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While a clever video may give you the spotlight, the spotlight burns awfully hot on the unprepared.

Those with even a fleeting knowledge of professional wrestling, of course, know that Trump’s tweet wasn’t inciting any sort of violence.

While the CBO has not broken down the projected coverage decrease for each state, the Urban Institute concludes that in Wisconsin, about 286,000 more people are expected to be uninsured under the Senate health-care bill than under Obamacare in 2022.

Former Republican state senator Dale Schultz offers a frank look at the false claims of voter fraud used by his GOP colleagues to justify restrictions that have suppressed voting in Wisconsin.

What will be the impact of the Senate GOP health care bill on Wisconsin? Cruel and devastating.

Wisconsin lawmakers should not be destroying records they create and receive in their official, taxpayer-funded capacity.

The passing of former state Sen. Ted Kanavas the other day was a sad day not only for his family, but for Wisconsin as well.

Even if Wisconsin does not become a U.S. home for Foxconn, a Taiwanese company best known for assembling Apple’s iPhones, it has the right ingredients to attract similar firms.

In a bipartisan effort to bring more veterans into agriculture, Senators Testin, Ringhand, Representatives Goyke and Brooks introduced legislation called the Wisconsin Veterans Farm Bill of 2017.

The phenomenon of Trump has made me see ways in which America really is exceptional.

The future of Medicaid – the federal/state program that provides health care for one out of every five Wisconsin residents who are poor, elderly and disabled – is now a defining issue in next year’s campaigns for governor and the Legislature.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Kanavas & Chvala, fondly remember less partisan times this July 4th holiday.
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The latest WisPolitics.com Book Club podcast features Hana Moran, one of the “Born Survivors” in Wendy Holden’s moving Holocaust book about three women in concentration camps who hide their pregnancies and manage to find new lives for their children after

Since Scott Walker was elected governor six and a half years ago, he has sought to divide Wisconsin like no predecessor by pursuing a scorched-earth conservative ideology designed to position him to run for president.

It’s been quite a surprise that some legislative Republicans are actually contemplating an idea that I’ve been promoting for decades — getting the trucking industry to pay its fair share of the damage it does to the state’s roads and highways.

Conservatives have quibbled about details and process. The left’s far less measured critique amounts to ‘make peace with your god.’

The Affordable Care Act has made things more difficult for small businesses. Its onerous taxes and mandates have increased costs and reduced choices.

His draconian stance on health care was obscured by lazy media coverage.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck asks: What is fake news?
Remember when presidents behaved with a certain dignity that reflected the gravity and responsibility of their office? Not since January.
While a clever video may give you the spotlight, the spotlight burns awfully hot on the unprepared.

Those with even a fleeting knowledge of professional wrestling, of course, know that Trump’s tweet wasn’t inciting any sort of violence.

While the CBO has not broken down the projected coverage decrease for each state, the Urban Institute concludes that in Wisconsin, about 286,000 more people are expected to be uninsured under the Senate health-care bill than under Obamacare in 2022.

Former Republican state senator Dale Schultz offers a frank look at the false claims of voter fraud used by his GOP colleagues to justify restrictions that have suppressed voting in Wisconsin.

What will be the impact of the Senate GOP health care bill on Wisconsin? Cruel and devastating.

Wisconsin lawmakers should not be destroying records they create and receive in their official, taxpayer-funded capacity.

The passing of former state Sen. Ted Kanavas the other day was a sad day not only for his family, but for Wisconsin as well.

Even if Wisconsin does not become a U.S. home for Foxconn, a Taiwanese company best known for assembling Apple’s iPhones, it has the right ingredients to attract similar firms.

In a bipartisan effort to bring more veterans into agriculture, Senators Testin, Ringhand, Representatives Goyke and Brooks introduced legislation called the Wisconsin Veterans Farm Bill of 2017.

The phenomenon of Trump has made me see ways in which America really is exceptional.

The future of Medicaid – the federal/state program that provides health care for one out of every five Wisconsin residents who are poor, elderly and disabled – is now a defining issue in next year’s campaigns for governor and the Legislature.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Kanavas & Chvala, fondly remember less partisan times this July 4th holiday.
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies
The latest WisPolitics.com Book Club podcast features Hana Moran, one of the “Born Survivors” in Wendy Holden’s moving Holocaust book about three women in concentration camps who hide their pregnancies and manage to find new lives for their children after

Since Scott Walker was elected governor six and a half years ago, he has sought to divide Wisconsin like no predecessor by pursuing a scorched-earth conservative ideology designed to position him to run for president.

It’s been quite a surprise that some legislative Republicans are actually contemplating an idea that I’ve been promoting for decades — getting the trucking industry to pay its fair share of the damage it does to the state’s roads and highways.

Conservatives have quibbled about details and process. The left’s far less measured critique amounts to ‘make peace with your god.’

The Affordable Care Act has made things more difficult for small businesses. Its onerous taxes and mandates have increased costs and reduced choices.

His draconian stance on health care was obscured by lazy media coverage.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck asks: What is fake news?
Remember when presidents behaved with a certain dignity that reflected the gravity and responsibility of their office? Not since January.