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Let’s do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It’s not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls.
Lame-duck governor’s Crowley endorsement lands with a thud
They think they’re winning these things because, when hit with some crazy thing she repeatedly put in writing, Frantic Fran just says she’s evolving and then buries the answer in a Kamala-style word salad.
I am embarrassed that Hong, the purported leader in the Democratic primary, chooses to campaign alongside someone who treats Mao Zedong’s atrocities as a shrug.
In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.
We should learn from the past. Wisconsin utilities invested billions in power plants that were shuttered before reaching their retirement age — with a big debt remaining to be paid.
Deep Tunnel system and decades of strategic investments, the region has captured and cleaned more than 98 percent of the stormwater and wastewater entering the system, well above the national benchmark.
The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.
The fair’s roots actually trace all the way back to 1851 along the banks of the Rock River in Janesville. After years of bouncing from city to city, it finally found its permanent home here in 1892. Now, in 2026, organizers are preparing to welcome over one million fairgoers for the 11-day run, and they are pulling out all the stops for the anniversary.
The greatest gift our parents gave many of us wasn’t simply unconditional acceptance. It was honest instruction about how to succeed in a world that often judges before it listens.
The indication from internal polling is that the final realistic alternative to Rep. Francesca Hong is Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had dropped out of the race only to return with Evers’ endorsement on July 18.
Today’s Republican Party likes seeing America become increasingly unjust, ever more in service of the rich and powerful. Those who rule over today’s Democratic Party can live with creeping injustice, they’re too spooked by the word socialist to keep us remembering what an equality-seeking, middle-class-building America looks and acts like.
No proof of ‘inappropriate behavior.’ Editor Greg Borowski owes readers an explanation.
Hong has shifted into general election mode, so she’s popping up on Fox News and CNN, and it’s going hilariously, in part because Dana Perino and Dana Bash are trawling through her old “abolish pretty much every institution we hold dear” posts.
Under communism, when the government controlled the means of production, new lightbulbs had a fixed, relatively low official price. The problem was that not enough lightbulbs were produced and demand greatly exceeded supply.
We need a cultural shift that redefines success as meaningful only when it lifts others. Today, we celebrate those who rise fastest. Tomorrow, we must celebrate those who bring others with them.
Wisconsin Ethics Commission’s new dashboard tries to make campaign finance information more accessible to the public.
The crisis unfolding on Williamson Street didn’t begin with one police shooting. It reflects years of relying on nonprofits, volunteers and police to fill gaps in public health and social service systems, Sarah A. Larsen writes.
Ruiz’s troubled life didn’t have to end like this. His final moments will haunt our city. It’s time for us to finally take action and fund programs in the intervening years before violent tragedy strikes again.
After a steady climb, a dramatic decline of women senators is likely on the horizon.
Let’s do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It’s not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls.
Lame-duck governor’s Crowley endorsement lands with a thud
They think they’re winning these things because, when hit with some crazy thing she repeatedly put in writing, Frantic Fran just says she’s evolving and then buries the answer in a Kamala-style word salad.
I am embarrassed that Hong, the purported leader in the Democratic primary, chooses to campaign alongside someone who treats Mao Zedong’s atrocities as a shrug.
In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.
We should learn from the past. Wisconsin utilities invested billions in power plants that were shuttered before reaching their retirement age — with a big debt remaining to be paid.
Deep Tunnel system and decades of strategic investments, the region has captured and cleaned more than 98 percent of the stormwater and wastewater entering the system, well above the national benchmark.
The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.
The fair’s roots actually trace all the way back to 1851 along the banks of the Rock River in Janesville. After years of bouncing from city to city, it finally found its permanent home here in 1892. Now, in 2026, organizers are preparing to welcome over one million fairgoers for the 11-day run, and they are pulling out all the stops for the anniversary.
The greatest gift our parents gave many of us wasn’t simply unconditional acceptance. It was honest instruction about how to succeed in a world that often judges before it listens.
The indication from internal polling is that the final realistic alternative to Rep. Francesca Hong is Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had dropped out of the race only to return with Evers’ endorsement on July 18.
Today’s Republican Party likes seeing America become increasingly unjust, ever more in service of the rich and powerful. Those who rule over today’s Democratic Party can live with creeping injustice, they’re too spooked by the word socialist to keep us remembering what an equality-seeking, middle-class-building America looks and acts like.
No proof of ‘inappropriate behavior.’ Editor Greg Borowski owes readers an explanation.
Hong has shifted into general election mode, so she’s popping up on Fox News and CNN, and it’s going hilariously, in part because Dana Perino and Dana Bash are trawling through her old “abolish pretty much every institution we hold dear” posts.
Under communism, when the government controlled the means of production, new lightbulbs had a fixed, relatively low official price. The problem was that not enough lightbulbs were produced and demand greatly exceeded supply.
We need a cultural shift that redefines success as meaningful only when it lifts others. Today, we celebrate those who rise fastest. Tomorrow, we must celebrate those who bring others with them.
Wisconsin Ethics Commission’s new dashboard tries to make campaign finance information more accessible to the public.
The crisis unfolding on Williamson Street didn’t begin with one police shooting. It reflects years of relying on nonprofits, volunteers and police to fill gaps in public health and social service systems, Sarah A. Larsen writes.
Ruiz’s troubled life didn’t have to end like this. His final moments will haunt our city. It’s time for us to finally take action and fund programs in the intervening years before violent tragedy strikes again.
After a steady climb, a dramatic decline of women senators is likely on the horizon.
