Apps was truly the godfather of Wisconsin writers and storytellers, an elder sage and historian with more than 50 books on a remarkable range of topics.

Any nation wishing to be viewed favorably must adhere to laws. When those laws and processes are discarded or tossed aside, the very structure of government starts to lose credibility, and the citizens are the losers.

Overall, he made 140 appointments to county government.

The field for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor is set and it’s lacking a key ingredient. There is no one looking to occupy the moderate lane.

Milwaukee suburb property taxes are one more barrier for residents.

We can get bogged down in the details in certain year-end retrospectives. The big picture? This was a remarkably bad year. Was this the worst year for American politics this century?

Public opinion is clear on this: the vast majority say women should be the deciders, along with their doctors, without government interference.

Restricting evictions during certain months or certain households often creates a perverse incentive for nonpayment — and shifts the financial burden onto housing providers.

Helping others does not make us suckers and losers; it just makes us good Americans again.

Trump’s strikes signal dangerous new era.

In the 10 days prior to the extraction of Meduro, Trump and his representatives met with U.S. oil interests to find an operator of the Venezuelan oil industry, with little success.

As we look ahead to 2026, it’s worth asking a simple question: Did we do what we said we would do? The people of Dane County deserve results.

The RPDC is re-energizing a longtime tradition

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of: “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy,” by Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair. Published by Michigan State University Press.

Wisconsin will need capable, wise political leaders in 2026 to navigate these treacherous shoals.

If appellate courts overturn Dugan’s conviction, they will keep open a small, vital space where the law can still be forced, by both judges and movements, to acknowledge a humanity it did not create and has no legitimate authority to erase.

When Trump was being prosecuted on all manner of bogus charges between 2020 and 2024, lefties pompously proclaimed “nobody is above the law.” That includes Hannah Dugan.

The conviction of a sitting judge for managing her own courtroom marks a dangerous inflection point for the separation of powers and the integrity of the American immigration system.

The declining rural population, the increasing size of dairies, and the dangers of physical labor has left farm owners statewide struggling to find native-born workers. This labor gap is reinforced by outdated immigration laws.

Wisconsinites deserve an honest explanation for their rising property taxes. Instead, Wisconsin Democrats are offering them even more taxes.