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A wide field of Republicans is taking shape for the GOP primary to take on Dem Gov. Tony Evers in 2022. Registered candidates include Jonathan Wichmann, of Franklin, who had declared he would run if there had been a successful
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen and Chvala, assess the post-pandemic economic recovery and the impact of federal money.
We’re glad to have helped our communities emerge from the pandemic and look forward to what our future will bring.
As the head of DWD, the agency responsible for enforcing our state’s anti-discrimination laws, I encourage all of you to use this month to educate yourselves on ways you can advance equal rights year-round.
Summerfest got $10 million in federal funding. The Pabst and thousands of other groups: nothing.
Many states, including Wisconsin, do not guarantee their incarcerated populations access to free menstrual products.
What exists in the United States could best be described not as majority rule but rather, rule by the most highly motivated.
Creating the dental therapy profession in Wisconsin would improve oral health for disadvantaged populations and create jobs without additional costs to taxpayers.
The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global repercussions.
There are several practical steps that our lawmakers can take at the state level to instill greater confidence in elections and strengthen democracy for all Wisconsinites.
Bystanders must take a stand against racists if we want to end racism.
The big fight is over the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line, which would extend, with some massive 17-story towers, from Iowa to Middleton, across the picturesque, rugged and environmentally sensitive Driftless area.
More than a year after a sheriff’s deputy threatened Amyiah Cohoon with arrest for posting on Instagram that she had COVID-19, the Oxford, Wis. teen continues to wait for justice.
Conservatives allege free speech infringement to skirt accountability.
As economics professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff of Boston University pointed out years ago, disclosure could be an automatic enforcement device.
As Republicans gather for the state convention in Wisconsin Dells this weekend, one thing is clear: Evers’ failure to provide real leadership for our state through one of its most trying times has laid bare the need for new leadership in Madison and a new era of conservative reform.
The organization of school district leaders across the state to plead poverty Monday while sitting on a veritable pile of money was but the latest in a string of dishonest and increasingly desperate scare tactics.
The degree to which bigotry and attempts to marginalize gay men and women still occur, and some politicians turn policy ideas into culture war issues for the cheap sake of campaign fodder, proves why the news from Nassib is important to be heard in many places across the nation.
Why officially acknowledging Juneteenth means something
Senator wins attention with Wisconsin beer, not for the first time.
A wide field of Republicans is taking shape for the GOP primary to take on Dem Gov. Tony Evers in 2022. Registered candidates include Jonathan Wichmann, of Franklin, who had declared he would run if there had been a successful
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen and Chvala, assess the post-pandemic economic recovery and the impact of federal money.
We’re glad to have helped our communities emerge from the pandemic and look forward to what our future will bring.
As the head of DWD, the agency responsible for enforcing our state’s anti-discrimination laws, I encourage all of you to use this month to educate yourselves on ways you can advance equal rights year-round.
Summerfest got $10 million in federal funding. The Pabst and thousands of other groups: nothing.
Many states, including Wisconsin, do not guarantee their incarcerated populations access to free menstrual products.
What exists in the United States could best be described not as majority rule but rather, rule by the most highly motivated.
Creating the dental therapy profession in Wisconsin would improve oral health for disadvantaged populations and create jobs without additional costs to taxpayers.
The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global repercussions.
There are several practical steps that our lawmakers can take at the state level to instill greater confidence in elections and strengthen democracy for all Wisconsinites.
Bystanders must take a stand against racists if we want to end racism.
The big fight is over the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line, which would extend, with some massive 17-story towers, from Iowa to Middleton, across the picturesque, rugged and environmentally sensitive Driftless area.
More than a year after a sheriff’s deputy threatened Amyiah Cohoon with arrest for posting on Instagram that she had COVID-19, the Oxford, Wis. teen continues to wait for justice.
Conservatives allege free speech infringement to skirt accountability.
As economics professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff of Boston University pointed out years ago, disclosure could be an automatic enforcement device.
As Republicans gather for the state convention in Wisconsin Dells this weekend, one thing is clear: Evers’ failure to provide real leadership for our state through one of its most trying times has laid bare the need for new leadership in Madison and a new era of conservative reform.
The organization of school district leaders across the state to plead poverty Monday while sitting on a veritable pile of money was but the latest in a string of dishonest and increasingly desperate scare tactics.
The degree to which bigotry and attempts to marginalize gay men and women still occur, and some politicians turn policy ideas into culture war issues for the cheap sake of campaign fodder, proves why the news from Nassib is important to be heard in many places across the nation.
Why officially acknowledging Juneteenth means something
Senator wins attention with Wisconsin beer, not for the first time.