It took fourteen months, a mountain of ignored requests, the retention of a respected public policy legal powerhouse and a formal intervention by the Wisconsin Attorney General to finally see more of the picture. But now that the Department of Public Instruction has been forced to open its books, the picture emerging is one of calculated stonewalling and staggering taxpayer expense.

The most important tip is to not be intimidated by the process: There are no magic words required to trigger your right to get records, and the law must be interpreted broadly in favor of access.

Whether or not the university formally adopts IHRA, the logic is already at work. And that logic is corrosive, because it places students — especially Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and allied students — in a position where their political speech is preemptively shadowed by suspicion.

When young Black boys see leaders, mentors and professionals who look like them, it changes what they believe is possible. Mentorship helps build confidence. It gives young people direction. And it reminds them that they are not alone.

“Look before you leap” never made more sense.

Attorney General Josh Kaul’s hiring of environmental lawyers from outside Wisconsin has spurred a partisan dispute in the State Legislature.

It’s time to do what must be done to protect Wisconsin’s kids from online sexual exploitation. All Wisconsinites should urge Gov. Tony Evers to sign Assembly Bill 105 into law without delay.

Sen. Mark Spreitzer and Rep. Clinton Anderson, both Beloit Democrats, are introducing legislation that would allow local communities to set residency requirements for the highest-ranking appointed individuals.

Local leaders need to create a plan to incorporate a SEED School, which adopt a boarding school model for at-risk youths.

If you can’t name a road after the martyred most influential Christian evangelist and conservative political influencer of this century in the most conservative county in Wisconsin, it’s a fair bet you won’t be able to do it anywhere.

Racist leadership practices return to the military

It is a clear attack on the public’s right to know. We all suffer when truth‑seekers are punished for exposing corruption, documenting conflict, or giving voice to those who would otherwise be unheard. Silencing a reporter is an attempt to blind the world.

April Fool’s is a good day to review Donald Trump’s campaign promises to the American people. Suffice it to say that he took a lot of us for fools.

The war with Iran, which has metastasized into a deadly regional conflict with daunting international economic implications since Trump launched it in late February, became a vital theme of No Kings Day rallies in Minnesota and nationwide.

There was a new dimension to the anti-Trump protest Saturday that drew a record turnout of an estimated 1,600 citizens to the grounds of the Washington County Courthouse. It was opposition to his new war against Iran.

I’m tired of the snap judgments that fall so much harder on women, especially conservative women. We don’t really know what went down in Kristi’s marriage and, frankly, it’s hard to see how it’s any of our business, as weird as it all is. Leave Kristi alone. She has enough to deal with.

All of ATC’s customers, Wisconsin households and businesses, started paying for a project the day construction began, eighteen months before the facility opens.

Wisconsin lawmakers just advanced two major bills related to the SNAP program; one was signed by the governor, and the other just passed the Assembly.

Hong is the beating heart of the pro-Palestine, “reimagine policing,” social justice warriors here in Wisconsin. The huddled masses yearning for more free stuff support legislation like her Assembly Bill 370. It required prisons and jails to allow inmates to get and give a 20-second hug.

There is palpable anger afoot in this nation. Not violent fist-a-cuff anger. But rather a determined, reasoned, and righteous commitment against the destruction of our national norms and the constitutional guardrails that govern this land.