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Even with the pandemic, changes to schedules and fewer opportunities to move around the 17th Senate District in person, 2020 was a very productive, fruitful year for me as your State Senator.
There is reason for hope as the curtain falls on 2020.
It was an awful year. Let us have Cheap Shots.
Milwaukee’s police leadership has become a surreal version of musical chairs. What’s going on?
The greatest deterrent to re-incarceration is a good job, and the key to a good job is a good education.
No one ever sworn a truer oath to uphold the constitutions of the state of Wisconsin and the United States than Shirley Abrahamson.
The Republican Party is no longer principled. It is only partially conservative. It often seeks power for power’s sake, not necessarily to advance the principles it once believed in.
Fight for us, because we are human beings. Fight for us, because our families depend on you. Fight for us, because you promised to.
There will be way too many empty chairs at Christmas dinner this year.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn was on the receiving end of one of President Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks Monday evening.
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.
Even with the pandemic, changes to schedules and fewer opportunities to move around the 17th Senate District in person, 2020 was a very productive, fruitful year for me as your State Senator.
There is reason for hope as the curtain falls on 2020.
It was an awful year. Let us have Cheap Shots.
Milwaukee’s police leadership has become a surreal version of musical chairs. What’s going on?
The greatest deterrent to re-incarceration is a good job, and the key to a good job is a good education.
No one ever sworn a truer oath to uphold the constitutions of the state of Wisconsin and the United States than Shirley Abrahamson.
The Republican Party is no longer principled. It is only partially conservative. It often seeks power for power’s sake, not necessarily to advance the principles it once believed in.
Fight for us, because we are human beings. Fight for us, because our families depend on you. Fight for us, because you promised to.
There will be way too many empty chairs at Christmas dinner this year.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn was on the receiving end of one of President Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks Monday evening.
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.