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John Hyland, the presiding judge of the county’s criminal courts division, took exception to O’Donnell’s Aug. 11th column, “When Dane County Leniency Turns Deadly,” which focused on the suspects in the gruesome murder of Chicago Police officer Ella French.
When Milwaukee refuses to see that Blacks are disadvantage by design.
Wisconsin ranks 24th among states but is more punitive than every nation in the world.
The data for Wisconsin is worrisome. The politics is puzzling.
Building fossil fuel infrastructure while trying to address climate change is like stopping for an errand when you’re already late or going on a shopping spree when on a budget.
In today’s tribal culture it has become much harder to be an individual. That’s especially true in politics.
Read an overview of Wisconsin politics from the 2022 Almanac of American Politics.
If we go to war, everyone needs to sacrifice. Otherwise we can avert our eyes and let someone else do the suffering.
We have a great debt to repay going back decades.
Enhanced federal unemployment insurance payments expired on Labor Day, providing a push to many of the 9 million jobless Americans who claimed the $300 weekly bonus benefits to get back into the job market.
Yesterday Gov. Tony Evers announced that he would pardon 71 more people. It was absolutely the right thing to do and absolutely the wrong time to do it.
Do historic preservation efforts limit housing for those in need?
Many advocates for CRT — like ICS Equity and similar groups — claim that their work is only “teacher training” and that it is not actually leading to any substantial changes in the classroom. However, this is patently untrue.
While much of the discussion of the climate crisis had been about what would happen in the future as global temperatures increase, that future is now.
In Wisconsin, nearly one in four residents report that they did not fill a prescription due to cost. Polling has shown that 53% of Wisconsinites are concerned about the cost of prescription drugs.
What’s happening there is about much more than the fight over reproductive rights. It’s about political control.
The U.S. must reject intervening in a civil war or foolishly attempting nation-building. The U.S. lost the Afghanistan War many years ago.
There won’t be a new New Deal without a strategy to get around the filibuster and enact legislation that strengthens the hand of American workers.
Wisconsin remains one of about 16 states that prohibits consumers from buying directly from manufacturers.
To restore sanity, accountability and integrity into our democracy, we need fair maps.
John Hyland, the presiding judge of the county’s criminal courts division, took exception to O’Donnell’s Aug. 11th column, “When Dane County Leniency Turns Deadly,” which focused on the suspects in the gruesome murder of Chicago Police officer Ella French.
When Milwaukee refuses to see that Blacks are disadvantage by design.
Wisconsin ranks 24th among states but is more punitive than every nation in the world.
The data for Wisconsin is worrisome. The politics is puzzling.
Building fossil fuel infrastructure while trying to address climate change is like stopping for an errand when you’re already late or going on a shopping spree when on a budget.
In today’s tribal culture it has become much harder to be an individual. That’s especially true in politics.
Read an overview of Wisconsin politics from the 2022 Almanac of American Politics.
If we go to war, everyone needs to sacrifice. Otherwise we can avert our eyes and let someone else do the suffering.
We have a great debt to repay going back decades.
Enhanced federal unemployment insurance payments expired on Labor Day, providing a push to many of the 9 million jobless Americans who claimed the $300 weekly bonus benefits to get back into the job market.
Yesterday Gov. Tony Evers announced that he would pardon 71 more people. It was absolutely the right thing to do and absolutely the wrong time to do it.
Do historic preservation efforts limit housing for those in need?
Many advocates for CRT — like ICS Equity and similar groups — claim that their work is only “teacher training” and that it is not actually leading to any substantial changes in the classroom. However, this is patently untrue.
While much of the discussion of the climate crisis had been about what would happen in the future as global temperatures increase, that future is now.
In Wisconsin, nearly one in four residents report that they did not fill a prescription due to cost. Polling has shown that 53% of Wisconsinites are concerned about the cost of prescription drugs.
What’s happening there is about much more than the fight over reproductive rights. It’s about political control.
The U.S. must reject intervening in a civil war or foolishly attempting nation-building. The U.S. lost the Afghanistan War many years ago.
There won’t be a new New Deal without a strategy to get around the filibuster and enact legislation that strengthens the hand of American workers.
Wisconsin remains one of about 16 states that prohibits consumers from buying directly from manufacturers.
To restore sanity, accountability and integrity into our democracy, we need fair maps.
