It’s time for the 14th annual Madison Reads Leopold event at the UW Arboretum.

John Imes, executive director for Wisconsin Environmental Initiative, shares insights from the GreenBiz 19 conference in Phoenix.

Results of Wisconsin’s November 2018 elections were nearly identical to the results of the elections two years earlier. Despite talk about a “blue wave,” there was only a hint of improvement for Wisconsin Democrats.

We must prevent hardcore drinkers from getting behind the wheel.

The Wisconsin Realtors Association recently withdrew its endorsement of state Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn, explaining that “recent disclosures regarding past statements and actions” by Hagedorn led to its decision.

Unlike Trump’s phony “border crisis,” we are facing a real emergency — an emergency that threatens the future well-being of not just our country, but the planet as a whole. It’s an emergency that becomes more obvious with every destructive storm, flood and wildfire. That emergency is, of course, the growing disruption of our climate.

Other states are vying to the lead in producing industrial hemp. Wisconsin can starve and over-regulate its own process, or it can let research and market forces take the lead. The latter is the best chance for state farmers.

Both candidates for the state’s highest court claim they will be utterly impartial. Should voters believe them?

In framing adherence to Christian beliefs as bigotry and thus unfitness for public office, Wisconsin’s liberals have established a new religious test that requires candidates to either publicly rebuke their spiritual beliefs or be politically crucified for them.

Male participation in Milwaukee’s school choice program was associated with a 53 percent reduction in drug-related offenses and an 87 percent reduction in property damage offenses.

Many of the so-called 1 percent are outraged over U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ 70 percent proposal which, incidentally, was the highest tax bracket through the late ’50s, the ’60s and the ’70s. It was slashed to 50 percent in the early ’80s and is now at 37 percent on income earned over $600,000.

John Imes, executive director for Wisconsin Environmental Initiative, shares insights from the GreenBiz 19 conference in Phoenix.