Trickery has become the staple of politics on the local, state and national level – deception the public needs to know about.

North Division controversy raises issue: which schools best serve low-income black students?

As Trump continues to undermine the institutions of our democracy, Walker, Ryan and other sycophantic Republicans duck and cover or change the subject. Most of the mainstream Republicans I encounter in Madison do the same.

Companies aren’t delivering — and never promised — the salary hikes Republicans touted.

Critics are wrong, it’s all about workforce readiness.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on reports that the data of Facebook users were compromised in order to sway elections.

Judge Rebecca Dallet, a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, told an audience at a fundraiser for her in San Francisco, CA, that her campaign is an effort to bring their values back to Wisconsin.

High court contender Michael Screnock says his rival, Rebecca Dallet,is a judicial activist and he’s not. Really?

An element of magical thinking drives the narrative that WisDOT has entered an era of new-found frugality and prudent management. It is reinforced by half-truths. It diminishes the credibility so essential in working with legislators and the public to address Wisconsin’s transportation revenue challenge.

It’s an uphill battle for those fighting an amendment to eliminate the state treasurer’s office. It’s always hard when you are trying to convince someone that they really need to keep something they didn’t know they had.

It is time for Wisconsin Republicans to wake up and realize that we need to continue telling our stories and discussing real common sense fixes.

In total, the proposed policies should lead to an increase in consumption in Wisconsin of roughly $370 million over the next year and an increase in output of roughly the same size.

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce secretly raised and spent $33 million between January 2006 and December 2017, the Democracy Campaign reported, most of it on broadcast ads to support conservative Republicans and to smear their Democratic opponents. Walker has been the top beneficiary with $9.5 million.

Wisconsin farmers feed the world – and I hope you’ll join me in offering them thanks and support.

Restricts ability to build piers. Dissenting judges say it’s an issue for legislators.

When Gov. Scott Walker rescinded his nomination for a federal designation of a marine sanctuary north of Milwaukee on March 6, he caught a lot of people by surprise.

His calculated, donor-driven degradation of the Wisconsin DNR and an exceptional disdain for Wisconsin’s conservation heritage and for the integrity of the Great Lakes makes him an outlier compared to his predecessors in both parties who can claim legacy environmental achievements which Walker is undermining and showing no interest in bequeathing anything similar.

The Thompson Center’s goal isn’t to be a conservative safe space, it is simply to ensure that some conservative voices are heard on campus.

What’s missing in the UW-Stevens Point conversation, which has attracted noticed nationwide, is an honest assessment of what employers expect from college graduates they hire. Do they want an emphasis on STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and math – or a liberal arts background that may be more adaptable? The confusing answer is both.