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The spark of rebellion is still flickering and in Wisconsin it lies in a teenaged girl whose civil disobedience has exposed the absurdity of her city’s quarantine rules and made her into something of the state’s Joan of Arc.
It’s a term often used when things are going well. But it cuts both ways.
If any reputable business operated like Johnson does as a U.S. senator, its CEO would be booted by the board of directors.
In contrast to the current system where each voter picks just one candidate, ranking has the benefit of conveying more information about how voters see the entire field of candidates.
This past year was difficult but we are in a much better place than we were last fall.
While the left and their friends in the mainstream media insist there’s nothing to see here, that the elections were conducted fairly and transparently, there remain many serious questions about how they were handled — and who was really in charge.
White supremacy is still holding on.
While Vos is surely a toady to Trump, the reason that the speaker and his GOP colleagues are willing and able to go to extremes has a deeper explanation in the nightmare that is gerrymandering.
Fiscal irresponsibility and reckless spending is the GOP battle cry, and they’re joined by two Democratic senators who should know better.
Why not build Madison’s new historical museum in whatever is Wisconsin vernacular?
Wisconsin ports generate $1.4 billion in economic activity, but need infrastructure upgrades.
Congress must pass both the infrastructure and reconciliation bills. However, a more realistic reconciliation bill is urgently needed.
One of the few benefits of the pandemic is the renewed attention parents are giving to what their children are being taught at school.
Fiscal irresponsibility and reckless spending is the GOP battle cry, and they’re joined by two Democratic senators who should know better.
Ramping up for the election year ahead, Democrats are again pushing a round of assaults on the Second Amendment.
The Republican-controlled Assembly literally voted to ban words — and the ideas associated with them — from being taught in the states public schools.
The state of Wisconsin needs impartial redistricting.
We have a choice about the kind of world that we and future generations will inhabit.
The Walker-named chairman of the state Natural Resources Board, Fred Prehn, continues to head the policy-setting panel for the state’s environmental agency, although his term ended months ago.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at how Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg could impact Milwaukee politics. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The spark of rebellion is still flickering and in Wisconsin it lies in a teenaged girl whose civil disobedience has exposed the absurdity of her city’s quarantine rules and made her into something of the state’s Joan of Arc.
It’s a term often used when things are going well. But it cuts both ways.
If any reputable business operated like Johnson does as a U.S. senator, its CEO would be booted by the board of directors.
In contrast to the current system where each voter picks just one candidate, ranking has the benefit of conveying more information about how voters see the entire field of candidates.
This past year was difficult but we are in a much better place than we were last fall.
While the left and their friends in the mainstream media insist there’s nothing to see here, that the elections were conducted fairly and transparently, there remain many serious questions about how they were handled — and who was really in charge.
White supremacy is still holding on.
While Vos is surely a toady to Trump, the reason that the speaker and his GOP colleagues are willing and able to go to extremes has a deeper explanation in the nightmare that is gerrymandering.
Fiscal irresponsibility and reckless spending is the GOP battle cry, and they’re joined by two Democratic senators who should know better.
Why not build Madison’s new historical museum in whatever is Wisconsin vernacular?
Wisconsin ports generate $1.4 billion in economic activity, but need infrastructure upgrades.
Congress must pass both the infrastructure and reconciliation bills. However, a more realistic reconciliation bill is urgently needed.
One of the few benefits of the pandemic is the renewed attention parents are giving to what their children are being taught at school.
Fiscal irresponsibility and reckless spending is the GOP battle cry, and they’re joined by two Democratic senators who should know better.
Ramping up for the election year ahead, Democrats are again pushing a round of assaults on the Second Amendment.
The Republican-controlled Assembly literally voted to ban words — and the ideas associated with them — from being taught in the states public schools.
The state of Wisconsin needs impartial redistricting.
We have a choice about the kind of world that we and future generations will inhabit.
The Walker-named chairman of the state Natural Resources Board, Fred Prehn, continues to head the policy-setting panel for the state’s environmental agency, although his term ended months ago.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at how Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg could impact Milwaukee politics. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
