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The problem is not with the structure or mission of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The problem is with the people who run it and the refusal of lawmakers to hold them accountable.
Fentanyl strips are a way for those who use illicit drugs to check and make sure they are not ingesting or using a drug that contains fentanyl.
Gannett cuts back all of its Wisconsin papers except Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
High-profile, entitled professional athletes who think they can flout rules by refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 wring much of the fun from sports as a distraction from the gravity of the real world.
The list of those who want to replace senator reads like a comedy of errors.
In blocking enforcement of President Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses of 100 employees or more, the Supreme Court struck an important blow for the separation of powers and against the tyranny of the bureaucracy.
We should stop pretending that the “big lie” is something new in America.
Scientists have been trying to warn us about this slow-motion apocalypse for 50 years. And yet too often we talk about the crisis as if it is something we will need to address in the next five, 10, or 15 years.
The Supreme Court requested parties to the case to submit maps with minimal changes from current boundaries. Yet, in his attempt to rig the congressional maps, Gov. Evers submitted maps that not only did not follow the court’s order, they didn’t even follow his own public statements opposing political gerrymandering throughout this process.
It is time to say the names of senators who can make a positive difference to save our democracy, to heed the call for bipartisan passage of voting rights legislation voiced by President Biden.
When David Maraniss emailed me earlier this week with the sad news that his older brother, Jim, had died of a heart attack, it brought back a swirl of memories from newspaper days past.
Johnson’s global megaphone and deceitfulness can be shut down, but only with a strong pro-democracy turnout on Nov. 8.
Now that Gov. Tony Evers has brushed aside a complaint asking him to investigate Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, will the Legislature act to hold the controversial DA accountable for his failure to protect the public from an accused mass murderer?
CARES Act made possible what no county would have approved with its own money.
My County Board and the one that brother Mike chaired (1992-1996) built the Public Safety Building, a new courthouse, built the Exposition Hall at Alliant Energy Center, merged the city and county public health departments, made electricity from waste at the county landfill, ended a Depression-era welfare program for single men, and adopted program efficiency audits. Where has been the leadership since?
Massive costs need bold, innovative solutions and state legislation.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s announcement that he has finally made up his mind to break his promise and run for a third term is a mixed bag for the GOP.
Gov. Tony Evers has found a way to try to weasel out of dealing with a complaint asking him to fire Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm: He secretly hired a Madison attorney who proclaimed the complaint “insufficient.”
It’s an election year and Democrats ran last time on a promise to “shut down the virus.”
This year’s inductees include a familiar name, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, and two other conservation stalwarts, Arlen Christenson, longtime law school faculty member at UW-Madison, and Gordon Bubolz, an Appleton attorney and businessman for whom conservation was a passion.
The problem is not with the structure or mission of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The problem is with the people who run it and the refusal of lawmakers to hold them accountable.
Fentanyl strips are a way for those who use illicit drugs to check and make sure they are not ingesting or using a drug that contains fentanyl.
Gannett cuts back all of its Wisconsin papers except Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
High-profile, entitled professional athletes who think they can flout rules by refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 wring much of the fun from sports as a distraction from the gravity of the real world.
The list of those who want to replace senator reads like a comedy of errors.
In blocking enforcement of President Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses of 100 employees or more, the Supreme Court struck an important blow for the separation of powers and against the tyranny of the bureaucracy.
We should stop pretending that the “big lie” is something new in America.
Scientists have been trying to warn us about this slow-motion apocalypse for 50 years. And yet too often we talk about the crisis as if it is something we will need to address in the next five, 10, or 15 years.
The Supreme Court requested parties to the case to submit maps with minimal changes from current boundaries. Yet, in his attempt to rig the congressional maps, Gov. Evers submitted maps that not only did not follow the court’s order, they didn’t even follow his own public statements opposing political gerrymandering throughout this process.
It is time to say the names of senators who can make a positive difference to save our democracy, to heed the call for bipartisan passage of voting rights legislation voiced by President Biden.
When David Maraniss emailed me earlier this week with the sad news that his older brother, Jim, had died of a heart attack, it brought back a swirl of memories from newspaper days past.
Johnson’s global megaphone and deceitfulness can be shut down, but only with a strong pro-democracy turnout on Nov. 8.
Now that Gov. Tony Evers has brushed aside a complaint asking him to investigate Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, will the Legislature act to hold the controversial DA accountable for his failure to protect the public from an accused mass murderer?
CARES Act made possible what no county would have approved with its own money.
My County Board and the one that brother Mike chaired (1992-1996) built the Public Safety Building, a new courthouse, built the Exposition Hall at Alliant Energy Center, merged the city and county public health departments, made electricity from waste at the county landfill, ended a Depression-era welfare program for single men, and adopted program efficiency audits. Where has been the leadership since?
Massive costs need bold, innovative solutions and state legislation.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s announcement that he has finally made up his mind to break his promise and run for a third term is a mixed bag for the GOP.
Gov. Tony Evers has found a way to try to weasel out of dealing with a complaint asking him to fire Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm: He secretly hired a Madison attorney who proclaimed the complaint “insufficient.”
It’s an election year and Democrats ran last time on a promise to “shut down the virus.”
This year’s inductees include a familiar name, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, and two other conservation stalwarts, Arlen Christenson, longtime law school faculty member at UW-Madison, and Gordon Bubolz, an Appleton attorney and businessman for whom conservation was a passion.