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.

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?

State allowing for-profit golf course to take over public land on Lake Michigan.

Past cases show Supreme Court is reluctant to overrule district courts.

Local officials must abide by minimum retention periods, generally seven years, for most records. But a state lawmaker’s correspondence — say, a spate of letters and emails taking bitter issue with a given decision or proposal — can be purged or shredded at will.

Repealing Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law could actually cost taxpayers more than $300 million per year.

Claiming to have a workforce strategy without a real strategy to attract and retain people makes little sense.

Yes, GOP gerrymandering matters. But they also have stronger candidates and message.