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Foxconn says the new deal is “within reach.” On the contrary, it’s far from settled.
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Foxconn says the new deal is “within reach.” On the contrary, it’s far from settled.

The pandemic has revealed much about our health system and how it fails many, particularly the poor and elderly.

It’s appalling that Gov. Evers refuses to hold the teachers union accountable and insist on in-person learning.

We have to demonstrate whether in health care, justice, education or employment all are valued and have a seat at the table.

Johnson signaled opposition to the bipartisan economic aid, twice blocking a Senate vote on the direct stimulus checks.

Streamlined licensing reciprocity should be made permanent and extended to other professions.

Whatever its troubles, university is mission-centered, with good leadership.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at recent revenue numbers and what Gov. Tony Evers’ biennial budget will look like.

Reflecting on this extraordinarily difficult year, I am struck both by how fortunate we are to live in Madison and by how many people are not able to share in the city’s riches.

The new proposal before the Surface Transportation Board would change regulators’ definition and application of revenue adequacy, creating a landscape where strong financial performance and return on investment is treated as a negative outcome, rather than a success.

Stop the presses! Charlie Sykes has changed his view of Senator Ron Johnson.

I am often asked why Milwaukee’s suburbs are so segregated. People then ask a follow up question. What can we do about it? The answers to both questions are complicated yet at the same time simple.

How Joe Biden can build on the House That FDR Built.

Outgoing state Sen. Patty Schachtner, a full-time county medical examiner, earlier this year claimed to be “indefinitely confined,” receiving the special status accorded under state election law.

Wisconsin’s U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is doing her best to get Congress to do something to help struggling, mostly locally-owned restaurants that are faced with extinction during this pandemic.

I recently received my new committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session and they all play to my strengths.

Republican legislators would take power from schools, local governments and governor.

In a time of increased partisan rancor, I hope that reauthorizing the Stewardship Fund and restoring its full funding might be something both parties can work together to accomplish.

The losing minority in Trump election case vent their anger and reveal their prejudices.

In his first term on the Supreme Court, Justice Hagedorn has demonstrated the sort of judicial independence we hope all judges and justices would display.

Foxconn says the new deal is “within reach.” On the contrary, it’s far from settled.

The pandemic has revealed much about our health system and how it fails many, particularly the poor and elderly.

It’s appalling that Gov. Evers refuses to hold the teachers union accountable and insist on in-person learning.

We have to demonstrate whether in health care, justice, education or employment all are valued and have a seat at the table.

Johnson signaled opposition to the bipartisan economic aid, twice blocking a Senate vote on the direct stimulus checks.

Streamlined licensing reciprocity should be made permanent and extended to other professions.

Whatever its troubles, university is mission-centered, with good leadership.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at recent revenue numbers and what Gov. Tony Evers’ biennial budget will look like.

Reflecting on this extraordinarily difficult year, I am struck both by how fortunate we are to live in Madison and by how many people are not able to share in the city’s riches.

The new proposal before the Surface Transportation Board would change regulators’ definition and application of revenue adequacy, creating a landscape where strong financial performance and return on investment is treated as a negative outcome, rather than a success.

Stop the presses! Charlie Sykes has changed his view of Senator Ron Johnson.

I am often asked why Milwaukee’s suburbs are so segregated. People then ask a follow up question. What can we do about it? The answers to both questions are complicated yet at the same time simple.

How Joe Biden can build on the House That FDR Built.

Outgoing state Sen. Patty Schachtner, a full-time county medical examiner, earlier this year claimed to be “indefinitely confined,” receiving the special status accorded under state election law.

Wisconsin’s U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is doing her best to get Congress to do something to help struggling, mostly locally-owned restaurants that are faced with extinction during this pandemic.

I recently received my new committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session and they all play to my strengths.

Republican legislators would take power from schools, local governments and governor.

In a time of increased partisan rancor, I hope that reauthorizing the Stewardship Fund and restoring its full funding might be something both parties can work together to accomplish.

The losing minority in Trump election case vent their anger and reveal their prejudices.

In his first term on the Supreme Court, Justice Hagedorn has demonstrated the sort of judicial independence we hope all judges and justices would display.