Project labor agreements are government mandates that artificially inflate prices, thereby circumventing the very “market mechanisms” AFT Local 212 President Mike Rosen appears to praise.

The only thing that may be more anemic than Wisconsin’s performance on job creation over six years of Scott Walker’s administration is the political influence the governor now wields over his fellow Republicans in control of the state Legislature.

Business leaders’ donations to politicians help leverage a lot more in tax dollars to train business’ employees.

And they’re perfectly fine with that.

More than 40 companies from Wisconsin have established offices in Mexico, taking advantage of its market of 120 million consumers.

Repealing the prevailing wage doesn’t save the state money, it costs the state jobs.

While Wisconsin’s wealthy continue to receive bountiful handouts, most other working families continue to struggle, working harder and harder just to get by.

Wisconsin water belongs to everyone and we need to do do a better job protecting the water and our rights to it.

If we fail to take responsibility for how we treat the weakest, most powerless members of our society who are incarcerated, we have ignored some of the most important and basic moral obligations of a civilized society.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on a Wisconsin bill that would penalize disruptive speech on campuses.

For boys, the president is providing a toxic road map to manhood.

The intractable problem with the transportation budget in Wisconsin is not that there is too little money for our needs. The problem is that politicians want to spend far more than Wisconsinites can afford. Toll roads will not fix that problem.

By some accounts, Wisconsin has among the very worst roads in the nation, and traffic fatalities are edging back up after years of decline. Making roads safer is not rocket science, but current politics might make it a challenge.

The U.S. Constitution may soon be on the chopping block, thanks to a reckless effort backed by some Republicans in Madison.

If that is what passes for normal in today’s dairy industry, then we need an entirely new normal. One place to start is strengthening Wisconsin’s prohibition on corporate farm ownership.

Walker and the DNR are trying quietly to put a band-aid over these disgusting and inhumane conditions which come straight from their growth-at-any-cost politics with low-key bottled water.

Proposed 10 percent cap on facilities and administrative costs for awards from the National Institutes of Health represents a dramatic reduction in the recovery of “indirect costs” universities incur to support research and to maintain safe and productive research environments.

Republican infighting stalls state budget meetings.