Whatever one may think of Donald Trump or the circumstances of last year’s election or even the bitterness of this nation’s partisan divide, i…
Openness and transparency in government got a rare win last week when Gov. Tony Evers vetoed legislation that likely would have kept the publi…
The first payments of the Biden administration’s expanded child tax credit went out last week—marking what could be the start of a truly radic…
We’re barely a month out from the Colonial Pipeline hacking, perpetrated by the Russian-speaking hacking group DarkSide, which left thousands …
The unrest on Cuba’s streets is the biggest challenge to the country’s communist government in decades. And it poses a dilemma for the Biden a…
With vacations back on the schedule and weddings and other summer activities in full swing in Southern California, it’s easy to forget that a …
Richard Branson scraped the edge of space Sunday, arriving via a supersonic plane built by Virgin Galactic, a company he created. In so doing,…
Haiti needs many things at the moment. American soldiers are not among them.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court antitrust decision against the NCAA and the subsequent repeal of rules that prevented college student-athletes f…
Although Republicans recoiled when President Joe Biden unveiled his sweeping infrastructure plan in March, a bipartisan group of senators has …
The goal of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources with regard to the state’s wolf population is stability. More evidence is emerging tha…
President Joe Biden remembers when Congress worked differently. He’s not alone. And now, thanks to some old-fashioned political bargaining, th…
Thursday, the Supreme Court issued two significant rulings on the sanctity and openness of our democratic republic, doing so along ideological…
Parler, which describes itself as an unbiased, free speech alternative to larger platforms like Facebook and Twitter, was kicked off Apple’s a…
The Biden administration last week upped the ante in the struggle over voting rights, announcing it is suing the state of Georgia to prevent i…
Americans have broadly agreed for years that the nation’s transportation infrastructure is in desperate need of attention. Across party lines,…
Guest Views: When Robin Vos is skeptical of election conspiracies, it’s time to shut down the circus
Some Wisconsin lawmakers are so committed to indulging former President Donald Trump’s fantasies about winning the 2020 election that they rec…
As expected, debate on a bill to protect voting rights was blocked in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday when the Democratic sponsors failed to garner…
Renewed plans for passenger rail service to Madison and other Wisconsin cities are encouraging, though we’ve been disappointed by similar prom…
We’re getting back outside after more than a year stuck inside, with little to do for fun even if we did go out.
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Wisconsin ranks near the bottom of states—45th out of 50—in harnessing money from Uncle Sam, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Following Kenosha County’s lead, Racine County recently rolled out its own text-to-911 system as part of a $200,000 system upgrade.
The biggest cause of Wisconsin’s workforce shortage isn’t the extra $300 a week the federal government is paying unemployed people, though tha…
Israelis deserve to live in safety without fear of attacks that indiscriminately target civilians. Palestinians deserve basic human rights—and…
Observers of Wisconsin politics could be forgiven for believing the state’s political culture was primarily focused on bickering. That is, aft…
You might not know that it’s against Wisconsin law for a public school to start a new school year before Sept. 1. In light of learning losses …
Monday’s announcement that Gov. Tony Evers had negotiated a new deal with Foxconn wasn’t entirely a shock. The state had long expressed dissat…
The eyes of the world are on Minneapolis.
A traveler shows up at an airline gate, claiming she has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus can fly safely to a country that requ…
If Speaker Vos is being complimentary to the Evers administration, something must be going well.
Democrats must not compromise on the urgency of preventing Trump's Big Lie from making it harder for Americans to vote.
It happens all the time.
The president must not wage war on his own.
We have been busy in Madison with the Legislature passing multiple measures aimed at protecting both taxpayers and personal liberties.
Wages aren’t all that defines the middle class. Comfortable housing has long stood as a symbol of it, too. Preservation of that ideal might no…
Condors lay only one egg every year, the lowest reproductive rate of any bird.
Last year’s election was a triumph for participatory democracy, with a record 74,216,154 Americans voting for Donald Trump, and blessedly, an …
A bump in prison canteen spending is likely not going to buoy the economy.
One group at great risk for going off the rails is students with special needs, especially students who are on the brink of aging out of the s…
A potential crisis and a grave political embarrassment for the new administration have collided on the U.S. southern border. Migrant crossings…
Unlike some states, Wisconsin did not see a net decline in revenues for 2019 to 2020.
Lynching is a particular type of crime. It is not simply a crime against an individual. It is a crime aimed at society itself.
There is one area where our College of Education and Professional Studies lags behind our peers, and that’s Winther Hall, the home to the college.
If Biden wants an example of “Neanderthal thinking,” to quote his Oval Office presser, this is it.
This is a moment for the post office not to step back, but to get from Congress what it needs to be more efficient: flexibility.
The city has taken many steps in reducing carbon emissions. There is more that needs to be done.
There has been a push for several years by state officials to get schools to abandon the Indian team names and mascots.
If you want the Wisconsin Legislature to operate in an open and transparent manner, there’s a provision tucked in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget that…
Three weeks after they took control of Myanmar by toppling its democratically elected government, the country’s generals are struggling to ret…
Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget is strewn with wish-list policy items that fellow Democrats would love, such as repealing his predecessor’s unio…
Thirty years ago Wednesday—Feb. 24, 1991—I crossed into Iraq aboard my M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank as the “ground war” of Operation Desert St…
Proposed for consideration of adoption by the Rock County Board and Janesville City Council:
In a traditional university setting, students learn and grow through their interactions with peers and faculty.
We know common ground in state government is hard to find, but let us suggest something that really shouldn’t be difficult. We would like to s…
So Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban decided to test us, to see whether we would notice that “The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t played in the a…
No longer will insured patients be hit with enormous unexpected invoices from emergency room doctors, anesthesiologists, radiologists and othe…
People chose sides and scorned those who disagreed, even neighbors, friends and family.
At this point, a year into the pandemic, we have all changed how we meet and do business.
What can we look forward to when we come out the other end of COVID-19?
The right to expel a potential viral load from my nose ends where the other guy’s safety begins.
Americans are putting their consumer dollars on the side of democracy. Most of corporate America seems to have noticed.
To keep each other safe, we’ve been asked to add barriers—distance and masks—to our face-to-face interaction. We also have videoconferencing t…
General Motors has just delivered an electric shock to the automotive world.
If health providers in Janesville have enough shots for teachers, great. Don’t waste time sending unused vaccine back to the state for redistribution.
Tommy G. Thompson has spent more than 30 years giving orders—as Assembly Republican leader, governor, secretary of the U.S. Department of Heal…
I’ll readily admit that the face gracing the $20 bill is not our most urgent issue—not with 420,000 people needlessly dead and 45 Republican s…
The death of George Floyd last May and the summer of protests that followed in its wake led members of Congress to try to mandate basic change…
One of the first actions taken by President Joe Biden hours after he was inaugurated was to sign an executive order revoking the Keystone XL p…
The Keystone XL pipeline was an artifact from an earlier time.
In the end, we must defend people’s right to say things we don’t agree with, even if what is said is false and objectionable.
Interestingly, the Wisconsin suit has nothing to do with voting machines or with election observers not being allowed to observe the counting …
If there is a single day that marks the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., it would be Jan. 21, 2020, when the Centers for Diseas…
Broadband is now one of the infrastructure necessities no community can thrive without.
The "rules" never seem to apply to liberal elites.
The students were evacuated to the football field as hazmat teams rushed to the scene. The local prosecutor was alerted, as were the police. R…
The profit motive can and does sometimes conflict with aspirations of a higher nature.
By filling out your 2020 census form, you became part of our democratic process.
Any smart plan will loosen howls by extreme opinions, be they for shutting the borders tight or opening them wide, so he might as well do the …
The commitment of many in our media isn't to truth or facts. It's to monopolistic control.
Biden faces the challenge of rescuing our democracy and restoring our sense of unity at a moment when both are in danger.