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The Texas Legislature created an adult alert to cover people between the ages of 18 and 65.
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The Texas Legislature created an adult alert to cover people between the ages of 18 and 65.

Make no mistake: the Trump-GOP lawsuit is a ticking time bomb.

Outside of UW-Madison, the argument that the colleges have huge multiplier effect on communities and the state is nonsensical.

The use of legalized government murder has been off the table — with a few exceptions — for more than a decade. The feds stopped using it in 2003 and several states, even those who have the death penalty, have declared moratoriums on its use.

I don’t have words of encouragement or hope, only desperation and heartache and fear, only pleading for some small action to change something, because this is the way it is. But this isn’t the way it has to be.

Opportunities still exist in the trades.

Two years after project announced, what’s left of that world-shattering deal?

With two sets of Democratic candidate debates in hand, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider which presidential hopefuls might win Wisconsin’s April 2020 presidential primary. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

The phantom thread under the presidential debates weaves back to how well the Democrats did in 2018.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos turns down a request by Rep. Jimmy Anderson, who uses a wheelchair, to phone into some committee hearings.

According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gas in Chicago hit $3.30 on July 30, a staggering 17% higher than the national average of $2.72 per gallon. Drivers across Illinois are now paying an average of $2.99 a gallon.

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. In recent weeks, the nation’s top refining lobby has targeted Wisconsin airwaves and opinion pages with attacks against Midwest biofuels, made

For decades Justice Abrahamson was state Supreme Court’s foremost champion of open records.

As reported this week, a referendum for Milwaukee Public Schools is being discussed by district administrators.

While this could be a time for the celebration of bipartisanship, with more Republican power-grabs through undue lawsuits, I guess that’s just another missed opportunity.

While Republicans in the state legislature debate behind the scenes whether to try to override some of Governor Tony Evers’ partial vetoes of the state budget, a conservative legal organization is attempting a different tactic to limit the changes made by the governor.

Average parole time far longer in Wisconsin; system returns many parolees to prison.

Switching to a progressive income tax structure would drive Illinois even further behind Wisconsin.

U.S. Sen, Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, share strategies to help Democratic presidential candidates compete in the Midwest.

As a presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren offers detailed policy plans. But is that the smart thing to do politically?

The Texas Legislature created an adult alert to cover people between the ages of 18 and 65.

Make no mistake: the Trump-GOP lawsuit is a ticking time bomb.

Outside of UW-Madison, the argument that the colleges have huge multiplier effect on communities and the state is nonsensical.

The use of legalized government murder has been off the table — with a few exceptions — for more than a decade. The feds stopped using it in 2003 and several states, even those who have the death penalty, have declared moratoriums on its use.

I don’t have words of encouragement or hope, only desperation and heartache and fear, only pleading for some small action to change something, because this is the way it is. But this isn’t the way it has to be.

Opportunities still exist in the trades.

Two years after project announced, what’s left of that world-shattering deal?

With two sets of Democratic candidate debates in hand, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider which presidential hopefuls might win Wisconsin’s April 2020 presidential primary. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

The phantom thread under the presidential debates weaves back to how well the Democrats did in 2018.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos turns down a request by Rep. Jimmy Anderson, who uses a wheelchair, to phone into some committee hearings.

According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gas in Chicago hit $3.30 on July 30, a staggering 17% higher than the national average of $2.72 per gallon. Drivers across Illinois are now paying an average of $2.99 a gallon.

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. In recent weeks, the nation’s top refining lobby has targeted Wisconsin airwaves and opinion pages with attacks against Midwest biofuels, made

For decades Justice Abrahamson was state Supreme Court’s foremost champion of open records.

As reported this week, a referendum for Milwaukee Public Schools is being discussed by district administrators.

While this could be a time for the celebration of bipartisanship, with more Republican power-grabs through undue lawsuits, I guess that’s just another missed opportunity.

While Republicans in the state legislature debate behind the scenes whether to try to override some of Governor Tony Evers’ partial vetoes of the state budget, a conservative legal organization is attempting a different tactic to limit the changes made by the governor.

Average parole time far longer in Wisconsin; system returns many parolees to prison.

Switching to a progressive income tax structure would drive Illinois even further behind Wisconsin.

U.S. Sen, Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, share strategies to help Democratic presidential candidates compete in the Midwest.

As a presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren offers detailed policy plans. But is that the smart thing to do politically?