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Spencer Black: Biden’s climate plan is smart policy and smart politics

John Nichols: Josh Kaul is right to decry Donald Trump’s fascist tactics


Bruce Murphy: State’s COVID-19 level worse than entire developed world?

Paul McGraw: Pharmaceutical supply chain holding up
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Jerina Vincent: This is the worst time for government to hurt my small business
Until Covid-19 shut us down, my small gift shop was doing okay selling local handmade products, candles, t-shirts, wooden clocks and so much more. Then, in what felt like a split second, our business nearly melted down when our store

Bill Kaplan: State congressional Republicans fail Wisconsin
Back in May the Democratic-led House anticipated that the toll from COVID-19 and its economic consequences would continue to be devastating. The House passed relief and recovery legislation, largely along party lines. The $3 trillion bill would help state, local



Don Vruwink: Wisconsin schools need to take it slowly
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WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss court decisions upholding lame-duck laws, early voting restrictions
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider recent court decisions upholding GOP lame-duck laws and measures to restrict early voting. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
WisOpinion Poll: Should Biden choose Baldwin as his running mate?
National reports have indicated U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, is among those presumptive Dem presidential nominee Joe Biden is considering as his running mate.

Paul Fanlund: Hey lefties, get off Joe Biden’s back
The hope to put an end to this American nightmare is Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, an empathetic and honest politician whose life has twice been touched by profound personal tragedy, but who bears a stain among many lefties for being — wait for it — too moderate.

Will Flanders: Defense of Davis-Bacon not convincing
There is nothing new in Jake Castanza’s recent letter to the editor defending federal Davis Bacon prevailing-wage law. We can look at Wisconsin’s experience with the repeal of its state prevailing-wage law as evidence for this point.

Lena Taylor: Systemic racism is real and remains
From the homes we own, the healthcare we receive, to our experience at polling locations, systemic disenfranchisement and racism are prevalent.

M.D. Kittle: Woke’s Jim Crow: Combating racism with segregation
In the left’s never-ending war on reason and sanity, a Madison high school is now using racially-segregated groups to discuss racism.

Mark Pocan: Wisconsin’s path to recovery: testing, tracing, masking and isolation




Spencer Black: Biden’s climate plan is smart policy and smart politics

John Nichols: Josh Kaul is right to decry Donald Trump’s fascist tactics


Bruce Murphy: State’s COVID-19 level worse than entire developed world?

Paul McGraw: Pharmaceutical supply chain holding up
… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me

Jerina Vincent: This is the worst time for government to hurt my small business
Until Covid-19 shut us down, my small gift shop was doing okay selling local handmade products, candles, t-shirts, wooden clocks and so much more. Then, in what felt like a split second, our business nearly melted down when our store

Bill Kaplan: State congressional Republicans fail Wisconsin
Back in May the Democratic-led House anticipated that the toll from COVID-19 and its economic consequences would continue to be devastating. The House passed relief and recovery legislation, largely along party lines. The $3 trillion bill would help state, local



Don Vruwink: Wisconsin schools need to take it slowly
… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss court decisions upholding lame-duck laws, early voting restrictions
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider recent court decisions upholding GOP lame-duck laws and measures to restrict early voting. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
WisOpinion Poll: Should Biden choose Baldwin as his running mate?
National reports have indicated U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, is among those presumptive Dem presidential nominee Joe Biden is considering as his running mate.

Paul Fanlund: Hey lefties, get off Joe Biden’s back
The hope to put an end to this American nightmare is Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee, an empathetic and honest politician whose life has twice been touched by profound personal tragedy, but who bears a stain among many lefties for being — wait for it — too moderate.

Will Flanders: Defense of Davis-Bacon not convincing
There is nothing new in Jake Castanza’s recent letter to the editor defending federal Davis Bacon prevailing-wage law. We can look at Wisconsin’s experience with the repeal of its state prevailing-wage law as evidence for this point.

Lena Taylor: Systemic racism is real and remains
From the homes we own, the healthcare we receive, to our experience at polling locations, systemic disenfranchisement and racism are prevalent.

M.D. Kittle: Woke’s Jim Crow: Combating racism with segregation
In the left’s never-ending war on reason and sanity, a Madison high school is now using racially-segregated groups to discuss racism.