With the COVID-19 pandemic causing unemployment to increase sharply across Wisconsin’s economy, the arts and culture sector has been among the…
In a gradual but far-reaching shift, the state government in recent years has accounted for a much larger share of public spending in Wiscons…
In a scene from the movie “A Few Good Men,” the character played by Tom Cruise spars with Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessup over a hazing that k…
This past Monday morning dawned gray and cool, and reminded me of the first time I came to Wisconsin.
In a time of global COVID-19 pandemic, and when – two decades into the 21st century – structural and institutional racism is very much a part …
For the past 40 years, I’ve made my living traveling Wisconsin as a singer-songwriter. During that time, I was never “unemployed” – until Marc…
I am disappointed, but not surprised, by the distorted representation of my testimony last month before the PSC by Sunny Schubert. I stand beh…
I recently received a letter from an Alert Reader who was concerned about remarks made by former Alder Chad Speight at the June 24 meeting of …
There are many aspects to the value of a community having a local newspaper serving its community.
Recently, the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information issued a statement calling for grea…
We are currently experiencing and witnessing an important movement in our nation’s history. The recent senseless killings of George Floyd, Ahm…
The gap between the increasing diversity of Wisconsin’s K-12 student population and the lack of diversity in its teacher workforce has widened…
If newly-minted Monona Alder Kristie Schilling is looking for some light summer reading, may I politely suggest Robert’s Rules of Order and th…
To the Dane County community,
In case you’re interested, there were 38 people arrested between May 30 and June 4 in connection with the looting and property destruction on …
This month’s national protest movement has risen to confront police forces that violate laws, escalate violence and resist accountability. The…
In March, as Wisconsin enacted safer-at-home, state and local governments scrambled to build new ways to govern from remote locations while st…
My friend and former colleague, David Blaska, blogging at davidblaska.com, had an interesting connect-the-dots post May 18, which led me to co…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives. In higher education, it has sparked pointed questions locally and nationally about the short-term…
Newly elected Monona City Council member Kristie Schilling is finding out just how unpleasant politics can be, even on the local level.
The smell of charcoals burning, the sound of Wisconsin beef sizzling and the sight of perfect grill marks are truly hard to beat. As the sun s…
Donald Trump says it’s just not fair.
In drafting next year’s budgets, Wisconsin K-12 districts face uncertainty as to whether and how schools will open this fall and whether the d…
(This is the full text of a statement issued by the Monona Grove School Board relating to the developer’s agreement with the village of Cottag…
Wisconsin has fresh hope for an eventual “return to normal” with the most-recently issued emergency order to combat the coronavirus pandemic, …
During this coronavirus pandemic, access to accurate and trustworthy information in your community is as critical to life under quarantine and…
This spring has certainly brought a new normal to our lives that, in many ways, feels like anything but normal.
Here we go again: If religious humor offends you, don’t read any further.
