Politicians like to take credit for creating jobs. But how many jobs do they really create? Not nearly as many as they claim. There is little...
Wisconsin has taken a variety of approaches to the lottery. Lawmakers were reticent to legalize games of chance years ago, but have come to rely on...
It is a seed that has really started to germinate. The Farm to School program in Wisconsin has continued to grow since its inception. The program...
Governor Walker likes to boast that he is tough on crime. He famously refuses to issue pardons to inmates, no matter their circumstances. Now Walker wants...
It is getting hard to know what to believe. We often hear people make accusations, even unsubstantiated ones, even unbelievable ones, and we can dismiss them...
Remember waking up on a snowy weekday morning, hoping Mother Nature would cause school to be canceled? It is not uncommon in our part of the...
Do you play the lottery? Would you play more if you saw or heard more advertisements encouraging you to play? That is the hope of Wisconsin...
You probably haven’t spent much time thinking about the Wisconsin Judicial Commission. But this independent body does important work, serving as the watchdog over our judicial...
It is the kind of thing that should be illegal. But apparently it is not in Wisconsin. It seems that when running for public offices, it...
Nobody likes paying taxes. People like paying higher taxes even less. But La Crosse county is asking voters to approve an additional sales tax, that would...
We need to do better. That is the overall assessment of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and it comes from the new boss at that state...
There has been enough troubling news coming out of the VA system. Nationally, we learned of the long wait times for veterans seeking medical care. Then...
People are sick of politics-as-usual. Seldom does a day go by when there’s not some political scandal that highlights corruption, greed, graft, or straight-up political favoritism....
Donald Trump is right. The media is not his enemy. But the media certainly is not the enemy of the American people. For some reason, our...
There is much to like in Governor Walker’s budget proposal unveiled this week. Unfortunately, plans for fixing our roads is not one of them. For years...
It was like Christmas in Madison yesterday, as government and state agencies hoped the big present under the tree would have their name on it. They...
What could be wrong with letting the people decide? Two Wisconsin lawmakers are introducing legislation calling for a statewide advisory referendum on the issue of medical...
In Wisconsin, it is not uncommon for students to still be in school in early June. Especially with our winter weather causing a number of school...
This is unacceptable on so many levels. The state of Wisconsin has done a poor job providing justice to victims of sexual assault. A backlog of...
It is time for a reboot on the idea of a marsh road in La Crosse. The state Department of Transportation has long called for building...