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Taxing the rich is a winning issue, no matter what the Republicans (and Joe Manchin) say.

Donovan has developed a reputation during his tenure in office of not making many friends, but ultimately getting results.

A big-picture examination of the mayor’s race, the last 18 years of Tom Barrett’s leadership, and a time that calls for the next mayor to usher in a transformational new era in Milwaukee.

I have no problem with anyone disagreeing with a ruling or seeking to better understand a law that decides a case. But it is never proper or appropriate to defy a ruling or attempt to undermine a judge with a personal attack, as Vos did with this contempt ruling.

There are dozens of reasons Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is regularly “honored” by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council for being no friend of openness in government.

No sitting or former lieutenant governor has won a U.S. Senate election in state history.

Business Court project creates two-tiered justice system. But it’s not too late to end it.

Wisconsin lawmakers were recently successful in stopping utility companies from hampering innovation in the electric vehicle-charging marketplace by preventing government charging stations and restricting solar EV chargers.

If state high court’s ‘least change’ rule followed in future, gerrymandering might last for decades.

Liberal PAC money is rolling into the “WI-5” city in the form of ads, mailers and other messaging campaigns in a furious effort to protect left-leaning city council incumbents and candidates .

If he doesn’t resign, as Rep. Alexander Ocasio Cortez has properly asked him to, Justice Clarence Thomas at least needs to recuse himself from any cases dealing with the Jan. 6 uprising.

Complaint challenges festival’s nonprofit status, claiming it now operates ‘as a commercial entity.’

When did it become wrong to use the correct processes to fight against unjust voter fraud?

It isn’t that they’re trying to improve public education, but to take advantage of misleading hot-button controversies they can use to portray Evers as a villain in an effort to keep themselves in power.

Rick Kyte, a Viterbo University ethicist, made an extremely important point in a La Crosse presentation last month: The way we tell American history depends on our beliefs about who we are, and our sense of where our country should be headed.

The mess with Wisconsin’s elections

Biden doubles down on inflationary policies … If the well-established definition of inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods, then dumping trillions of new dollars in government spending while raising corporate tax rates to 28%—thereby making it far more costly to produce things—is a singularly bad idea.

This construction season, after Republicans made substantial investments in the state’s transportation budget, our local governments are well-positioned to tackle many of their road priorities.

America has a bad habit of making the actions of one Black person somehow mean all of us are responsible.

Govs. Spencer Cox of Utah and Eric Holcomb of Indiana each vetoed bills that would ban transgender athletes from competing in the gender category of their choice.

Taxing the rich is a winning issue, no matter what the Republicans (and Joe Manchin) say.

Donovan has developed a reputation during his tenure in office of not making many friends, but ultimately getting results.

A big-picture examination of the mayor’s race, the last 18 years of Tom Barrett’s leadership, and a time that calls for the next mayor to usher in a transformational new era in Milwaukee.

I have no problem with anyone disagreeing with a ruling or seeking to better understand a law that decides a case. But it is never proper or appropriate to defy a ruling or attempt to undermine a judge with a personal attack, as Vos did with this contempt ruling.

There are dozens of reasons Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is regularly “honored” by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council for being no friend of openness in government.

No sitting or former lieutenant governor has won a U.S. Senate election in state history.

Business Court project creates two-tiered justice system. But it’s not too late to end it.

Wisconsin lawmakers were recently successful in stopping utility companies from hampering innovation in the electric vehicle-charging marketplace by preventing government charging stations and restricting solar EV chargers.

If state high court’s ‘least change’ rule followed in future, gerrymandering might last for decades.

Liberal PAC money is rolling into the “WI-5” city in the form of ads, mailers and other messaging campaigns in a furious effort to protect left-leaning city council incumbents and candidates .

If he doesn’t resign, as Rep. Alexander Ocasio Cortez has properly asked him to, Justice Clarence Thomas at least needs to recuse himself from any cases dealing with the Jan. 6 uprising.

Complaint challenges festival’s nonprofit status, claiming it now operates ‘as a commercial entity.’

When did it become wrong to use the correct processes to fight against unjust voter fraud?

It isn’t that they’re trying to improve public education, but to take advantage of misleading hot-button controversies they can use to portray Evers as a villain in an effort to keep themselves in power.

Rick Kyte, a Viterbo University ethicist, made an extremely important point in a La Crosse presentation last month: The way we tell American history depends on our beliefs about who we are, and our sense of where our country should be headed.

The mess with Wisconsin’s elections

Biden doubles down on inflationary policies … If the well-established definition of inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods, then dumping trillions of new dollars in government spending while raising corporate tax rates to 28%—thereby making it far more costly to produce things—is a singularly bad idea.

This construction season, after Republicans made substantial investments in the state’s transportation budget, our local governments are well-positioned to tackle many of their road priorities.

America has a bad habit of making the actions of one Black person somehow mean all of us are responsible.

Govs. Spencer Cox of Utah and Eric Holcomb of Indiana each vetoed bills that would ban transgender athletes from competing in the gender category of their choice.