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While looking into different issues, I have had cause to file open records requests with three local governments in recent months. The inconsistent responses reveal how challenging it still is for a Wisconsinite to hold his government accountable when government officials choose to be difficult.
Scott Walker is manufacturing the slowest possible ride into the sunset after being beaten for governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
The oaths of office seem to have become mere words inserted into a ceremonial inauguration, their meaning and role in democratic America often forgotten by politicians who apparently have no intention of putting the public’s interest first.
We agree with Gov.-elect Tony Evers that it is high time to have an honest conversation about the voucher programs in Wisconsin.
Trump now bellows for a long shutdown for “months or even years” if he doesn’t get his wall.
The new year brings personnel changes to the State Capitol’s East Wing as the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, augur what Wisconsin’s political future may hold. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The Wisconsin Capitol’s 39th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. is at noon on Jan. 21.
Please do your part to insure that disagreement does not become hate. We must seek common ground and work to understand each other; only then will we restore civility.
Wisconsin was once a model of clean and open government. No more. But with a new governor, it’s time to recommit to democracy.
The organization known as “Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin” has launched a major advertising push to put a “victims’ rights” amendment on the statewide April 2 ballot.
It’s not always what the mainstream media reports that raises red flags of bias. It’s what they don’t report.
RightWisconsin’s pundit panel shares predictions for the year ahead.
There’s no disgrace in losing an election. However, there is great disgrace in losing and then behaving the way Scott Walker has since the voters denied him a third term.
There are many issues where they can forge agreements — and lead the state forward.
Next year we can start putting “former” in front of “Governor” when we write about Scott Walker. The long nightmare is over, more or less.
Court ruling they sought ends six Obamacare provisions supported by big majorities, polls show.
What the departing House speaker left undone raises real questions for future fiscal conservatives.
The Capital Times’ Paul Fanlund interviews Gov-elect Tony Evers.
The last eight years haven’t been pretty. Scott Walker has left a formidable challenge for his successor, not to mention the same, old GOP-led Legislature is here to make the challenge even greater.
Wisconsin politics can get pretty stupid, and politicians and voters in Wisconsin just seemed determined to prove how stupid they could be in 2018.
While looking into different issues, I have had cause to file open records requests with three local governments in recent months. The inconsistent responses reveal how challenging it still is for a Wisconsinite to hold his government accountable when government officials choose to be difficult.
Scott Walker is manufacturing the slowest possible ride into the sunset after being beaten for governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
The oaths of office seem to have become mere words inserted into a ceremonial inauguration, their meaning and role in democratic America often forgotten by politicians who apparently have no intention of putting the public’s interest first.
We agree with Gov.-elect Tony Evers that it is high time to have an honest conversation about the voucher programs in Wisconsin.
Trump now bellows for a long shutdown for “months or even years” if he doesn’t get his wall.
The new year brings personnel changes to the State Capitol’s East Wing as the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, augur what Wisconsin’s political future may hold. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The Wisconsin Capitol’s 39th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. is at noon on Jan. 21.
Please do your part to insure that disagreement does not become hate. We must seek common ground and work to understand each other; only then will we restore civility.
Wisconsin was once a model of clean and open government. No more. But with a new governor, it’s time to recommit to democracy.
The organization known as “Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin” has launched a major advertising push to put a “victims’ rights” amendment on the statewide April 2 ballot.
It’s not always what the mainstream media reports that raises red flags of bias. It’s what they don’t report.
RightWisconsin’s pundit panel shares predictions for the year ahead.
There’s no disgrace in losing an election. However, there is great disgrace in losing and then behaving the way Scott Walker has since the voters denied him a third term.
There are many issues where they can forge agreements — and lead the state forward.
Next year we can start putting “former” in front of “Governor” when we write about Scott Walker. The long nightmare is over, more or less.
Court ruling they sought ends six Obamacare provisions supported by big majorities, polls show.
What the departing House speaker left undone raises real questions for future fiscal conservatives.
The Capital Times’ Paul Fanlund interviews Gov-elect Tony Evers.
The last eight years haven’t been pretty. Scott Walker has left a formidable challenge for his successor, not to mention the same, old GOP-led Legislature is here to make the challenge even greater.
Wisconsin politics can get pretty stupid, and politicians and voters in Wisconsin just seemed determined to prove how stupid they could be in 2018.
