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Eric Hovde: Tammy Baldwin made Wisconsin’s fentanyl problem worse
Career politicians in Washington have continually ignored the urgent pleas of families and individuals impacted by the fentanyl crisis, allowing the epidemic to not only continue but to worsen. Immediate and real change is needed.
Bill Kaplan: Politics of empathy: Baldwin, Cooke and Harris
Baldwin led in passing and improving the ACA. Cooke and Harris strongly support the ACA. All three want to expand and improve Medicare. Trump, devoid of empathy, doesn’t get it and never will. Nor do Cooke and Baldwin’s GOP opponents, Derrick Van Orden and Eric Hovde.
Dave Zweifel: Hovde tries to capitalize on disaster relief lies
That a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin could stoop so low begs the question: Could this really be the kind of a nation we’ve become?
Michelle Bryant: When will we embrace the idea of female leadership?
The reluctance of some men to support a female president stems from deep-seated societal norms and biases that continue to pervade American political culture.
Jerry Hanson: It’s a simple choice on November 5th
Your vote can return America to a nation where everyone has the opportunity to have enough.
Chris Ford: Republicans want to repeal laws that make medicine cheaper and cover Americans
For years Republicans have waged fight after fight to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which would dismantle protections for pre-existing conditions.
Chuck Melvin: In case you forgot. Jan. 6 assault on Congress was Trump attack on democracy.
Weeks away from the next election, and a sizable portion of the country has chosen to forget, ignore or in some cases celebrate Jan. 6, 2021.
Ben Dowell: Many veterans want democracy, not Trump
Veterans in Wisconsin, who make up 7% of the state’s population, are a powerful force at the polls. We seek a commander in chief with sound judgment and genuine ethical principles. Trump has neither, and his support is fading among us. Go check the latest polls. We all know that he’s never been a warrior — just a performer.
Dave Cieslewicz: Some election certainty
Predicting the outcome is a fools errand. But I think we can be pretty certain what the parameters are for the election as a whole — what the best case scenarios look like for each party in Wisconsin and nationally. Here’s what I think those look like.
Denia Garcia: How do we rebuild trust? One simple answer is to ask people what they think.
Main Street Agenda one way to use community engagement to build stronger ties.
Steven Walters: Questions for Wisconsin’s legislative candidates at your door
Chances are that you might find a candidate for state Assembly or Senate at your door in the next three weeks. Here are some things you might want to ask them.
Mark Lisheron: Government overregulation stymies broadband buildout in rural Wisconsin
Pricey federal plan produces no results yet; observers down on prospects.
Scott Gordon: Wisconsin prison officials furtively changed a library book donation policy while dodging questions
The state’s Department of Corrections scrambles to get its story straight, and book donors don’t know how to proceed.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ take an early look at agency requests for Wisconsin’s next budget
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the next biennial state budget and take a first look at agency requests for spending Wisconsin’s robust surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Derrick Van Orden: In Congress, I’ll fight far left policies that put us in peril
I joined the U.S. Navy at 18 and had the honor to serve our great nation for 26 years, retiring as a Navy SEAL Senior Chief with multiple combat tours and deployments.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ take an early look at agency requests for Wisconsin’s next budget
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the next biennial state budget and take a first look at agency requests for spending Wisconsin’s robust surplus. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 11
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss this week’s Supreme Court oral arguments on Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year veto, the latest in the U.S. Senate race and President Joe Biden’s stop in Milwaukee.