Visit WisPolitics-State Affairs for premium content,
keyword notifications, bill tracking and more
Submit columns for consideration to wisopinion@wispolitics.com
There’s only one set of parameters binding lawmakers: the United States Constitution. And, to paraphrase, there are two players when it comes to appointments to the judiciary: the president nominates and the U.S. Senate decides to confirm or not (with “advice and consent”).
Russ Feingold knows his way around politics, as a former Wisconsin legislator who served three terms in the United States Senate. But even he was taken aback by the haste with which President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, began talking about naming and confirming a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hours after the death of the pioneering jurist.
Mandating a full, public release will give those on all sides of education issues in the state a fair shot to let their voice be heard.
Republicans running the State Legislature are failing the test of leadership in a time of crisis. Now, it’s time to vote. A closer look at what’s at stake and a breakdown of every race on the ballot.
Collect paycheck for nine months of not working and blame governor for any problems.
At least compared to other states. Compared to other developed nations, horribly high.
Our fourth annual Cap Times Idea Fest, which is virtual this year, is bookended by sessions featuring two major national celebrities — former U.S. AG Eric Holder to lead off and legendary journalist Bob Woodward wrapping things up on Oct. 10 in a conversation with longtime Washington Post colleague and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss.
As expected, what you believe about Supreme Court nominations depends on where you sit, on this side or that side of the political aisle.
May her memory be a blessing, and may we fight to assure that she will truly rest in power.
The election elation about how well Joe Biden was doing in the polls and in campaign appearances dwindled into dread September 18 with the sad news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had succumbed at age 87.
When the news broke Friday night that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, fear was palpable.
Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin students went “back” to school last month, many of them from the comfort of their own homes. That means it is time for MacIver’s annual State of K-12 Education analysis for a year unlike any other.
As the presidential candidates jockey for Wisconsin votes in November, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the status of the horse race following multiple candidate visits, ads and polls.
Safety, prosperity and the rule of law are all on the ballot this year, and it shouldn’t be the least bit difficult to decide which side you’re on.
Facts have nothing to do with what this president says.
No matter how people try to ignore or rewrite history, we are a nation of immigrants. It’s just that some immigrants chose to close the door on others, after they arrived.
Republicans running the State Legislature are failing the test of leadership in a time of crisis. Now, it’s time to vote. A closer look at what’s at stake and a breakdown of every race on the ballot.
About the time you think that our beleaguered country is so partisan that nothing positive can come out of our capital, along comes a major piece of environmental legislation that shows what is possible if our politicians will holster their six-shooters.
The data is alarming. As are the many allies of the virus.
The City of Racine City Hall Annex has been transformed into a laboratory where city employees work with a highly contagious virus that has killed nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. — more than 1,200 in Wisconsin.
There’s only one set of parameters binding lawmakers: the United States Constitution. And, to paraphrase, there are two players when it comes to appointments to the judiciary: the president nominates and the U.S. Senate decides to confirm or not (with “advice and consent”).
Russ Feingold knows his way around politics, as a former Wisconsin legislator who served three terms in the United States Senate. But even he was taken aback by the haste with which President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, began talking about naming and confirming a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hours after the death of the pioneering jurist.
Mandating a full, public release will give those on all sides of education issues in the state a fair shot to let their voice be heard.
Republicans running the State Legislature are failing the test of leadership in a time of crisis. Now, it’s time to vote. A closer look at what’s at stake and a breakdown of every race on the ballot.
Collect paycheck for nine months of not working and blame governor for any problems.
At least compared to other states. Compared to other developed nations, horribly high.
Our fourth annual Cap Times Idea Fest, which is virtual this year, is bookended by sessions featuring two major national celebrities — former U.S. AG Eric Holder to lead off and legendary journalist Bob Woodward wrapping things up on Oct. 10 in a conversation with longtime Washington Post colleague and fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss.
As expected, what you believe about Supreme Court nominations depends on where you sit, on this side or that side of the political aisle.
May her memory be a blessing, and may we fight to assure that she will truly rest in power.
The election elation about how well Joe Biden was doing in the polls and in campaign appearances dwindled into dread September 18 with the sad news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had succumbed at age 87.
When the news broke Friday night that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, fear was palpable.
Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin students went “back” to school last month, many of them from the comfort of their own homes. That means it is time for MacIver’s annual State of K-12 Education analysis for a year unlike any other.
As the presidential candidates jockey for Wisconsin votes in November, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the status of the horse race following multiple candidate visits, ads and polls.
Safety, prosperity and the rule of law are all on the ballot this year, and it shouldn’t be the least bit difficult to decide which side you’re on.
Facts have nothing to do with what this president says.
No matter how people try to ignore or rewrite history, we are a nation of immigrants. It’s just that some immigrants chose to close the door on others, after they arrived.
Republicans running the State Legislature are failing the test of leadership in a time of crisis. Now, it’s time to vote. A closer look at what’s at stake and a breakdown of every race on the ballot.
About the time you think that our beleaguered country is so partisan that nothing positive can come out of our capital, along comes a major piece of environmental legislation that shows what is possible if our politicians will holster their six-shooters.
The data is alarming. As are the many allies of the virus.
The City of Racine City Hall Annex has been transformed into a laboratory where city employees work with a highly contagious virus that has killed nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. — more than 1,200 in Wisconsin.
