East-west corridor is a bottleneck and a drag on economic activity.

The COVID clamps on the available workforce explain much of the inability of the economy to get rolling again. Companies simply cannot get the available work done because they can’t muster full work forces for their operations.

As Christmas nears, my wish is to unite as a community, a state, and a nation to work together for the common good. People of any religion or no religion can embrace the spirit of joy, peace and goodwill embodied by all religions.

Republicans want to use the coronavirus pandemic as another excuse to move executive decision-making to their purview.

I’ll be honest with you, tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin requires a unified effort on all levels – from the Capitol in Madison, to your community, to your own home.

What the United States does not need is a massive corporate bailout that allows the wealthiest and most powerful businesses in this country to avoid liability for actions they take that sicken and kill Americans.

As promised, he’s upholding the law as written. So why are right wingers so angry?

These lawsuits were just a vehicle for him to put the squeeze on his supporters because he’s gonna need as much cash as possible to pay off all his campaign debts and to fund a legal defense against all the civil and criminal lawsuits he will be facing on January 21st.

Last week, Assembly Republicans released a package of legislation to address the challenges presented by COVID-19. While the package is fairly broad, there are a few policies that I believe are critical.

We don’t need a Capitol Christmas tree or “super-spreader” federal holiday parties. We need elected officials that are going to do what’s needed to ensure our residents can eat, work, access medical care, worship safely and keep a roof over their heads.

Wisconsin Democratic Congressman Mark Pocan and GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos showed real leadership in doing a joint PSA for the Stop the COVID Spread coalition.

State Rep. Mark Born steps into a leadership role on the Legislature’s powerful budget-writing committee during some of the most challenging times the state has ever faced.

Ron Johnson’s departure from the U.S. Senate could give President Joe Biden his 50th vote in the Senate.

More than 75 protests and lots of misunderstandings. How city officials have responded.

Parisi is neither bombastic nor particularly self-aggrandizing, though he could choose to play it differently given the scope of his influence.

We need to use our significant surplus in Medicaid funds to continue testing, tracing and COVID-19 operations in January.

Hagedorn’s adherence to the written word of the law has already drawn scorn from some Republicans complaining he’s a “traitor” or worse.

Now is not the time to get sick. We are so close to finally having a solution to battling COVID-19. Let’s see this through together without any more unnecessary deaths from this horrible disease.

Social distancing and wearing masks saves real peoples’ lives, speeds us to a better economic future, relieves the burdens on exhausted health care workers.