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Liz Cheney, the third ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives did not have a fast-enough horse to out-run the majority of GOP congressmen, including all five from Wisconsin, who wanted to shut her up as she consistently challenged former President Trump and his Big Lie that the November election was stolen from him.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider policy shifts in state agencies as Gov. Tony Evers gains control of boards governing the DNR, the UW System and Department of Ag Trade and Consumer Protection.
The Biden administration is working to reassert the government’s top consumer watchdog just as the U.S. economy is showing signs of a solid recovery.
We want our leaders to defend America. To stand up, unabashedly, for its inherent goodness. To provide optimistic leadership that will spur us on to success. To unite us as Americans.
Why are so many people—including those who have been fully vaccinated—still obsessively wearing masks when the science says they don’t need to?
A chorus of voices from state businesses say they can’t find enough workers to fill open jobs, a trend that might expand as Wisconsin nears the Memorial Day weekend and the traditional start of the summer tourist season.
Lessons from Great Recession can inform strategic choices for allocating American Rescue Plan dollars.
Republicans want to end the supplemental $300 per week unemployment benefits. Democrats say it’s not what’s keeping workers from going back to a job. I think they’re both wrong.
After two years as the Cap Times’ opinion editor, I’m returning to political reporting — and I couldn’t be more thrilled to make the move.
First rejected by Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin legislative Republicans continue to hold fast against taking more federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility.
If we are going to continue to rely on employers to provide Americans with access to health care, then it is our responsibility to implement programs, like BadgerCare, that extend healthcare access to those people who work jobs that, for whatever reason, do not provide them with insurance, including the self-employed.
The CDC has landed on the side of common sense — not insisting on 100% protection from this strange pandemic that has frozen the US for over a year.
If you are relying on WILL and the rest of the school choice lobby’s presentation of the facts to make decisions about the future of our state, hold on to your wallet.
While the administration looks to “refocus the lens on equity and inclusion,” the governor has left Wisconsin’s most vulnerable people out of his political vision.
NRCC creates fake Trump fundraising letter filled with misleading information.
The president’s own commitments in his first 100 days show he is serious about bringing us together to tackle the biggest issues facing our country and addressing environment justice.
Two weeks ago, we introduced a bill for co-sponsorship which would require non-judicial, state elected officials to be trained and work as election officials.
How did we get here, to a point in which obvious malapportionment provides outsize advantages for small populations and remote geographic areas?
For the past few weeks, Israel has intensified a provocative campaign of oppression and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians, focused largely but not exclusively on occupied East Jerusalem.
Why legislating American patriotism is a slippery slope.
Liz Cheney, the third ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives did not have a fast-enough horse to out-run the majority of GOP congressmen, including all five from Wisconsin, who wanted to shut her up as she consistently challenged former President Trump and his Big Lie that the November election was stolen from him.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider policy shifts in state agencies as Gov. Tony Evers gains control of boards governing the DNR, the UW System and Department of Ag Trade and Consumer Protection.
The Biden administration is working to reassert the government’s top consumer watchdog just as the U.S. economy is showing signs of a solid recovery.
We want our leaders to defend America. To stand up, unabashedly, for its inherent goodness. To provide optimistic leadership that will spur us on to success. To unite us as Americans.
Why are so many people—including those who have been fully vaccinated—still obsessively wearing masks when the science says they don’t need to?
A chorus of voices from state businesses say they can’t find enough workers to fill open jobs, a trend that might expand as Wisconsin nears the Memorial Day weekend and the traditional start of the summer tourist season.
Lessons from Great Recession can inform strategic choices for allocating American Rescue Plan dollars.
Republicans want to end the supplemental $300 per week unemployment benefits. Democrats say it’s not what’s keeping workers from going back to a job. I think they’re both wrong.
After two years as the Cap Times’ opinion editor, I’m returning to political reporting — and I couldn’t be more thrilled to make the move.
First rejected by Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin legislative Republicans continue to hold fast against taking more federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility.
If we are going to continue to rely on employers to provide Americans with access to health care, then it is our responsibility to implement programs, like BadgerCare, that extend healthcare access to those people who work jobs that, for whatever reason, do not provide them with insurance, including the self-employed.
The CDC has landed on the side of common sense — not insisting on 100% protection from this strange pandemic that has frozen the US for over a year.
If you are relying on WILL and the rest of the school choice lobby’s presentation of the facts to make decisions about the future of our state, hold on to your wallet.
While the administration looks to “refocus the lens on equity and inclusion,” the governor has left Wisconsin’s most vulnerable people out of his political vision.
NRCC creates fake Trump fundraising letter filled with misleading information.
The president’s own commitments in his first 100 days show he is serious about bringing us together to tackle the biggest issues facing our country and addressing environment justice.
Two weeks ago, we introduced a bill for co-sponsorship which would require non-judicial, state elected officials to be trained and work as election officials.
How did we get here, to a point in which obvious malapportionment provides outsize advantages for small populations and remote geographic areas?
For the past few weeks, Israel has intensified a provocative campaign of oppression and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians, focused largely but not exclusively on occupied East Jerusalem.
Why legislating American patriotism is a slippery slope.
