Just when we thought the mistakes made by the Veterans Administration couldn’t get much worse. The VA hospital system has been under fire in recent years...
At least it’s a start. The University of Wisconsin System is unveiling a plan to become leaner. Under the plan to be presented to the Board...
The fight is on for clean air and water. Despite Wisconsin’s long history as a national leader in protecting our water, air and land, the state...
The Wisconsin Board of Regents apparently wants us all to get along. And will expel those students who dare to disagree. The Regents have adopted a...
In the wake of fatal shootings by police across the country, police body cams are becoming more popular. Many police departments, including La Crosse, are outfitting...
We have seen it after every mass killing. Democrats call for tighter restrictions on guns, and Republicans in control in Congress look the other way. It...
My recollection of college, so many years ago now, was that it was a time and place to learn new things, meet new people, many with...
This is a very important day for the United States process of democracy. The nation’s highest court today will hear arguments in a case that examines...
You see it all the time. The car in front of you, not taking off when the light turns green. The car that weaves in its...
Perhaps we have been going about this the wrong way. Like a number of other states, Wisconsin has been working to make it harder for people...
It makes you wonder why we even have a Legislature. The veto pen given to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker allows him to totally circumvent the intention...
It sure took awhile, but it now appears that almost 20 years after voters said no to a new north-south corridor in La Crosse, the state...
I think that this is probably covered in the most basic of political courses. It is never good to tell people how to behave, only to...
They call the deal “transformational.” Let’s hope that turns out to be true, in a good way. The state of Wisconsin has gone all in on...
The city of La Crosse never seems to miss a way to squeeze a few more bucks out of people. The latest example has to do...
Of course it was too good to be true. The new Wisconsin state budget is crammed with items that have nothing to do with state spending....
They must be exhausted. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature finally wrapped up their work to complete a new state budget. Two and a half months after...
As work continues to wrap up a new budget for the state of Wisconsin, much of the focus has been on how to fund transportation needs,...
We have seen it many times. When the United States suffers tragedies, good people turn out to do good things. We are seeing it now with...
They sure are a sneaky bunch. Wisconsin state legislators, finally wrapping up work on the long overdue state budget, secretly tucked language into the budget bill...