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For too long, the state Legislature has played political games with our children’s education while spouting hollow rhetoric about being “pro-family” and “pro-education.” The truth is laid bare in the numbers: we are failing our students, our teachers, and our communities through willful neglect and misplaced priorities.
Trump and Wisconsin congressional Republicans have betrayed rural Wisconsin and its farmers.
Lawmakers have the opportunity to pass the “Safe Summer” legislative package, a commonsense, evidence-based set of reforms designed to save lives.
Across America, workers deal with laws built for a long-gone economy. A new “portable benefits” proposal could offer some of Wisconsin’s 400,000 independent workers a chance to close the gap.
Risser’s new book, “Forward for the People,” makes that clear as he recounts seven decades of legislative battles ranging from making contraceptives legal for unmarried adults to leading the Democrat revolt against GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on union workers with his Act 10.
Condemning the hypocrisy of
Democrats supporting Haiti voter id funding while opposing U.S. voter ID laws.
UW-Eau Claire suspended a professor for flipping over a lit table the College Republicans set up on election day in April. Must sit out a whole year, without pay. Won’t be promoted to full professor.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at recent political violence and suggest some ways to end it. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Evers’ decision not to seek a third term can serve as an example to Democrats across the country that now is the time to embrace change.
Tony Evers has had enough and that’s not a good thing for Democrats.
Construct a Wisconsin congressional map that bests Merkalto’s Take 18.
We are failing our children when it comes to health care.
The Fourth Estate, the last pillar of democracy, is still standing — but could crumble.
Three decisions by Wisconsin Supreme Court overrule Republican lame duck laws.
Why Republicans might prefer her to step down from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
What the anti-government tax-cutters want is a society riven by resentment and anger, where people are divided against each other and the dysfunction makes it easy to “divide and conquer” as our last Republican governor memorably put it.
We need to fight disease and keep our nation healthy. Research done with NIH funding contributed to 99% of drugs developed over the last decade, and we cannot afford to stop the lifesaving research that we and future scientists will conduct.
Federal science cuts stall our mission.
Democrats wandering the political wilderness are flirting with Havana-style extremism rather than meeting voters where they live — in the middle.
In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
For too long, the state Legislature has played political games with our children’s education while spouting hollow rhetoric about being “pro-family” and “pro-education.” The truth is laid bare in the numbers: we are failing our students, our teachers, and our communities through willful neglect and misplaced priorities.
Trump and Wisconsin congressional Republicans have betrayed rural Wisconsin and its farmers.
Lawmakers have the opportunity to pass the “Safe Summer” legislative package, a commonsense, evidence-based set of reforms designed to save lives.
Across America, workers deal with laws built for a long-gone economy. A new “portable benefits” proposal could offer some of Wisconsin’s 400,000 independent workers a chance to close the gap.
Risser’s new book, “Forward for the People,” makes that clear as he recounts seven decades of legislative battles ranging from making contraceptives legal for unmarried adults to leading the Democrat revolt against GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on union workers with his Act 10.
Condemning the hypocrisy of
Democrats supporting Haiti voter id funding while opposing U.S. voter ID laws.
UW-Eau Claire suspended a professor for flipping over a lit table the College Republicans set up on election day in April. Must sit out a whole year, without pay. Won’t be promoted to full professor.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at recent political violence and suggest some ways to end it. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Evers’ decision not to seek a third term can serve as an example to Democrats across the country that now is the time to embrace change.
Tony Evers has had enough and that’s not a good thing for Democrats.
Construct a Wisconsin congressional map that bests Merkalto’s Take 18.
We are failing our children when it comes to health care.
The Fourth Estate, the last pillar of democracy, is still standing — but could crumble.
Three decisions by Wisconsin Supreme Court overrule Republican lame duck laws.
Why Republicans might prefer her to step down from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
What the anti-government tax-cutters want is a society riven by resentment and anger, where people are divided against each other and the dysfunction makes it easy to “divide and conquer” as our last Republican governor memorably put it.
We need to fight disease and keep our nation healthy. Research done with NIH funding contributed to 99% of drugs developed over the last decade, and we cannot afford to stop the lifesaving research that we and future scientists will conduct.
Federal science cuts stall our mission.
Democrats wandering the political wilderness are flirting with Havana-style extremism rather than meeting voters where they live — in the middle.
In the 2024 election, we had, for the first time in a dozen years, a fair election for the state Legislature. However, Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts are still rigged to deny voters competitive elections.
