Endorsements, recruiting and get-out-the-vote efforts by Democratic and Republican leaders for school board and local government candidates mean many local candidates now can’t escape being tied to a party, whether they want it or not.

There is a good case to be made that the election systems in Alaska and Maine made it easier for Murkowski and Collins to show support for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.

Our tagline for this year is “The state of change” because we recognize that what happens in Madison affects the entire state and vice versa. The challenges that all of us face require more voices at the table to find real solutions.

Voters have amended the state constitution 146 times. Will they do it again?

With no evidence recommends state stop using ERIC voter registration system.

One in nine Black adults in Wisconsin can’t vote. Unique parole policies a key reason.

As billions of federal “relief” dollars flow into Wisconsin, the state Legislature has advanced two measures designed to restore legislative oversight and sound budgetary practices. Sen. Dale Kooyenga, a supporter of both measures, joins Free Exchange to discuss.

Something has gone terribly wrong with the consolidation of the former UW College System and its 13 campuses into the comprehensive UW 4-6 year degree colleges.

The Democrat AG has used the office to push a far left agenda that has expanded executive powers, endangered public safety, and limited individual liberties.

We’re tired of being celebrated for being resilient for how much harm we can withstand. We want to be celebrated for our accomplishments without having to prove ourselves every step of the way.

The joy in the room at the mayor’s election night party was powerful. Plus: five takeaways from the race for mayor of Milwaukee.

What we are witnessing in too many communities with hollowed-out newspapers is really sad. Is it any wonder there are fewer newspaper readers?

It was gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch’s husband, former state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, who proposed a hunting season on sandhills several years ago, calling them the “rib-eye” of the sky. His campaign mercifully failed. But the proposal is back again.

Kids are the ultimate losers when this reality is ignored.

A brutal war in Ukraine rages, inflation is infectious, and a cold, wet April has largely lived up to poet T.S. Eliot’s branding as “the cruelest month.” Perhaps some updates on recent missives will warm things up.

Two of my friends who are both long-time voters ran into a new barrier for this spring’s election as a result of a recent court ruling.

Elsewhere in Wisconsin, silly!

Republican Kelly Ruh — who served as a fake elector with nine other members of WISGOP in the state as part of a plot to upend the Electoral College and overturn the 2020 presidential election — lost to Democrat Pamela