What the news coverage of the spa killings in Atlanta can teach us.

Racist words and deeds have meaning, and they have profound consequences — especially when they come in the context of a horrifying wave of violence directed at Asian Americans.

We have seen the will of Congress can move a powerful and costly measure to combat COVID and stir the economy. Surely, the mounting death toll from mass shootings and gun violence should also merit the same urgency.

Recently, Kewaunee city government officials sent Empower Wisconsin a bill for more than $10,000 — the amount it would charge to turn over public documents.

The nation’s new leader in peddling conspiracy theories. Is he planning a run for president?

Voters understand that elections should be conducted at the state and local levels — not out of Washington.

The basic idea is that the world is divided into “oppressors” and victims and that none of us control which group we fall into — that’s determined only by our race and gender.

Expert at state forum suggests federal courts may be less important as state courts rule on election laws.

On the dance floor, it takes two to tango. And in Washington, D.C., it takes two to be bipartisan.

A higher minimum wage doesn’t help those who invariably will lose their jobs.

Wisconsin will have a healthier and stronger recovery by expanding BadgerCare now.

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.

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.