When the state cuts funding to higher education, there are noticeable impacts. But some Wisconsin lawmakers don’t want to hear about it. State lawmakers cut funding...
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are right about one thing. The system is rigged. Powerful party bosses are working hard to ensure that neither is the...
Is it any wonder we can’t agree? An analysis of the participation in Tuesday’s primary election shows that voters in La Crosse County are sharply divided...
The city of La Crosse has certainly had its battles with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. And usually, the city has come out on the losing...
The eyes of the political world remain focused on Wisconsin, where voters will have their say in Tuesday’s presidential primary. Donald Trump remains the front runner...
What do you have to do to get a drink around here? Leave is the answer in the tiny village of Ephraim, Wisconsin. That Door County...
Governor Walker hasn’t seemed much of a friend of openness in government. He had a hand in efforts to exempt state lawmakers from the open records...
By all accounts, Lt. Col. James Megellas is an American hero. A Wisconsin hero, in fact. Megellas is from Fond du Lac, and is one of...
It has become an epidemic in La Crosse. The use of heroin has skyrocketed in our community. We have witnessed that with an alarming number of...
As a society we have gotten pretty good at multitasking. That can be a good thing. But it also is a bad thing, when people are...
This is why Wisconsin lawmakers need to give themselves more time to get their work done. Time has again run out, well before lawmakers could even...
Today is March 14th. There are 17 days remaining in the month, and 17 more nights of alternate side parking in La Crosse. 17 nights when...
It is sunshine week in Wisconsin, an effort devoted to openness and transparency at all levels of government. And recent events prove the need to remain...
The debate continues over whether people should be able to consume raw milk. It was the subject of much debate in Wisconsin a few years ago,...
Wisconsin’s Department of Transportation has had a hard time winning friends in La Crosse. The state agency has a reputation as a bit of a bully,...
Good news for Wisconsin taxpayers. The state of Wisconsin has been much more diligent about cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse. And those efforts are...
As a society, we have learned, in many instances, to be more inclusive. But some suggest that is not true of one candidate for the Wisconsin...
Not long ago, people in Wisconsin would justify the high taxes paid in this state by saying “At least our roads are in good shape.” Well,...
Every day we hear more troubling allegations out of Wisconsin’s juvenile lockup. The Lincoln Hills School for Boys and the Copper Lake School for Girls are...
Nobody likes a pest. But sometimes it is a person’s job to deal with them. Like government employees. Particularly at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources....