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While they gnash their teeth over how the Republican-led Legislature draws “gerrymandered” political lines, local Democrats have long manipulated the redistricting process in Madison, Milwaukee and other urban parts of the state to protect their power centers.
An 1861 lynching in Milwaukee haunts us today.
Stigma has affected both the medical care these individuals receive and the willingness of our politicians to help them.
Tariffs are taxes, and they are taxes that farmers and businesses simply cannot afford to keep paying as we bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court is already politicized and has already been corrupted, primarily by Republicans over the past half-decade.
The next UW System president is already leading. Tommy for president.
The blue ribbon commission could lay out future pathways for the incoming president and provide the underlying analysis for each of them. That kind of groundwork would enable the next president to get off to a fast and informed start.
We need to tell young people about what happened on 9/11. We need to tell them who did it to us. And we need to tell them why they did it to us.
The dominant narrative following 9/11 is that things are worse, that nothing good has happened in two decades and that the country is in bad shape.
Remembering the innocent victims of our misguided patriotism.
In the wake of President Biden’s sweeping — and constitutionally suspect — COVID-19 vaccination mandates, Wisconsin needs to know where Gov. Tony Evers stands.
The month of September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and I encourage everyone to learn more about this “invisible disease.”
The vaccine anger – we’ve got the solution, why fight it? – looks like just the first Biden salvo in getting tougher when his agenda makes overwhelming sense – such as his broad program to address climate change and greenhouse gases as part of the infrastructure bill.
We Energies, Dairyland Power, Enbridge Energy plan major new investments in fossil fuels.
We need to do for our future generations what the generations of yesterday did for us.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer contrasting views on the 2020 election inquiry that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has funded with nearly $680,000 from taxpayers. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
After months of speculation, Rebecca Kleefisch made it official Thursday. The former Republican lieutenant governor launched her campaign for governor.
The issue unites city and rural areas in Wisconsin.
It’s time for Wisconsin’s leaders to get real about addressing the many long-term challenges the state faces.
Biden believes he can get around the Constitution through a Labor Department rule forcing large private businesses to either require their employees to be vaccinated or to test them once a week.
While they gnash their teeth over how the Republican-led Legislature draws “gerrymandered” political lines, local Democrats have long manipulated the redistricting process in Madison, Milwaukee and other urban parts of the state to protect their power centers.
An 1861 lynching in Milwaukee haunts us today.
Stigma has affected both the medical care these individuals receive and the willingness of our politicians to help them.
Tariffs are taxes, and they are taxes that farmers and businesses simply cannot afford to keep paying as we bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court is already politicized and has already been corrupted, primarily by Republicans over the past half-decade.
The next UW System president is already leading. Tommy for president.
The blue ribbon commission could lay out future pathways for the incoming president and provide the underlying analysis for each of them. That kind of groundwork would enable the next president to get off to a fast and informed start.
We need to tell young people about what happened on 9/11. We need to tell them who did it to us. And we need to tell them why they did it to us.
The dominant narrative following 9/11 is that things are worse, that nothing good has happened in two decades and that the country is in bad shape.
Remembering the innocent victims of our misguided patriotism.
In the wake of President Biden’s sweeping — and constitutionally suspect — COVID-19 vaccination mandates, Wisconsin needs to know where Gov. Tony Evers stands.
The month of September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and I encourage everyone to learn more about this “invisible disease.”
The vaccine anger – we’ve got the solution, why fight it? – looks like just the first Biden salvo in getting tougher when his agenda makes overwhelming sense – such as his broad program to address climate change and greenhouse gases as part of the infrastructure bill.
We Energies, Dairyland Power, Enbridge Energy plan major new investments in fossil fuels.
We need to do for our future generations what the generations of yesterday did for us.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer contrasting views on the 2020 election inquiry that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has funded with nearly $680,000 from taxpayers. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
After months of speculation, Rebecca Kleefisch made it official Thursday. The former Republican lieutenant governor launched her campaign for governor.
The issue unites city and rural areas in Wisconsin.
It’s time for Wisconsin’s leaders to get real about addressing the many long-term challenges the state faces.
Biden believes he can get around the Constitution through a Labor Department rule forcing large private businesses to either require their employees to be vaccinated or to test them once a week.