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The requirement to raise the debt ceiling is not a negotiable issue. Setting a precedent that the most extreme members of Congress can hold hostage the financial stability and credibility of the U.S. and even the global economy is not a tactic that can be allowed.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court race following the first major forum and recent endorsements. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Reelecting Evers was crucial as a bulwark to protect democracy in Wisconsin. This Supreme Court race feels equally so.
If Dorow was hoping to pass herself off as a moderate in the Feb. 21 primary, Roggensack’s endorsement settles that question.
He sends media softening language not in his original email about suppressing votes.
Biden has failed the American people with an energy boondoggle costing billions, and needs to be held to account.
Rep. Mark Pocan wants you to watch the dysfunction in the House.
The Biden Center, a think tank funded by the University of Pennsylvania, is coming under increased scrutiny as a “dark-money, revolving-door nightmare” where foreign competitors like China are suspected of currying favor with high-ranking officials.
Jay Rothman is making a solid, even obvious, business decision. I still think he’s wrong.
Most issues are not overtly partisan, yet still become bogged down by political infighting anyway. It doesn’t have to be that way.
What to watch: Spending, taxes, crime, education and elections.
Depressed turnout among Black and Hispanic voters in Milwaukee helped carry Sen. Ron Johnson to a narrow 26,000-vote reelection victory over his challenger, Mandela Barnes.
Know what puts a crimp in any effort to fight crime? Not being able to do anything with suspects once the cops catch them.
The lack of seriousness from the Republicans in their first hours of governing aligns with their sad attempt at campaigning.
6,278. 2,560. Kyrsten Sinema. Three clues to how politically entrepreneurial Americans could conceivably break the stranglehold the country’s two major parties have on our democracy.
The regulatory shoe is on the other foot for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, served with notice on that it has violated Winnebago County zoning code.
Huge executive salaries, billions in cash and investments, yet cutting services at hospitals.
The price of not having an independent third-party perform Metro’s equity analysis may be far greater than the $50,000 Metro saved by performing it in-house.
The once proud state of Wisconsin begins yet another year looking up at most of the rest of the country.
Republican ads targeted Black and Hispanic voters to discourage voting. Did they work?
The requirement to raise the debt ceiling is not a negotiable issue. Setting a precedent that the most extreme members of Congress can hold hostage the financial stability and credibility of the U.S. and even the global economy is not a tactic that can be allowed.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court race following the first major forum and recent endorsements. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Reelecting Evers was crucial as a bulwark to protect democracy in Wisconsin. This Supreme Court race feels equally so.
If Dorow was hoping to pass herself off as a moderate in the Feb. 21 primary, Roggensack’s endorsement settles that question.
He sends media softening language not in his original email about suppressing votes.
Biden has failed the American people with an energy boondoggle costing billions, and needs to be held to account.
Rep. Mark Pocan wants you to watch the dysfunction in the House.
The Biden Center, a think tank funded by the University of Pennsylvania, is coming under increased scrutiny as a “dark-money, revolving-door nightmare” where foreign competitors like China are suspected of currying favor with high-ranking officials.
Jay Rothman is making a solid, even obvious, business decision. I still think he’s wrong.
Most issues are not overtly partisan, yet still become bogged down by political infighting anyway. It doesn’t have to be that way.
What to watch: Spending, taxes, crime, education and elections.
Depressed turnout among Black and Hispanic voters in Milwaukee helped carry Sen. Ron Johnson to a narrow 26,000-vote reelection victory over his challenger, Mandela Barnes.
Know what puts a crimp in any effort to fight crime? Not being able to do anything with suspects once the cops catch them.
The lack of seriousness from the Republicans in their first hours of governing aligns with their sad attempt at campaigning.
6,278. 2,560. Kyrsten Sinema. Three clues to how politically entrepreneurial Americans could conceivably break the stranglehold the country’s two major parties have on our democracy.
The regulatory shoe is on the other foot for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, served with notice on that it has violated Winnebago County zoning code.
Huge executive salaries, billions in cash and investments, yet cutting services at hospitals.
The price of not having an independent third-party perform Metro’s equity analysis may be far greater than the $50,000 Metro saved by performing it in-house.
The once proud state of Wisconsin begins yet another year looking up at most of the rest of the country.
Republican ads targeted Black and Hispanic voters to discourage voting. Did they work?