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The issue will drive election turnout, help and hurt Hong. How will it impact other candidates?

In the aftermath of Madison police having killed another Black man, the debate over the Office of the Independent Monitor is even more critical.

Wisconsin voters are being asked this November to consider a constitutional amendment that arrives dressed as a tribute to equality but carries consequences that would undermine it.

Will AI mature like search or social media, where providers capture most of the value? Or will it play out more like the airline industry, where operators run enormously complex businesses but pass most of the value to their customers?

Milwaukee doesn’t have to choose between innovation and self-determination, but it does have to choose whether residents help write the rules or simply live with them. The people of Milwaukee, not AI, and not the companies selling it, should decide what comes next.

Aspects of the GreenLight mine in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest could get the green light as early as May of next year.

Government should not exist to maximize revenue. The purpose of government is to provide essential services efficiently and effectively while respecting the taxpayers who fund those services. Constitutional protections for taxpayers would help restore that balance.

Whether we choose to engage in political warfare or civil debate is up to each of us.

Crowley’s impressive election wins, experience and record check all the boxes.

Honesty matters in a governor candidate, and I am starting to question whether Crowley has it.

A clear pattern of communication has emerged: Joel Brennan has implied more than once that the color of a candidate’s skin is a detriment to Democratic electoral success.

Since becoming a member of the U.S. House in 2020, he voted twice against a package of proposed federal policing reforms that featured a plan to establish a federal grant program to help state attorneys general develop and expand their authority to conduct independent investigations into police misconduct and wrongdoing.

An account from former Madison police officer and security expert Adrian Alan.

Farmers were struggling before Iran war, China trade disputes, and other headlines. Finally, a show that shows rural realities, not caricature.

Wisconsin is tied for first place among states when it comes to reconnecting unclaimed money with its rightful owners, according to a journalist who now focuses on the matter — but that doesn’t mean the state is very good at it, he warns: No state is.

Developed by Onyx Impact in partnership with Chromatics AI, Aisha was created to ensure that Black history, culture, and lived experiences are reflected in one of the most transformative technologies of our time.

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, long regarded as mainstream, has been generating interest across the ideological spectrum amid rumors of a possible presidential bid. He’s been speaking out against party orthodoxy and impressing those on the far left.

What Darline Graham’s Senate seat tells us about Equal Pay Day

A country that once welcomed immigrants to assimilate and build America has now become an ogre to the rest of the world. Shame on us.

Supreme Court justices announced last week that they will take up the matter of an Alaskan bush pilot who had his plane taken by the state of Alaska over, of all things, a six-pack of Budweiser that wasn’t even his. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail.

The issue will drive election turnout, help and hurt Hong. How will it impact other candidates?

In the aftermath of Madison police having killed another Black man, the debate over the Office of the Independent Monitor is even more critical.

Wisconsin voters are being asked this November to consider a constitutional amendment that arrives dressed as a tribute to equality but carries consequences that would undermine it.

Will AI mature like search or social media, where providers capture most of the value? Or will it play out more like the airline industry, where operators run enormously complex businesses but pass most of the value to their customers?

Milwaukee doesn’t have to choose between innovation and self-determination, but it does have to choose whether residents help write the rules or simply live with them. The people of Milwaukee, not AI, and not the companies selling it, should decide what comes next.

Aspects of the GreenLight mine in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest could get the green light as early as May of next year.

Government should not exist to maximize revenue. The purpose of government is to provide essential services efficiently and effectively while respecting the taxpayers who fund those services. Constitutional protections for taxpayers would help restore that balance.

Whether we choose to engage in political warfare or civil debate is up to each of us.

Crowley’s impressive election wins, experience and record check all the boxes.

Honesty matters in a governor candidate, and I am starting to question whether Crowley has it.

A clear pattern of communication has emerged: Joel Brennan has implied more than once that the color of a candidate’s skin is a detriment to Democratic electoral success.

Since becoming a member of the U.S. House in 2020, he voted twice against a package of proposed federal policing reforms that featured a plan to establish a federal grant program to help state attorneys general develop and expand their authority to conduct independent investigations into police misconduct and wrongdoing.

An account from former Madison police officer and security expert Adrian Alan.

Farmers were struggling before Iran war, China trade disputes, and other headlines. Finally, a show that shows rural realities, not caricature.

Wisconsin is tied for first place among states when it comes to reconnecting unclaimed money with its rightful owners, according to a journalist who now focuses on the matter — but that doesn’t mean the state is very good at it, he warns: No state is.

Developed by Onyx Impact in partnership with Chromatics AI, Aisha was created to ensure that Black history, culture, and lived experiences are reflected in one of the most transformative technologies of our time.

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, long regarded as mainstream, has been generating interest across the ideological spectrum amid rumors of a possible presidential bid. He’s been speaking out against party orthodoxy and impressing those on the far left.

What Darline Graham’s Senate seat tells us about Equal Pay Day

A country that once welcomed immigrants to assimilate and build America has now become an ogre to the rest of the world. Shame on us.

Supreme Court justices announced last week that they will take up the matter of an Alaskan bush pilot who had his plane taken by the state of Alaska over, of all things, a six-pack of Budweiser that wasn’t even his. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail.