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Republican candidate for governor seems to have come from nowhere. Why the secrecy?

Let’s insist that the non-stories pushed by the MAGA zealots are not front and center in the looming governor and congressional races in Wisconsin.

Decision neutering lawmakers’ power to block agency rules means administrative state takes precedence over elected officials.

How AI’s environmental costs hit Black communities hardest.

This historic legislation delivers the largest tax cut in American history, putting more money back in your pocket and protecting benefits for the most vulnerable.

The Trump administration has been moving to gut all sorts of essential services for Americans. But one of the cruelest cuts came last week when, at the direction of the White House, the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services program of the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was eliminated.

People already know who Evers is and threatening he is not. He comes off like the school principal he once was.

Fair maps advocates and pro-democracy activists are looking to bring a new redistricting process to the state of Wisconsin, where the process is no longer in the hands of the very politicians who’d be running for office on those maps.

While not perfect, the Big Beautiful Bill delivers strong wins for dairy, grain, livestock, conservation and trade—core components of Wisconsin’s agricultural economy.

We are morally obligated to be there for our veterans, especially those who are struggling to find and keep a roof over their heads. We must rise above the politics and do what’s right, right now.

Van Orden has pivoted from denouncing Biden’s “endless war” to endorsing Trump’s policy reversal.

The latest Pew poll found that 59% of Canadians now view the United States as the “greatest threat” to their country. American bourbon and California wines are nowhere to be found, and Canadians are canceling trips south in droves.

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Wisconsin’s own Sean Duffy to be interim head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration sent environmental headbangers into orbit.

The tariffs debate is far from over, but the price pinch on consumers and a crimped supply chain might influence the conversation sooner than later.

While the Constitution is clear that a president cannot spend money without a congressional appropriation, the rules are murky about whether they have to spend money that Congress has appropriated.

Milwaukee ranks fifth in the nation for line-of-duty police deaths despite not even being one of the 30 most populous cities in the country.

The other contention made is that Republicans would lower crime. Here too the evidence is scant.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss takeaways from the latest Marquette University Law School poll. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Democrats need to make the case to the public that they will fight back. And they need the public to rise up behind them to help them do it.

And the real reason Wisconsin won’t join the modern world and let cars operate without drivers

Republican candidate for governor seems to have come from nowhere. Why the secrecy?

Let’s insist that the non-stories pushed by the MAGA zealots are not front and center in the looming governor and congressional races in Wisconsin.

Decision neutering lawmakers’ power to block agency rules means administrative state takes precedence over elected officials.

How AI’s environmental costs hit Black communities hardest.

This historic legislation delivers the largest tax cut in American history, putting more money back in your pocket and protecting benefits for the most vulnerable.

The Trump administration has been moving to gut all sorts of essential services for Americans. But one of the cruelest cuts came last week when, at the direction of the White House, the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services program of the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was eliminated.

People already know who Evers is and threatening he is not. He comes off like the school principal he once was.

Fair maps advocates and pro-democracy activists are looking to bring a new redistricting process to the state of Wisconsin, where the process is no longer in the hands of the very politicians who’d be running for office on those maps.

While not perfect, the Big Beautiful Bill delivers strong wins for dairy, grain, livestock, conservation and trade—core components of Wisconsin’s agricultural economy.

We are morally obligated to be there for our veterans, especially those who are struggling to find and keep a roof over their heads. We must rise above the politics and do what’s right, right now.

Van Orden has pivoted from denouncing Biden’s “endless war” to endorsing Trump’s policy reversal.

The latest Pew poll found that 59% of Canadians now view the United States as the “greatest threat” to their country. American bourbon and California wines are nowhere to be found, and Canadians are canceling trips south in droves.

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Wisconsin’s own Sean Duffy to be interim head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration sent environmental headbangers into orbit.

The tariffs debate is far from over, but the price pinch on consumers and a crimped supply chain might influence the conversation sooner than later.

While the Constitution is clear that a president cannot spend money without a congressional appropriation, the rules are murky about whether they have to spend money that Congress has appropriated.

Milwaukee ranks fifth in the nation for line-of-duty police deaths despite not even being one of the 30 most populous cities in the country.

The other contention made is that Republicans would lower crime. Here too the evidence is scant.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss takeaways from the latest Marquette University Law School poll. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Democrats need to make the case to the public that they will fight back. And they need the public to rise up behind them to help them do it.

And the real reason Wisconsin won’t join the modern world and let cars operate without drivers