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James Rowen: A competitive WI Dem primary in April can weaken right-wing state Supreme Court control
A competitive Biden vs. Sanders contest moving forward means that Democrats in Wisconsin will vote in droves in the April 7th Wisconsin presidential primary. And that should mean a heavy turnout for Jill Karofsky, the more progressive candidate running against Daniel Kelly.

Bruce Thompson: State regulators at issue in Supreme Court race
Justice Dan Kelly seems to side with those out to destroy the “administrative state.”

Jessie Opoien: If you want to defeat Donald Trump in November, it may be up to you to do it
The internal debates are not without merit. But if Democrats’ priority is truly to defeat Donald Trump, it will take more than a strong candidate or a focused turnout strategy. It will take unity, and it will also take individual effort.

John Nichols: On Biden’s big night, Sanders warns against ‘same old’ politics
The former vice president is surging, but the Vermont senator is still waging a political revolution.

Jake Curtis: WI Supreme Court battle pits grassroots conservatives against 2020 ‘Blue Wall’
While his opponent hopes to bring her focus on social justice to the state Supreme Court, Justice Dan Kelly wishes to ‘assiduously patrol the borders between the branches.’

Dan O’Donnell: A social justice justice
In a rare moment of total honesty, Karofsky admitted and promised that she will be a social justice Justice.

Matt Rothschild: Hearings should have ample notice
What good is it to have a “public hearing” when the public doesn’t hear about it in time to participate?

Bruce Murphy: Foxconn contract has huge loophole?
“Ironclad” contract may allow company to count seasonal employees for tax credits.

Caleb Frostman: Building a well-rounded workforce
I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a study tour throughout Germany to learn more about the country’s apprenticeship program. Germany has been a world leader in vocational training for hundreds of years, and Wisconsin’s own apprenticeship program is largely based on Germany’s dual model.

Ola Lisowski: Students from 186 Wisconsin high schools needed remedial classes at UW System
Report shows thousands of students arrive at college woefully unprepared.

Patty Schachtner: Doing more to support family caregivers
As Wisconsin’s population ages, supporting long-term care is becoming even more critical.

Dale Kooyenga: RightBooks: ‘Why Nations Fail’
In 2012, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson published “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.” By making complex economic arguments easy to understand, the authors describe how far-left policies have ruined nations.

John Nichols: The robots are still coming for your job
The issues that Yang sought to make central to the 2020 competition — as part of a mix that must also include climate change, war and peace, economic inequality and racial injustice — will not go away. Why? Because whether the remaining Democrats are up for the discussion or not, the robots are still coming for your job.

Bruce Murphy: State’s antisemitic incidents up by 329%
Skyrocketing rise since 2015 in new report raises question: why?

Steven Walters: Veto keeps $392 million in state treasury
Twice in the Democratic governor’s first 14 months in office, Republicans put an income tax cut on the governor’s desk that he vetoed.

Bill Kaplan: Coronavirus, candor and competence
With one coronavirus case in Wisconsin and inadequately funded public health, Wisconsin needs more federal funds. It’s going to get worse. Wisconsin shouldn’t pay the price for Trump’s lack of candor and competence.

M.D. Kittle: Study: Green New Deal would destroy America’s Dairyland
A new study confirms just how disastrous the environmental/wealth redistribution plan would be for Wisconsin.

Dave Zweifel: A message of optimism as we work to save the planet
Many world leaders and climate change experts were disappointed with the results of last December’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, but one longtime local activist who was among the 27,000 who attended came away with hope for the future.

Mike McCabe: The ‘unelectable’ four-term president
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ushered in policies every bit as socialist as anything Bernie Sanders is proposing today.

David Blaska: Money can’t buy you love
But it can get you American Samoa.

James Rowen: A competitive WI Dem primary in April can weaken right-wing state Supreme Court control
A competitive Biden vs. Sanders contest moving forward means that Democrats in Wisconsin will vote in droves in the April 7th Wisconsin presidential primary. And that should mean a heavy turnout for Jill Karofsky, the more progressive candidate running against Daniel Kelly.

Bruce Thompson: State regulators at issue in Supreme Court race
Justice Dan Kelly seems to side with those out to destroy the “administrative state.”

Jessie Opoien: If you want to defeat Donald Trump in November, it may be up to you to do it
The internal debates are not without merit. But if Democrats’ priority is truly to defeat Donald Trump, it will take more than a strong candidate or a focused turnout strategy. It will take unity, and it will also take individual effort.

John Nichols: On Biden’s big night, Sanders warns against ‘same old’ politics
The former vice president is surging, but the Vermont senator is still waging a political revolution.

Jake Curtis: WI Supreme Court battle pits grassroots conservatives against 2020 ‘Blue Wall’
While his opponent hopes to bring her focus on social justice to the state Supreme Court, Justice Dan Kelly wishes to ‘assiduously patrol the borders between the branches.’

Dan O’Donnell: A social justice justice
In a rare moment of total honesty, Karofsky admitted and promised that she will be a social justice Justice.

Matt Rothschild: Hearings should have ample notice
What good is it to have a “public hearing” when the public doesn’t hear about it in time to participate?

Bruce Murphy: Foxconn contract has huge loophole?
“Ironclad” contract may allow company to count seasonal employees for tax credits.

Caleb Frostman: Building a well-rounded workforce
I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a study tour throughout Germany to learn more about the country’s apprenticeship program. Germany has been a world leader in vocational training for hundreds of years, and Wisconsin’s own apprenticeship program is largely based on Germany’s dual model.

Ola Lisowski: Students from 186 Wisconsin high schools needed remedial classes at UW System
Report shows thousands of students arrive at college woefully unprepared.

Patty Schachtner: Doing more to support family caregivers
As Wisconsin’s population ages, supporting long-term care is becoming even more critical.

Dale Kooyenga: RightBooks: ‘Why Nations Fail’
In 2012, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson published “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.” By making complex economic arguments easy to understand, the authors describe how far-left policies have ruined nations.

John Nichols: The robots are still coming for your job
The issues that Yang sought to make central to the 2020 competition — as part of a mix that must also include climate change, war and peace, economic inequality and racial injustice — will not go away. Why? Because whether the remaining Democrats are up for the discussion or not, the robots are still coming for your job.

Bruce Murphy: State’s antisemitic incidents up by 329%
Skyrocketing rise since 2015 in new report raises question: why?

Steven Walters: Veto keeps $392 million in state treasury
Twice in the Democratic governor’s first 14 months in office, Republicans put an income tax cut on the governor’s desk that he vetoed.

Bill Kaplan: Coronavirus, candor and competence
With one coronavirus case in Wisconsin and inadequately funded public health, Wisconsin needs more federal funds. It’s going to get worse. Wisconsin shouldn’t pay the price for Trump’s lack of candor and competence.

M.D. Kittle: Study: Green New Deal would destroy America’s Dairyland
A new study confirms just how disastrous the environmental/wealth redistribution plan would be for Wisconsin.

Dave Zweifel: A message of optimism as we work to save the planet
Many world leaders and climate change experts were disappointed with the results of last December’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, but one longtime local activist who was among the 27,000 who attended came away with hope for the future.

Mike McCabe: The ‘unelectable’ four-term president
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ushered in policies every bit as socialist as anything Bernie Sanders is proposing today.

