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Sarah Godlewski: State and local leaders want more COVID-19 relief
It’s time for congressional Republicans to listen.
John Nichols: Let’s get serious about democratizing Wisconsin
Republican Sen. Dale Kooyenga and progressive Democratic Rep. Daniel Riemer deserve credit for advancing an innovative proposal for ranked-choice voting, and for opening a necessary discussion about democracy in Wisconsin. But they’re not going far enough.
Bruce Thompson: Trump’s dismal record on the economy
The data shows the worst performance of any president since World War II.
Kurt Bauer: It’s time to tap into America’s manufacturing advantage
The U.S. should adopt policies on energy, immigration and taxation that incentivize the re-shoring of critical manufacturing.
Bobbi Wilson: Structural reform needed to stabilize agricultural economy
As 2021 gets underway with a new President and a new Congress, the best hope to truly stabilize the agricultural economy is not more exorbitant bailouts, but structural reform.
Bruce Murphy: Fiserv has ‘most overpaid’ CEO
Milwaukee exec Jeffery Yabuki is 15th most overpaid CEO, study finds, making 428 times an average worker.
M.D. Kittle: Madison teachers union makes threats
After its faculty representatives got caught pushing an apparently illegal work stoppage, Madison Teachers Inc. did what comes naturally to unions: It issued threats.
David McGrath: Saving wolves for the slaughter
Why did 27,000 people pay for the chance to shoot a gray wolf? It’s certainly not for food.
John Torinus: UW can correct major inequitable funding gap
General purpose revenues from the state are about $12,000 per student per year at UW-Madison, compared to about $6,000 at UWM and $4500 at the other 11 other four-year campuses, including Parkside. Clearly, there is a funding gap of Grand Canyon proportions.
M.D. Kittle: Evers’ DHS puts Madison, Milwaukee teachers at front of COVID vaccine line
Gov. Tony Evers’ Department of Health Services plans to put teachers in the Madison and Milwaukee school districts at the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line — even as those educators have led a year-long resistance movement against re-opening schools.
LaKeshia Myers: When deregulation goes wrong
The common sense case for government intervention.
Dan O’Donnell: COVID numbers are crashing, so why won’t state and national leaders change course?
In both Wisconsin and across the country, new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have all dropped precipitously since their highs late fall and early winter, yet public policy remains frustratingly the same—and very well could be until the end of this year.
Don Vruwink: State moves toward upgrading system that handled unemployment benefits
My hope is the Legislature will continue to update the system to make it work for everyone—and stop blaming each other for its failures.
Dave Zweifel: WMC wants to keep rigging the system
As usual, WMC doesn’t want local people to make local tax decisions. They like their bought-and-paid-for legislators making the call. That way they always come out ahead.
Jessie Opoien: It’s long past time for the Andrew Cuomos of the world to stop harassing women
Discrimination and harassment know no partisan bounds. The only upside to speaking out against these behaviors is that someone following in your footsteps might have an easier time.
Reggie Jackson: How not to be an ally: A list of rules for anti-racist advocacy
There are things I’ve seen that are well meaning acts by racial justice advocates that seem well meaning but are a real turnoff and leads to frustration and burnout from those of us who are victimized by American racism.
Dave Cieslewicz: A better conversation on race
Egg shells are never a very solid foundation on which to have a discussion.
Bruce Murphy: Hupy & Abraham face political storm
Hupy’s donations to Ron Johnson attacked by Minocqua brewer and law firm losing business.
Steven Walters: Where are the main characters from the Act 10 drama now?
Three out of every four lawmakers who went through the historical Act 10 fight exactly one decade ago are no longer in the Legislature. So where are many of those elected officials now?
Sarah Godlewski: State and local leaders want more COVID-19 relief
It’s time for congressional Republicans to listen.
John Nichols: Let’s get serious about democratizing Wisconsin
Republican Sen. Dale Kooyenga and progressive Democratic Rep. Daniel Riemer deserve credit for advancing an innovative proposal for ranked-choice voting, and for opening a necessary discussion about democracy in Wisconsin. But they’re not going far enough.
Bruce Thompson: Trump’s dismal record on the economy
The data shows the worst performance of any president since World War II.
Kurt Bauer: It’s time to tap into America’s manufacturing advantage
The U.S. should adopt policies on energy, immigration and taxation that incentivize the re-shoring of critical manufacturing.
Bobbi Wilson: Structural reform needed to stabilize agricultural economy
As 2021 gets underway with a new President and a new Congress, the best hope to truly stabilize the agricultural economy is not more exorbitant bailouts, but structural reform.
Bruce Murphy: Fiserv has ‘most overpaid’ CEO
Milwaukee exec Jeffery Yabuki is 15th most overpaid CEO, study finds, making 428 times an average worker.
M.D. Kittle: Madison teachers union makes threats
After its faculty representatives got caught pushing an apparently illegal work stoppage, Madison Teachers Inc. did what comes naturally to unions: It issued threats.
David McGrath: Saving wolves for the slaughter
Why did 27,000 people pay for the chance to shoot a gray wolf? It’s certainly not for food.
John Torinus: UW can correct major inequitable funding gap
General purpose revenues from the state are about $12,000 per student per year at UW-Madison, compared to about $6,000 at UWM and $4500 at the other 11 other four-year campuses, including Parkside. Clearly, there is a funding gap of Grand Canyon proportions.
M.D. Kittle: Evers’ DHS puts Madison, Milwaukee teachers at front of COVID vaccine line
Gov. Tony Evers’ Department of Health Services plans to put teachers in the Madison and Milwaukee school districts at the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line — even as those educators have led a year-long resistance movement against re-opening schools.
LaKeshia Myers: When deregulation goes wrong
The common sense case for government intervention.
Dan O’Donnell: COVID numbers are crashing, so why won’t state and national leaders change course?
In both Wisconsin and across the country, new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have all dropped precipitously since their highs late fall and early winter, yet public policy remains frustratingly the same—and very well could be until the end of this year.
Don Vruwink: State moves toward upgrading system that handled unemployment benefits
My hope is the Legislature will continue to update the system to make it work for everyone—and stop blaming each other for its failures.
Dave Zweifel: WMC wants to keep rigging the system
As usual, WMC doesn’t want local people to make local tax decisions. They like their bought-and-paid-for legislators making the call. That way they always come out ahead.
Jessie Opoien: It’s long past time for the Andrew Cuomos of the world to stop harassing women
Discrimination and harassment know no partisan bounds. The only upside to speaking out against these behaviors is that someone following in your footsteps might have an easier time.
Reggie Jackson: How not to be an ally: A list of rules for anti-racist advocacy
There are things I’ve seen that are well meaning acts by racial justice advocates that seem well meaning but are a real turnoff and leads to frustration and burnout from those of us who are victimized by American racism.
Dave Cieslewicz: A better conversation on race
Egg shells are never a very solid foundation on which to have a discussion.
Bruce Murphy: Hupy & Abraham face political storm
Hupy’s donations to Ron Johnson attacked by Minocqua brewer and law firm losing business.
Steven Walters: Where are the main characters from the Act 10 drama now?
Three out of every four lawmakers who went through the historical Act 10 fight exactly one decade ago are no longer in the Legislature. So where are many of those elected officials now?
