone the Democratic Party is, how out of touch they are with average citizens, and how little interest they have in winning elections, then this week’s votes on bail reform in the Wisconsin Legislature.

What would it take for all American children to have Artifact-quality early childhood education?

Five conservative groups pushing this. Its impact is astonishingly regressive.

When conservatives swept into power during the Republican Revolution of 2010, they vowed to get Wisconsin’s sorry fiscal house back in order and bring much-needed relief to overburdened taxpayers.

Its time out for working in pockets—we must remove ourselves from our comfort zones to enact change.

It is better to let your enemy retreat so that you do not have to fight him on the battlefield. In diplomacy, it is also a good technique to let your enemy, and yourself, save face.

It was a mistake of the first order to announce to Putin that no real hard ‘red line’ existed in Ukraine.

A plan to defend Taiwan within the decade.

There are some fishy things about the resume of Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Kewaskum who has announced a campaign for governor.

It’s time for sensible people in Dane County — which, I am convinced are the vast majority of people here — to wrest control of public safety issues from our paralyzed public officials.

The polling shows more and more parents want that opportunity for their kids – and more and more other Wisconsinites believe the right thing to do is to give it to them now.

These are the types of jobs that built the middle class all across this state and will help rebuild it again.

Republican senators who are looking for someone to vouch for Judge Jackson should be impressed with the assessment from the very conservative, and historically very partisan, former House leader.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, evaluate the race for Milwaukee Mayor and its impact on state politics. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

The new book “Battleground” is a deeply academic dive into how Wisconsin became such an unwelcoming place for civil discourse during the past dozen years.

Bob Lang has graced the Wisconsin Legislature with his calm competence for 50 years.

The devaluation of Black people in science and medicine.

Watch the speech if you can, then get busy working your way through the political rhetoric to find those who are truly working for folks in Wisconsin and remember to thank those who actually lowered your taxes in November.

Scott Manley, executive vice president of Government Relations for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, says WMC’s ad aims to “help voters understand the real Tony Evers.”

The Trump base got their elections bills. Evers got a kick in the teeth. And Kleefisch got the credit, somehow, for closing Lincoln Hills.

Nothing illustrates just how far gone the Democratic Party is, how out of touch they are with average citizens, and how little interest they have in winning elections, then this week’s votes on bail reform in the Wisconsin Legislature.

What would it take for all American children to have Artifact-quality early childhood education?

Five conservative groups pushing this. Its impact is astonishingly regressive.

When conservatives swept into power during the Republican Revolution of 2010, they vowed to get Wisconsin’s sorry fiscal house back in order and bring much-needed relief to overburdened taxpayers.

Its time out for working in pockets—we must remove ourselves from our comfort zones to enact change.

It is better to let your enemy retreat so that you do not have to fight him on the battlefield. In diplomacy, it is also a good technique to let your enemy, and yourself, save face.

It was a mistake of the first order to announce to Putin that no real hard ‘red line’ existed in Ukraine.

A plan to defend Taiwan within the decade.

There are some fishy things about the resume of Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Kewaskum who has announced a campaign for governor.

It’s time for sensible people in Dane County — which, I am convinced are the vast majority of people here — to wrest control of public safety issues from our paralyzed public officials.