The question isn’t whether data centers are coming. They are. The question is whether Wisconsin will do the hard work required to capture the benefits, mitigate the downsides and be a leader in the high-tech economy.

Wisconsin, once a bastion of open government, is now dealing with billion- and trillion-dollar entities seeking to plant huge data centers here. And there aren’t enough journalists to shine a light on what’s happening.

Bills aim to strengthen free speech protections, but future is uncertain.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has many problems. They’re self righteous, secretive and indignant. Their communications efforts do not offer clarity, they obfuscate. This was on full display in their spokesperson’s response to Dairyland Sentinel’s reporting.

There was a time when the biggest bully in school was a kid with a bad haircut and a mean streak. These days, in too many places, the biggest bully in the school is the school itself.

AB104 would intervene within the privileged, confidential relationship between physicians and pediatric patients, offering no avenue of support for gender-diverse youth at a time when the Lemkin Institute has characterized the erosion of transgender rights in the United States as indicative of the “early stages of genocide.”

Wisconsin Democrats are promoting affordability and economic security, while Republicans’ stonewalling on ACA tax credits results in more suffering and political payback for the GOP in November.

Anyone blindly defending this behavior is as much as racist as Trump. This is not the first time he crossed the line.

I wonder if my old civics teacher would have wanted us to memorize these names?

Inside or outside the church, all of us have a role to play in advocating for social justice.

As we prepare for the PSC to make a decision on data centers, we need to make our voices heard to decision makers: Big Tech and We Energies don’t get to decide what’s best for Wisconsin.

Maybe it’s got something to do with the air in the state Capitol. But once otherwise ordinary men and women are elected to serve, they develop a belief that they’re above the law.

Journalists make mistakes. Plenty of them. Criticism is often deserved. The only time I saw journalism under this kind of relentless attack, though, was at the height of the Watergate crisis. Let’s look at some issues facing journalism today.

No matter what one’s political views are, especially when it comes to adults and children, the grown-up bears responsibility for exercising restraint.

Federal agents derailed a state proceeding, undermining the integrity of our court system.

Wisconsin employers can’t find literate workers

Time can be better spent on other things like AI

While some regions may be more dependent on a single tech sector, it’s reassuring to know Wisconsin is spreading its investment bets. It just needs bigger bets.

We require testing and recertification for many professions where public safety is at stake, yet we place virtually no specialized requirements on elderly drivers.