Joe Biden has a New Deal for America’s kids.
How to reward schools that have been providing in-person instruction is one of the more significant questions facing the GOP-controlled Joint …
The value of higher education is clear: For our state to prosper and succeed, our next generation must possess the knowledge to imagine, innov…
“America is not a racist country.” That was Sen. Tim Scott giving the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint se…
Once upon a time, Joe Biden’s spending proposals would have launched mass demonstrations in opposition.
As vaccinations start to slow in Wisconsin, local county health departments are beginning “hand-to-hand combat” to reach herd immunity.
I’ve always been impressed that the preamble to the Constitution begins, “We the People of the United States.” We’ve heard the phrase so often…
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After months of working with state government, education and health leaders, schools in all 50 states have been given the go-ahead to resume h…
The past year has underscored the critical role teachers play in the lives of our students, families, and communities.
Before we get too immersed in the news that caused national self-congratulations, let’s remember why it was news at all. A Minneapolis jury co…
There’s believing your own press releases. And then, there’s believing your own delusions of grandeur.
Federal relief funds are providing a temporary life raft to Wisconsin transit systems amid the plunging ridership of the COVID-19 pandemic, li…
Both sides of Wisconsin’s political aisle are circulating legislation to increase affordable housing as a way to tackle workforce issues.
You’ve probably heard about what happened at Van Hise Hall at UW-Madison this month: two concrete slabs broke off the façade and crashed to th…
Trump, reduced to a guy pitching magical elixirs and snake oil medical products with an intermittent 1-800 number infomercial on TV, wouldn't …
It’s not 2007 again. But apparently no one has told George W. Bush.
Nearly a decade after Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, the debate has spiked in Wisconsin as more states jo…
It’s so easy, in the course of our day-to-day lives, to get caught up in the political preoccupations of the moment. But sometimes, it’s helpf…
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The way it usually works out, organized labor is aligned with the Democrats, and big business is closely connected to the GOP.
Why do the Russians need to bother spreading disinformation when our own domestic sources do a much better job at it?
Every budget starts with a little drama. When will they finish it? Will they even get it done?
In the last decade, it has become evident that for many politicians, furthering the interests of their political party takes priority over the…
When we constructed the interstate system, we simply bypassed much of our country’s intricate variety. Still, in spite of losing this national…
So far, the defining word of the Biden era is “trillion.”
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget includes some three dozen recommendations from his Climate Change Task Force, including tens of millions in new invest…
As Washington turns its attention to infrastructure and other matters of policy, the Senate filibuster isn’t commanding quite the same headlin…
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has had immeasurable impacts on nearly every aspect of our daily lives, Wisconsin’s public libraries have risen t…
