The U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to settle a dispute over political districts in Wisconsin in June of 1962. The La Crosse Tribune ran an editorial...
Technically, and officially, the race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is considered non-partisan. Candidates don’t have to declare themselves as democrats or republicans....
In 1972, singer Pete Seeger performed at UW-L, and also spoke with people on campus about his concerns for society. Seeger said the U.S. was in...
In business, plans sometimes change. Perhaps based on market conditions, or new opportunities. But with $4 billion on the line, those willing to hand out that...
In March of 1987, Madison’s Freedom from Religion Foundation took the city of La Crosse to federal court, to have a 10 Commandments marker removed from...
Wisconsin’s open records law applies to every level of government. The law allows private citizens and media outlets to request any form of communication involving public...
All the major players in the 1976 presidential race who were still in the running for the Wisconsin primary got to the La Crosse area in...
As outlined yesterday, we support Governor Tony Evers plan to raise money to pay for road repairs. The Governor wants to raise the gas tax by...
Maybe they’ve finally figured it out. And maybe it wasn’t really that hard after all. Lawmakers in Madison have spent the past eight years struggling to...
In March of 1929, Uncle Sam was threatening to take away La Crosse’s airmail service, if something wasn’t done about the airport. Northwest Airways had the...
Never mind the annual “Elvis Explosion” of tribute artists every year in La Crosse. The real Elvis Presley only appeared once in the city, May 14th,...
Shouldn’t this have come up earlier? La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat is considering a significant hike in the city’s room tax to help pay for an...
This may not be a leap year, but the #1 songs on certain leap days have stayed popular over the decades. On February 29th, 1940, ”In...
We have long proposed adopting the Iowa model when it comes to drawing legislative boundaries in Wisconsin. Finally, a Wisconsin governor agrees that is a more...
On one day in February of 1959, La Crosse got 8 inches of snow. A front-page photo in the Tribune showed a car buried in snow,...
It seems there is no one sized fits all plan when dealing with parking in La Crosse. The city has tried a variety of ways to...
Is Wisconsin ready to go all-in on marijuana? In his budget proposal to be unveiled this week, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers will call for legalizing medical...
In early 1961, the city of La Crosse was getting ready to build a nearly 400 car ramp at Market Square. A New York company was...
Wisconsin’s so-called job creation agency hardly has a stellar track record. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has been marred by scandal after scandal since its inception...
In February of 1984, Trane merged with the American Standard Company. Trane chairman William Roth said that the air conditioner maker, founded in La Crosse in...