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Last year at Pride, the counter-protesters tried to take away people’s ability to share their experiences and to fight for better. But now, they’ve got an openly queer State Representative. And unfortunately for them, I’ve got a platform that I intend to use and to share.
Circumstances in WI have changed dramatically. Retiring GOP state Senator Luther Olsen, vice-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, gets it. Olsen boldly stepped up saying it was time to reconsider Medicaid expansion.
145 years ago, Ulysses S. Grant predicted a war between the forces of intelligence and patriotism and the forces of ignorance. On Tuesday night it happened in Madison.
It’s unfortunate, but not many remember the damning report about America’s racial problems we were all warned about more than 50 years ago.
A Racine business is being punished because the owner participated in a rally in Madison demanding the government end the Coronavirus shutdown.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, gauge the state of the presidential race amid the release of new Wisconsin polls and visits from President Trump and Vice President Pence.
When Donald Trump eked out those razor-thin swing-state victories to win despite losing the popular vote, Madison seemed to descend into a funk from which it has still not recovered.
So many ways of blowing up that headline writers are challenged.
Racine County Circuit Court Judge Jon Fredrickson saw through the end-around Mayor Cory Mason and Public Health Administrator Dottie-Kay Bowersox pulled earlier this week, freezing a newly adopted ordinance that gives broad bureaucratic powers to contain COVID-19.
Air ambulance staff and frontline workers must be well-equipped to respond to calls, ensuring they can continue providing for the rural communities they serve. PPE has been limited since the beginning of the crisis, we must ensure provisions are included in future legislation in Congress that provides PPE to not only all first responders, but EMS professional including air ambulance staff.
Too many of our politicians and governmental leaders look the other way, enabling wealth to beget more wealth while average and low-income Americans pay the price.
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson was appointed interim president of the UW System after the only finalist to replace the retiring Ray Cross pulled out of the process.
While we welcome a visit by the President to see the hard work that has been going into Wisconsin shipbuilding for decades, we also look for him to finish the job and reward Wisconsin workers by making sure Made in Wisconsin ships are powered by engines built in Wisconsin.
What can we expect from Tommy Thompson as the interim president of the University of Wisconsin System?
Measure creates universal recognition, waives fees for low-income workers, expands opportunities for ex-offenders.
Dear America, I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.
This week’s column will be covering a few different topics, so we’re calling it another “Discombobulated Edition” of The Recombobulation Area.
The governor and many of his friends in pandering liberal politics have more than tolerated the turmoil; they’ve embraced it.
Trump’s plan to disenfranchise voters works only when those who fear his bullying allow him to succeed.
Innovations in voting could help change that.
Last year at Pride, the counter-protesters tried to take away people’s ability to share their experiences and to fight for better. But now, they’ve got an openly queer State Representative. And unfortunately for them, I’ve got a platform that I intend to use and to share.
Circumstances in WI have changed dramatically. Retiring GOP state Senator Luther Olsen, vice-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, gets it. Olsen boldly stepped up saying it was time to reconsider Medicaid expansion.
145 years ago, Ulysses S. Grant predicted a war between the forces of intelligence and patriotism and the forces of ignorance. On Tuesday night it happened in Madison.
It’s unfortunate, but not many remember the damning report about America’s racial problems we were all warned about more than 50 years ago.
A Racine business is being punished because the owner participated in a rally in Madison demanding the government end the Coronavirus shutdown.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, gauge the state of the presidential race amid the release of new Wisconsin polls and visits from President Trump and Vice President Pence.
When Donald Trump eked out those razor-thin swing-state victories to win despite losing the popular vote, Madison seemed to descend into a funk from which it has still not recovered.
So many ways of blowing up that headline writers are challenged.
Racine County Circuit Court Judge Jon Fredrickson saw through the end-around Mayor Cory Mason and Public Health Administrator Dottie-Kay Bowersox pulled earlier this week, freezing a newly adopted ordinance that gives broad bureaucratic powers to contain COVID-19.
Air ambulance staff and frontline workers must be well-equipped to respond to calls, ensuring they can continue providing for the rural communities they serve. PPE has been limited since the beginning of the crisis, we must ensure provisions are included in future legislation in Congress that provides PPE to not only all first responders, but EMS professional including air ambulance staff.
Too many of our politicians and governmental leaders look the other way, enabling wealth to beget more wealth while average and low-income Americans pay the price.
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson was appointed interim president of the UW System after the only finalist to replace the retiring Ray Cross pulled out of the process.
While we welcome a visit by the President to see the hard work that has been going into Wisconsin shipbuilding for decades, we also look for him to finish the job and reward Wisconsin workers by making sure Made in Wisconsin ships are powered by engines built in Wisconsin.
What can we expect from Tommy Thompson as the interim president of the University of Wisconsin System?
Measure creates universal recognition, waives fees for low-income workers, expands opportunities for ex-offenders.
Dear America, I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.
This week’s column will be covering a few different topics, so we’re calling it another “Discombobulated Edition” of The Recombobulation Area.
The governor and many of his friends in pandering liberal politics have more than tolerated the turmoil; they’ve embraced it.
Trump’s plan to disenfranchise voters works only when those who fear his bullying allow him to succeed.
Innovations in voting could help change that.