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Vote by party lines on governor’s capital budget breaks with bipartisan tradition.

Seemingly every action in Gov. Tony Evers’ first three months has been marked by incompetence, rank partisanship, childishness, or all three — and he doesn’t seem to be improving.

Democrat Tony Evers has been governor for almost three months. If they were the first innings of a baseball game, the score might be 3-3 between Evers and Republicans who control the Legislature.

Last Monday, Trump ordered the Justice Department to intervene with hard-right GOP governors, asking a federal appeals court to strike down the entire ACA.

There’s no question that a Wisconsin Supreme Court full of judicial activists would send Wisconsin back generations, chipping away – or flat out reversing – a number of conservative priorities and Walker reforms.

Despite the large demand for nursing assistants, wages remain low. Wisconsin Technical Colleges showed nursing assistant as number one in their ‘Jobs in Demand Listing’ for 2018. It also showed the median starting salary of $26,752.

This is the right time in Wisconsin to stand up for water rights.

With the Supreme Court race drawing to a close, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the contest between Lisa Neubauer and Brian Hagedorn. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Jessie Opoien is becoming our opinion editor, replacing Lynn Danielson, who is retiring.


Holder heads a group called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Redrawing Wisconsin’s voting districts is one of its top priorities.

With appeals court ruling, Republicans fight to hold on to their lame-duck spoils.

The hard truth is that Wisconsin is one of the worst states to raise a black family, and this reality begins with our alarming racial disparities in maternal and birth outcomes.

We continue to spend more on defense than the next several countries — Russia and China included — combined, more than 50 percent of our total budget.

We have to be diligent in making sure that our politicians work for us, and not for special interests who care about profit and not the people.

Have you noticed how since a number of women have announced they’re running for president of the United States that the nebulous term “likability” has returned to the political conversation like “Friday the 13th’s” Jason?

Several candidates running for president recently announced support for plans to “reform” the United States Supreme Court by expanding the number of justices from nine to a larger number.

It is important to elect Hagedorn because we must not allow the left’s animus towards traditional Christians prevent a good man from serving in public office.

Make no mistake. In addition to attempting to eliminate a conservative judicial philosophy from the Wisconsin political landscape, Neubauer and her allies are attempting to eliminate those of faith from the public square.

Too-nice Tony looks to beat the Republicans — repeatedly — at their own game.

Vote by party lines on governor’s capital budget breaks with bipartisan tradition.

Seemingly every action in Gov. Tony Evers’ first three months has been marked by incompetence, rank partisanship, childishness, or all three — and he doesn’t seem to be improving.

Democrat Tony Evers has been governor for almost three months. If they were the first innings of a baseball game, the score might be 3-3 between Evers and Republicans who control the Legislature.

Last Monday, Trump ordered the Justice Department to intervene with hard-right GOP governors, asking a federal appeals court to strike down the entire ACA.

There’s no question that a Wisconsin Supreme Court full of judicial activists would send Wisconsin back generations, chipping away – or flat out reversing – a number of conservative priorities and Walker reforms.

Despite the large demand for nursing assistants, wages remain low. Wisconsin Technical Colleges showed nursing assistant as number one in their ‘Jobs in Demand Listing’ for 2018. It also showed the median starting salary of $26,752.

This is the right time in Wisconsin to stand up for water rights.

With the Supreme Court race drawing to a close, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the contest between Lisa Neubauer and Brian Hagedorn. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Jessie Opoien is becoming our opinion editor, replacing Lynn Danielson, who is retiring.


Holder heads a group called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Redrawing Wisconsin’s voting districts is one of its top priorities.

With appeals court ruling, Republicans fight to hold on to their lame-duck spoils.

The hard truth is that Wisconsin is one of the worst states to raise a black family, and this reality begins with our alarming racial disparities in maternal and birth outcomes.

We continue to spend more on defense than the next several countries — Russia and China included — combined, more than 50 percent of our total budget.

We have to be diligent in making sure that our politicians work for us, and not for special interests who care about profit and not the people.

Have you noticed how since a number of women have announced they’re running for president of the United States that the nebulous term “likability” has returned to the political conversation like “Friday the 13th’s” Jason?

Several candidates running for president recently announced support for plans to “reform” the United States Supreme Court by expanding the number of justices from nine to a larger number.

It is important to elect Hagedorn because we must not allow the left’s animus towards traditional Christians prevent a good man from serving in public office.

Make no mistake. In addition to attempting to eliminate a conservative judicial philosophy from the Wisconsin political landscape, Neubauer and her allies are attempting to eliminate those of faith from the public square.

Too-nice Tony looks to beat the Republicans — repeatedly — at their own game.