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The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.
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The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.

I was the Walker-appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. I was the one who flagged this urgent problem just three weeks into the administration, only to be rejected.

Pipelines are easily the safest and most environmentally friendly methods to transport oil across land.

I’d counsel against the punditry that suggests this is becoming a Barnes-Lasry race that pits two Milwaukeeans against one another.

After spending $4.4 million of his personal wealth on media ads, Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has moved up in the Marquette University Law School poll.


Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway made a not-too-brilliant proposal last week to replace some of the flower beds in Madison street median strips with artfully colored concrete.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk inflation from the gas pump to the political stump and gauge its impact on the fall elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

The ex-mayor is as worried as many of us are about the future of American democracy.

Neither secret or unprecedented, business dispute docket helps all Wisconsinites.

State sales tax collections are up, but so is inflation.

Could it be an issue in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate?
Plus: Alex Lasry is on the rise in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, why Republicans are beholden to election truthers, immigration, education and more.

Good news for Tony Evers. Bad news for RoJo. Uncertain news for Dem Senate candidates.

Cavalier Johnson blends both change and tradition.

For the sake of Wisconsin’s future, please support expanding voting rights to strengthen our democracy and ensure a more sustainable economy.

There is no higher calling at this moment than to bring carbon emissions down, and the Evers administration’s decision on Line 5 can be a turning point in saving life on our planet.

School Board President Cheryl Hancock has confirmed that she used a phony Facebook profile to go after candidates and others who opposed her views in support of stringent mask mandates, left-leaning curriculum and other district policies — not to mention politics.

Mount Pleasant Village Attorney Chris Smith may not like being accused of lying, but Americans must be free to criticize government officials without facing retaliation. His rush to court without a path to victory undercuts the rights that all citizens are all supposed to enjoy.

An astonishing but largely forgotten story in Time Magazine highlighting how the organized left conspired to defeat Donald Trump in 2020 explains why there is so much concern today about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.

The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.

I was the Walker-appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. I was the one who flagged this urgent problem just three weeks into the administration, only to be rejected.

Pipelines are easily the safest and most environmentally friendly methods to transport oil across land.

I’d counsel against the punditry that suggests this is becoming a Barnes-Lasry race that pits two Milwaukeeans against one another.

After spending $4.4 million of his personal wealth on media ads, Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has moved up in the Marquette University Law School poll.


Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway made a not-too-brilliant proposal last week to replace some of the flower beds in Madison street median strips with artfully colored concrete.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk inflation from the gas pump to the political stump and gauge its impact on the fall elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

The ex-mayor is as worried as many of us are about the future of American democracy.

Neither secret or unprecedented, business dispute docket helps all Wisconsinites.

State sales tax collections are up, but so is inflation.

Could it be an issue in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate?
Plus: Alex Lasry is on the rise in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, why Republicans are beholden to election truthers, immigration, education and more.

Good news for Tony Evers. Bad news for RoJo. Uncertain news for Dem Senate candidates.

Cavalier Johnson blends both change and tradition.

For the sake of Wisconsin’s future, please support expanding voting rights to strengthen our democracy and ensure a more sustainable economy.

There is no higher calling at this moment than to bring carbon emissions down, and the Evers administration’s decision on Line 5 can be a turning point in saving life on our planet.

School Board President Cheryl Hancock has confirmed that she used a phony Facebook profile to go after candidates and others who opposed her views in support of stringent mask mandates, left-leaning curriculum and other district policies — not to mention politics.

Mount Pleasant Village Attorney Chris Smith may not like being accused of lying, but Americans must be free to criticize government officials without facing retaliation. His rush to court without a path to victory undercuts the rights that all citizens are all supposed to enjoy.

An astonishing but largely forgotten story in Time Magazine highlighting how the organized left conspired to defeat Donald Trump in 2020 explains why there is so much concern today about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter.

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