I’ll have the fish fry, and an old fashioned to go, please. That is not legal in Wisconsin, but that could change. Support is growing in...
It is clear we are well on our way down a slippery slope if we can’t agree, as Americans, that the violence at the U.S. Capitol...
Can we make it through the next eight days? Tensions in the U.S. have reached a boiling point. We are a nation in crisis, as evidenced...
At least they finally did something. Unfortunately, it wasn’t something meaningful. The Wisconsin Assembly passed a series of bills to deal with the pandemic last week,...
This is proof that words matter. What we saw at the U.S. Capitol should not be a surprise. Although it apparently was a surprise to Capitol...
We knew we weren’t likely to get final results on election night. We didn’t know it would take this long, or get this ugly. Two months...
They’ve already tried nearly every trick in the book, but its possible we haven’t seen the tip of the iceberg yet. Today, the United States Congress...
It is back to work for our state representatives in Madison. Although their definition of work isn’t like ours. The previous legislature essentially took 2020 off,...
So much for a sense of urgency. Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, the calls...
It certainly was a trying year. Thankfully, 2020 is about to come to a close. And while it is tempting to spend these final moments of...
Are more changes needed to La Crosse’s alternate-side parking law? The city forces people to move their cars each night to park on the odd or...
It is that time of year when we often look back at the year that was. And what a year it was. One we would not...
It is too late to turn back now. President Trump so far is refusing to sign a $900 billion aid package, delaying much-needed, long-awaited help for...
Happy holidays? This is typically the most joyous time of the year, but this is 2020. So we’re being told not to gather at Grandma’s house...
Perhaps the next U.S. Congress will do better. As they continue many months of negotiations over another coronavirus relief package, members of Congress were finally able...
Through rain, sleet and snow, the mail will be delivered, they tell us. But what about during a perfect storm? That seems to be what the...
There is plenty of blame to go around. But we are still awaiting a solution. The state of Wisconsin failed to process unemployment claims in a...
That was an interesting civics lesson. In the past five months since election day, we have borne witness to just how our system of democracy works....
Finally, some common-sense in La Crosse’s alternate-side parking law. But there is room for plenty more common sense. La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat wisely pushed the...
It is well documented that the Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature has had little interest in trying to tackle the pandemic. They have been hands off at every...