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When it comes to guns in homes this blog has been consistent and adamant that parents must be held legally responsible when their weapons are not stored and safeguarded correctly.
Based on dozens of investigative reports, it is clear that many law enforcement officers get away with egregious acts against the communities they are supposed to be serving.
Reggie Jackson describes his “strange, but satisfying journey” disconnecting from television, the internet and his phone for eight days.
Simply put, the country needs more workers. Should we not raise legal immigration back to a million new entrants per year, about the level it was before President Trump cut it by about half?
After years of standing outside looking in, atomic power gained a seat at the COP26 international table.
Restoring our public schools and empowering parents: The Wisconsin Association of School Boards recently joined 14 other states in withdrawing from the National School Boards Association.
Even after a major push to lower Black infant mortality in Milwaukee, many babies aren’t living to see their first birthday.
The NCAA’s charge that fans would be turned off if they knew the players were getting paid like the pros (or their own coaches) was always a stretch. Now it has been proven false.
The future of conservative thought after Trump looks dark.
Te risk tool worked, but it wasn’t followed. Brooks should have had high cash bail, but that doesn’t mean that another person charged with (and presumed innocent of) a serious offense can’t be safely released if other risk factors are not present.
There’s a lot of inappropriately low bail offered in the revolving door Milwaukee County criminal justice system that John Chisholm has helped create. You don’t have to look too long to find the evidence.
For many in the Wampanoag tribe, the first Thanksgiving is a day of mourning. They mourn that day because it served as the beginning of colonization for their land and of their people.
We need members of Congress to throw their support behind the Philips’ ATLAS program and show that they are committed to ensuring all veterans, no matter where they live, have adequate health care.
Evers should have vetoed the first budget sent to him by the Republican Legislature in 2019 and made it clear that he would sign no budget that did not include a nonpartisan redistricting commission.
In a huge win for Republicans, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed it would take a “least change” approach in settling new state and congressional boundaries for the next decade.
The initial law enforcement officers and prosecutors decided that Arbery didn’t matter. They told his mother that he was a killed committing a robbery. They had planned to do nothing. Truth be told, this guilty verdict almost never happened.
Amid national outrage over the low bail that released a killer just days before the Waukesha Parade massacre, Dan O’Donnell tells the story of a young man whose life was saved because he was held in jail.
Average homeowner in state will see 3% reduction.
It’s a way to inflame voters who haven’t the slightest idea of what it is; they just know it’s bad. And that’s all that matters. Not facts, not ideas on how we can fix our problems, just a bogus slogan.
While I’m not certain at this point which Democrat is best positioned to defeat Johnson, I’m absolutely certain it’s imperative to deny Johnson a third term representing Wisconsin in the Senate.
When it comes to guns in homes this blog has been consistent and adamant that parents must be held legally responsible when their weapons are not stored and safeguarded correctly.
Based on dozens of investigative reports, it is clear that many law enforcement officers get away with egregious acts against the communities they are supposed to be serving.
Reggie Jackson describes his “strange, but satisfying journey” disconnecting from television, the internet and his phone for eight days.
Simply put, the country needs more workers. Should we not raise legal immigration back to a million new entrants per year, about the level it was before President Trump cut it by about half?
After years of standing outside looking in, atomic power gained a seat at the COP26 international table.
Restoring our public schools and empowering parents: The Wisconsin Association of School Boards recently joined 14 other states in withdrawing from the National School Boards Association.
Even after a major push to lower Black infant mortality in Milwaukee, many babies aren’t living to see their first birthday.
The NCAA’s charge that fans would be turned off if they knew the players were getting paid like the pros (or their own coaches) was always a stretch. Now it has been proven false.
The future of conservative thought after Trump looks dark.
Te risk tool worked, but it wasn’t followed. Brooks should have had high cash bail, but that doesn’t mean that another person charged with (and presumed innocent of) a serious offense can’t be safely released if other risk factors are not present.
There’s a lot of inappropriately low bail offered in the revolving door Milwaukee County criminal justice system that John Chisholm has helped create. You don’t have to look too long to find the evidence.
For many in the Wampanoag tribe, the first Thanksgiving is a day of mourning. They mourn that day because it served as the beginning of colonization for their land and of their people.
We need members of Congress to throw their support behind the Philips’ ATLAS program and show that they are committed to ensuring all veterans, no matter where they live, have adequate health care.
Evers should have vetoed the first budget sent to him by the Republican Legislature in 2019 and made it clear that he would sign no budget that did not include a nonpartisan redistricting commission.
In a huge win for Republicans, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed it would take a “least change” approach in settling new state and congressional boundaries for the next decade.
The initial law enforcement officers and prosecutors decided that Arbery didn’t matter. They told his mother that he was a killed committing a robbery. They had planned to do nothing. Truth be told, this guilty verdict almost never happened.
Amid national outrage over the low bail that released a killer just days before the Waukesha Parade massacre, Dan O’Donnell tells the story of a young man whose life was saved because he was held in jail.
Average homeowner in state will see 3% reduction.
It’s a way to inflame voters who haven’t the slightest idea of what it is; they just know it’s bad. And that’s all that matters. Not facts, not ideas on how we can fix our problems, just a bogus slogan.
While I’m not certain at this point which Democrat is best positioned to defeat Johnson, I’m absolutely certain it’s imperative to deny Johnson a third term representing Wisconsin in the Senate.
