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If you, my dear reader, lost your job tomorrow, who in your network would actually help? Are you investing in them now so that they may invest in you?

Redistricting is the ultimate prize, and the Democrats will get the lines drawn the way they like by either controlling at least one chamber of the legislature or the state Supreme Court. That’s why Abrahamson’s seat is so important and that’s why Wisconsin’s Democrats want to plan for the day when Abrahamson can’t hold the seat any longer.

Missouri is the “Show Me State,” so, appropriately, it’s demanding sunlight on allegations that dark money coordination was involved in the demise of its GOP Governor Eric Greitens.

Its economic problems stem from political gridlock over how to pay for its commitments.

While it is important to modernize agreements, it is also important to keep our focus. Implications of negotiations and retaliation efforts impact all of us, whether we are in agriculture or just appreciate it.

Who truly pays for a poorly regulated industry? The simple answer is: we all do.

Pollution from coal used at two Oak Creek power plants has long-term health consequences.

Democrats would be wise to heed the lesson Republicans have learned — with unrealistic promises come unpredictable results.

If the Democrats had a strong challenger to Governor Scott Walker, Barrett would never have considered entering the race to risk losing to Walker a third time.

How a major Democratic donor betrayed liberal ideals in employment case.

As Democrats gather in Oshkosh this week for a critical state party convention, the focus will be on a crowd of gubernatorial candidates who have, so far, failed to distinguish themselves. But if this convention is to matter they must expand their focus.

It’s time our government curbs the excesses and greed of the pharmaceutical industry, which have gone unchecked for far too long.

America’s leading deficit scold goes mute under Trump.

The Republican Assembly speaker is unfit for office.

Congress is once again toying with the idea of opening the Interstate system to even longer and heavier tractor-trailer combinations.

We have a plan to make Wisconsin one of the best states for millennials and for retirees and everyone in between. We call it “Wisconsin Wins the 21st Century.”

Can the party revive in Wisconsin? That depends on these six questions.

A group of civic and environmental groups in two states want the WI DNR to defend before a judge its decision to send millions of gallons of Lake Michigan water daily outside of the Great Lakes basin principally for the Foxconn project in Mount Pleasant, Racine County.

Hint: His name is Scott Walker.

For many who already call southeast Wisconsin home, commuting to northern Illinois for work is routine. So why not work closer to home if a comparable or better job is available?

If you, my dear reader, lost your job tomorrow, who in your network would actually help? Are you investing in them now so that they may invest in you?

Redistricting is the ultimate prize, and the Democrats will get the lines drawn the way they like by either controlling at least one chamber of the legislature or the state Supreme Court. That’s why Abrahamson’s seat is so important and that’s why Wisconsin’s Democrats want to plan for the day when Abrahamson can’t hold the seat any longer.

Missouri is the “Show Me State,” so, appropriately, it’s demanding sunlight on allegations that dark money coordination was involved in the demise of its GOP Governor Eric Greitens.

Its economic problems stem from political gridlock over how to pay for its commitments.

While it is important to modernize agreements, it is also important to keep our focus. Implications of negotiations and retaliation efforts impact all of us, whether we are in agriculture or just appreciate it.

Who truly pays for a poorly regulated industry? The simple answer is: we all do.

Pollution from coal used at two Oak Creek power plants has long-term health consequences.

Democrats would be wise to heed the lesson Republicans have learned — with unrealistic promises come unpredictable results.

If the Democrats had a strong challenger to Governor Scott Walker, Barrett would never have considered entering the race to risk losing to Walker a third time.

How a major Democratic donor betrayed liberal ideals in employment case.

As Democrats gather in Oshkosh this week for a critical state party convention, the focus will be on a crowd of gubernatorial candidates who have, so far, failed to distinguish themselves. But if this convention is to matter they must expand their focus.

It’s time our government curbs the excesses and greed of the pharmaceutical industry, which have gone unchecked for far too long.

America’s leading deficit scold goes mute under Trump.

The Republican Assembly speaker is unfit for office.

Congress is once again toying with the idea of opening the Interstate system to even longer and heavier tractor-trailer combinations.

We have a plan to make Wisconsin one of the best states for millennials and for retirees and everyone in between. We call it “Wisconsin Wins the 21st Century.”

Can the party revive in Wisconsin? That depends on these six questions.

A group of civic and environmental groups in two states want the WI DNR to defend before a judge its decision to send millions of gallons of Lake Michigan water daily outside of the Great Lakes basin principally for the Foxconn project in Mount Pleasant, Racine County.

Hint: His name is Scott Walker.

For many who already call southeast Wisconsin home, commuting to northern Illinois for work is routine. So why not work closer to home if a comparable or better job is available?