It is clear that Wisconsin citizens value a good public education. We see that in the number of referendums voters statewide have approved to provide the...
Do you recall the recount? Republicans in Madison do, and they want it to remain a distant memory. Some lawmakers are pushing legislation that would make...
Wisconsin’s public records laws are among the strongest in the nation. Basically, they say that governments and elected officials have to keep records of their actions...
Who knew a magazine could be so controversial? Probably not Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. In his budget proposal to the legislature, Walker called for eliminating a...
The sudden shift toward good government in Madison is hard to overstate. Republican leadership in the legislature has done something that is quite rare. They removed...
It is looking more and more like a big mistake. Wisconsin lawmakers disbanded the former Government Accountability Board two years ago in favor of separate ethics...
It doesn’t happen often. Almost never in fact. So it is certainly notable that our politicians finally stopped marching in lockstep and actually showed they can...
It is clear that people in Wisconsin value public education. That is evident in the wake of Tuesday’s election, when a majority of school referendum were...
Wisconsin remains notoriously lax on those caught driving drunk. Some legislators have tried for years, most often unsuccessfully, to strengthen the state’s drunk driving laws. And...
In Wisconsin, when winter weather closes schools, those lost days need to be made up. Typically at the end of the year, when students thoughts are...
For most people, it is not a big deal. Our spring elections can be a bit of a yawner, especially compared to the drama of the...
Turns out governing is much more difficult than campaigning. President Trump is finding that out, barely 70 days into his presidency. It is easy to say...
Is there no one beside Scott Walker who wants to be Wisconsin’s next governor? The list of democrats who have given up on the thought of...
On its surface, the effort seems to be to give chesse some much-needed love in Wisconsin. A group of elementary students are asking Wisconsin legislators to...
Technically, seats on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are non-partisan. Those running for office don’t declare themselves either republican or democrat. Of course, in reality, we know...
The judge’s order was clear. Wisconsin lawmakers were told to redraw the current legislative boundaries by November 1 of this year. The judge ruled the current...
Members of the Wisconsin legislature are likely to once again debate strengthening Wisconsin’s drunk driving laws. If history is any guide, our lawmakers will do little...
The numbers don’t lie. Wisconsin lawmakers continue to fund voucher schools to the detriment of public schools. Even as Governor Walker pledges more money for public...
It seems that no matter how many laws we may pass to try to hold our politicians accountable, our lawmakers inevitably find a way around them....
So, just what did we learn with the release of some of President Trump’s tax returns this week? Apparently, that people have real issues with the...