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Federal relief serves as a critical down payment on our economic recovery, but we need to maintain the momentum of those programs with new resources and new initiatives.
Evers may be the most closed-government governor in Wisconsin history. And Kaul, while he applauds his office for responding to “many open government issues,” has been an abject failure in standing up for Wisconsin’s open record laws.
Senate Bill 120 requires use of force policies to provide the instances in which use of force must be reported, how to report it, and a requirement that officers who engage in or observe a reportable use of force must report it.
Steve Piotrowski’s story begins with his tour in Vietnam and ends shortly after his return back to small-town Wisconsin, a journey that is all too familiar and painful to remember for so many who served in a war that eventually didn’t make any sense to anyone.
With Senate support, passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would be a historic achievement: a truly bipartisan effort to protect our nation’s food supply and do right by the people who till our soil.
The horror in Atlanta has opened discussion deeper into racism against Asians, and how words used by national leaders have deadly consequences. But it also opens a door on how very conservative churches are using extreme views on sex to damage some of their followers.
If we’re going to respect nurses and doctors and all the other essential workers who have risked their lives and safety to get us through the coronavirus pandemic, we can’t just call them “heroes.” We have to treat them as such.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Wisconsin after one year.
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget includes money to expand a program in which college students offer energy and expertise to help solve local issues. Even conservative communities like central Wisconsin’s Adams County benefit.
Turns out that states with the most progressive income taxes — Wisconsin being one of them — have been able to ride out the pandemic with little if any fiscal disruption.
Conversation is no less essential now than in the pre-mask era, and the sooner we get used to talking with masks, the better.
Cash for prisoners is just one of many liberal giveaways at taxpayers’ expense.
The only thing standing between our state and over a billion dollars are legislative Republicans dead set on sticking it to the governor.
The Republican Party has happily made itself the ugliest side of the creature it was 50 years ago, elevating the racism that was a smaller but effective part of its message.
Why is Johnson made to answer for the transgressions of his donors but nearly every player in Milwaukee Democrat circles doesn’t have to answer for the behavior of a man they promoted largely because of his “character” and “values?”
Dentists see that adding the mid-level providers eases the care shortage, expands access and creates efficiencies.
Jill Underly wants to remove the same educational options for lower-income parents that she herself used because she could afford it with her taxpayer-funded salary.
We’re separating ourselves, even more than previously thought, by our political beliefs. This only deepens our divides.
A good example of how things ought not work comes from the last round of redistricting, in 2011.
Four members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation want to know why Wisconsin ranks last nationally in fully vaccinating seniors in assisted living homes — among the state’s most vulnerable population.
Federal relief serves as a critical down payment on our economic recovery, but we need to maintain the momentum of those programs with new resources and new initiatives.
Evers may be the most closed-government governor in Wisconsin history. And Kaul, while he applauds his office for responding to “many open government issues,” has been an abject failure in standing up for Wisconsin’s open record laws.
Senate Bill 120 requires use of force policies to provide the instances in which use of force must be reported, how to report it, and a requirement that officers who engage in or observe a reportable use of force must report it.
Steve Piotrowski’s story begins with his tour in Vietnam and ends shortly after his return back to small-town Wisconsin, a journey that is all too familiar and painful to remember for so many who served in a war that eventually didn’t make any sense to anyone.
With Senate support, passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would be a historic achievement: a truly bipartisan effort to protect our nation’s food supply and do right by the people who till our soil.
The horror in Atlanta has opened discussion deeper into racism against Asians, and how words used by national leaders have deadly consequences. But it also opens a door on how very conservative churches are using extreme views on sex to damage some of their followers.
If we’re going to respect nurses and doctors and all the other essential workers who have risked their lives and safety to get us through the coronavirus pandemic, we can’t just call them “heroes.” We have to treat them as such.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Wisconsin after one year.
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget includes money to expand a program in which college students offer energy and expertise to help solve local issues. Even conservative communities like central Wisconsin’s Adams County benefit.
Turns out that states with the most progressive income taxes — Wisconsin being one of them — have been able to ride out the pandemic with little if any fiscal disruption.
Conversation is no less essential now than in the pre-mask era, and the sooner we get used to talking with masks, the better.
Cash for prisoners is just one of many liberal giveaways at taxpayers’ expense.
The only thing standing between our state and over a billion dollars are legislative Republicans dead set on sticking it to the governor.
The Republican Party has happily made itself the ugliest side of the creature it was 50 years ago, elevating the racism that was a smaller but effective part of its message.
Why is Johnson made to answer for the transgressions of his donors but nearly every player in Milwaukee Democrat circles doesn’t have to answer for the behavior of a man they promoted largely because of his “character” and “values?”
Dentists see that adding the mid-level providers eases the care shortage, expands access and creates efficiencies.
Jill Underly wants to remove the same educational options for lower-income parents that she herself used because she could afford it with her taxpayer-funded salary.
We’re separating ourselves, even more than previously thought, by our political beliefs. This only deepens our divides.
A good example of how things ought not work comes from the last round of redistricting, in 2011.
Four members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation want to know why Wisconsin ranks last nationally in fully vaccinating seniors in assisted living homes — among the state’s most vulnerable population.
