Some progress on democracy in Wisconsin requires a look to the past.

Although Cephus steadfastly maintained his innocence from day one, Cephus was charged with serious crimes that exposed him to significant prison time, if convicted. Cephus was also suspended from the UW football team and expelled from the university. Cephus’ reputation was trashed, his career was in ruins and his life was effectively destroyed.

Trump and the faltering GOP don’t have Wisconsin’s back. Only a clean Democratic sweep in 2020 will bring change.

Test-based accountability has destroyed the profession.

In an effort to clean-up the statutes, Marklein’s bill would remove 19 pages by deleting language associated with seven obsolete tax credits and obsolete Illinois income tax reciprocity criteria.

Joint Finance co-chair made it too costly to test his claim of support for GOP budget bill.

Zweifel writes about an idea a reader shared to raise the bar on votes needed to win an election.

Outgoing Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham’s experience shows why leading here is so hard.

A recent column by state Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, called commercial pot a “gateway to equity, opportunity, and moving Wisconsin forward.” Such an outlandish statement requires some fact checking.

Wisconsin under GOP control loosened or eliminated various pesky controls on weapon possession during the Walker era.

Poll shows city residents support increased funding for MPS, but referendum still faces obstacles.

To be fair, Republicans and Democrats alike, have benefited from partisan gerrymandering. The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that federal judges have no power to police partisan gerrymandering has opened the door to more shenanigans from legislators seeking to retain control.

The times clearly call for some adjustments, some reckonings that go beyond the slow walk the electorate usually uses to correct itself. But these are not the adjustments we are getting.

Top down approaches from the federal government must end and more flexibility for states on important issues like school discipline must be encouraged.

Program created by President Reagan provides funds to hospitals to offset costs for providing care to the uninsured.