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One of the most absurd cases that WILL championed was aimed at the city of Madison for its attempts to save our migrating birds.
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One of the most absurd cases that WILL championed was aimed at the city of Madison for its attempts to save our migrating birds.

Milwaukee’s reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse once defined its economic and cultural identity. But as industry collapsed and neighborhoods suffered decades of disinvestment, residents began turning to the land in vacant lots, schoolyards, and rooftops as a means of survival and resistance.

During my 30 years of practicing medicine, I have cared for unvaccinated children who died from vaccine-preventable diseases like bacterial meningitis, whooping cough, and influenza.

The imprint of Irish culture on American life has been immense. Today, over 30 million Americans identify as Irish, over half a million of whom live in Wisconsin.

Complaints about ugly new housing abound in Madison, but they aren’t getting us anywhere.

Derrick Van Orden’s vote to cut these programs will be harmful.

Underly and other choice opponents are on the wrong side of public opinion.

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The essence of GHC’s attack on its workers is its opposition to letting workers decide for themselves who their union will represent.

While judges and the courts can slow the process, it’s up to American voters in the 2026 mid-term election to halt Trump’s war on people of color.

If I lived in New York City, he’d be my choice for mayor.

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Allow the myth that we are somehow immune from weather disasters to float away.

Whether it’s Tea Partiers then or Democrats now, yelling is not democracy. It’s crude and rude. Behave yourselves.

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AI is likely just part of the reason a story with incorrect information made it into the State Journal.

By giving voters an institutional path to shape policy and challenge entrenched power through the ballot, initiative campaigns can turn legitimate frustrations into constructive civic action.

I strongly condemned Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with the slaughter of innocent civilians and capture of hundreds of hostages. But Israel’s destruction of almost everything in Gaza, along with the expulsion of aid organizations and closure of borders, has led to an amount of death, suffering and starvation that most of us cannot truly conceive.

We’re regressing to a time when ignorance and distrust ruled the world. And lives hang in the balance.

One of the most absurd cases that WILL championed was aimed at the city of Madison for its attempts to save our migrating birds.

Milwaukee’s reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse once defined its economic and cultural identity. But as industry collapsed and neighborhoods suffered decades of disinvestment, residents began turning to the land in vacant lots, schoolyards, and rooftops as a means of survival and resistance.

During my 30 years of practicing medicine, I have cared for unvaccinated children who died from vaccine-preventable diseases like bacterial meningitis, whooping cough, and influenza.

The imprint of Irish culture on American life has been immense. Today, over 30 million Americans identify as Irish, over half a million of whom live in Wisconsin.

Complaints about ugly new housing abound in Madison, but they aren’t getting us anywhere.

Derrick Van Orden’s vote to cut these programs will be harmful.

Underly and other choice opponents are on the wrong side of public opinion.

Voters would do well to continue divided government to temper the worst impulses of both parties.

Five projects in works in Wisconsin, driving demand for power

The essence of GHC’s attack on its workers is its opposition to letting workers decide for themselves who their union will represent.

While judges and the courts can slow the process, it’s up to American voters in the 2026 mid-term election to halt Trump’s war on people of color.

If I lived in New York City, he’d be my choice for mayor.

Texas Democratic U.S. representatives trying to block gerrymander vote, Wisconsin state senators tried the same with Act 10.

Allow the myth that we are somehow immune from weather disasters to float away.

Whether it’s Tea Partiers then or Democrats now, yelling is not democracy. It’s crude and rude. Behave yourselves.

GOP candidate for governor pretends to be Mr. MAGA. He’s not.

AI is likely just part of the reason a story with incorrect information made it into the State Journal.

By giving voters an institutional path to shape policy and challenge entrenched power through the ballot, initiative campaigns can turn legitimate frustrations into constructive civic action.

I strongly condemned Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with the slaughter of innocent civilians and capture of hundreds of hostages. But Israel’s destruction of almost everything in Gaza, along with the expulsion of aid organizations and closure of borders, has led to an amount of death, suffering and starvation that most of us cannot truly conceive.

We’re regressing to a time when ignorance and distrust ruled the world. And lives hang in the balance.