The number of Americans who rely on and abuse the SNAP system is a number that continues to grow with no end in sight.

Democrats were willing to strand grandma at the airport and take the Thanksgiving turkey off the table. Showing partisan fight was more important than good governance.

It’s time we give equal treatment as we do to the other disability groups. If it is good for some with disabilities, it should be good for all.

The numbers tell a sobering story that demands our immediate attention and action.

There’s little transparency on these deals. No one knows what the impact on Wisconsin will be.

Supporters of AI use in courts hope that it will save the state money. Unfortunately, the technology isn’t up to the task.

The current regime wants nothing to do with any pause on AI’s breakneck development. For ruling Republicans, it’s full steam ahead, no guardrails. Scientific consensus and public buy-in be damned. Opposition Democrats are the proverbial deer in the headlights.

The Dane County Board’s 2026 budget amendments meet the moment.

Real reform means investing in people, not prisons.

The push to legalize sports betting across the nation has grown over the last several years, and the stakes are far too great for us to get this wrong.

The teacher has a problem. What’s everybody else’s excuse?

When poor Black communities sound the alarm, we must listen and act as if everyone else is next. The struggle for food justice is not just about groceries.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of Davis’s appeal is a reminder that civil rights are not subject to the whims of individual clerks or the shifting tides of political ideology.

Three weeks ago in this space we urged Democrats to do the responsible thing, be the adults in the room, and vote to end the government shutdown. Now, thanks to the sensible moderate Democrats in the Senate, that’s exactly what’s happening. Moreover, it’ll pay off politically for their party.

Steil is behind legislation intended to take away elected representatives’ paychecks when the federal government is shut down.

Even if Trump’s new testing is something less than he suggested, nonproliferation advocates worry that even the scientific objectives suggested by Energy Secretary Chris Wright would create a backlash that would open the door for other major nuclear powers to begin their own widespread testing.

Community solar is an option like none we have experienced before; it is decentralized, flexible, and ready to power Wisconsin’s future.

Health care management is complex. But smart politicians should, on behalf of citizens, be able to cut through the complexity toward solutions that work.

The Wisconsin legislature has introduced a bill to prohibit “foreign adversaries” from owning or acquiring land in Wisconsin. Richard Moore gives the low-down and compares it to similar efforts being made in other states, and at the federal level.

UW Law School on Friday will be holding a one-day conference on reviving fusion voting in Wisconsin.