
Dave Zweifel: On Nov. 3, Wisconsin voters foiled the real cheaters
When people foil the vote suppressors, as Wisconsin citizens did on Nov. 3, the real cheaters lose.
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When people foil the vote suppressors, as Wisconsin citizens did on Nov. 3, the real cheaters lose.

The people have spoken, and now our government must deliver on their demands. The campaigning and voting is over, and it’s time for the governing to begin.

Drawing maps with an emphasis on promoting partisan competition, and the consensus-focused politics it yields, would do more than make the Legislature more responsive to Wisconsin’s challenges. Equally important, it would achieve citizen confidence in the process and affirm that democracy exists at the state level.

The study found unionization and politics were more important to the decision to close the schools.

Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday released his COVID-19 “relief package” with a half-billion-dollar-plus price tag that would be mainly born by state taxpayers.

Lots of new votes for both parties in election. What does it mean for the future?

Like a number of other predominantly Native American counties nationwide, Menominee voted overwhelmingly for the Democrats this year — as did precincts with substantial Native populations in other northern Wisconsin counties that backed Biden and Harris, such as Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas.

Conservative senators long urging leadership to schedule a confirmation hearing and send Wisconsin’s controversial health czar packing may not get the chance.

First lady Melania Trump’s infamous jacket has supplied the de facto slogan for her husband’s administration.

We must demand that the governor and Department of Corrections save the lives of the people who are in their care by using the powers at their disposal to stop the pandemic inside prison walls.

Some experts say half-virtual, half-in-person classes may actually be worse at spreading COVID-19.

Cutting cops unnecessarily to placate protesters will do nothing to help George Floyd or Jacob Blake.

I agree with Gov. Tony Evers that our success in fighting the virus rests on individual responsibility. Once again, I encourage everyone to adhere to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Wear a mask, socially distance, frequently wash your hands, follow local restrictions and stay home as much as possible.

There are 300,000+ cases, with 2,600+ deaths in Wisconsin. And, many of the sick will suffer lasting “damage (to) the lungs, heart and brain” (NYT). There have been 11 million cases and 250,000 dead nationally. Moreover, there is a leadership vacuum in Washington, despite the mounting horror.

A Milwaukee city proposal would raise penalties from $500 to as much as $5,000, with a maximum accumulated fine of $20,000.

When it comes to coronavirus in the state of Wisconsin, we are failing. Hard.

With another divisive election behind us, as we combat an infectious virus and work to rebuild our economy, it’s important that we recognize there is so much more that connects us instead of divides us.

Protect the vote? Who from? The only threat to the vote in Wisconsin right now is from Republicans.

After everything that’s happened these last four years, it was Wisconsin that dealt the decisive blow to defeat Donald Trump.

More than anything else, more than a pandemic, Donald Trump ended up losing because he stubbornly insisted on being the most obnoxious jerk he could possibly be at every opportunity.

When people foil the vote suppressors, as Wisconsin citizens did on Nov. 3, the real cheaters lose.

The people have spoken, and now our government must deliver on their demands. The campaigning and voting is over, and it’s time for the governing to begin.

Drawing maps with an emphasis on promoting partisan competition, and the consensus-focused politics it yields, would do more than make the Legislature more responsive to Wisconsin’s challenges. Equally important, it would achieve citizen confidence in the process and affirm that democracy exists at the state level.

The study found unionization and politics were more important to the decision to close the schools.

Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday released his COVID-19 “relief package” with a half-billion-dollar-plus price tag that would be mainly born by state taxpayers.

Lots of new votes for both parties in election. What does it mean for the future?

Like a number of other predominantly Native American counties nationwide, Menominee voted overwhelmingly for the Democrats this year — as did precincts with substantial Native populations in other northern Wisconsin counties that backed Biden and Harris, such as Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas.

Conservative senators long urging leadership to schedule a confirmation hearing and send Wisconsin’s controversial health czar packing may not get the chance.

First lady Melania Trump’s infamous jacket has supplied the de facto slogan for her husband’s administration.

We must demand that the governor and Department of Corrections save the lives of the people who are in their care by using the powers at their disposal to stop the pandemic inside prison walls.

Some experts say half-virtual, half-in-person classes may actually be worse at spreading COVID-19.

Cutting cops unnecessarily to placate protesters will do nothing to help George Floyd or Jacob Blake.

I agree with Gov. Tony Evers that our success in fighting the virus rests on individual responsibility. Once again, I encourage everyone to adhere to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Wear a mask, socially distance, frequently wash your hands, follow local restrictions and stay home as much as possible.

There are 300,000+ cases, with 2,600+ deaths in Wisconsin. And, many of the sick will suffer lasting “damage (to) the lungs, heart and brain” (NYT). There have been 11 million cases and 250,000 dead nationally. Moreover, there is a leadership vacuum in Washington, despite the mounting horror.

A Milwaukee city proposal would raise penalties from $500 to as much as $5,000, with a maximum accumulated fine of $20,000.

When it comes to coronavirus in the state of Wisconsin, we are failing. Hard.

With another divisive election behind us, as we combat an infectious virus and work to rebuild our economy, it’s important that we recognize there is so much more that connects us instead of divides us.

Protect the vote? Who from? The only threat to the vote in Wisconsin right now is from Republicans.

After everything that’s happened these last four years, it was Wisconsin that dealt the decisive blow to defeat Donald Trump.

More than anything else, more than a pandemic, Donald Trump ended up losing because he stubbornly insisted on being the most obnoxious jerk he could possibly be at every opportunity.