Itâs hard to keep track of ever-increasing stamp prices. This month, the U.S. Postal Service proposed hiking stamp prices in July from 68 cent…
Wisconsin residentsâ concerns about PFA-contaminated drinking water is another election-year issue, although elected officials deadlocked agai…
Every Tuesday night at New Life Assembly of God cars line up two-by-two for weekly food pantry. Ten years ago, a dozen cars out front would ha…
In the Capitolâs election-year calendar, a very important deadline - May 24 - is only five weeks away.
You had to love message-sending Wisconsin primary voters last week. With the two major-party choices for President already been decided - Demo…
In early March, President Joe Biden signed a $460 million spending bill that funded about half of the federal government and averted a governm…
ĚÇĐÄVlog´ŤĂ˝âs seven-member Plan Commission (five appointed citizens, two council members) is an active group that meets the first and third Mon…
Wisconsinâs presidential preference primaries are April 2. Should we care? As usual, primary voters in earlier primaries have already chosen: …
April 2 is an important day. The spring primary is fast approaching and local residents have an opportunity to select the leaders who will set…
With the Brewers opening the season against the Mets next week, letâs use baseball terms to score the 2023-24 session of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Iâve been a bit anti-social this year. Itâs not that Iâve ignored people. Iâve actually had some wonderful conversations with old and new frie…
The first in-depth analysis of last yearâs historic change that raised state aid to cities, towns and villages and promised them one-fifth of …
My curiosity was satisfied on Jan. 30 when I learned the address would be the morning of the Jan. 31 at the ĚÇĐÄVlog´ŤĂ˝ Country Club. Sadly, br…
Last week, I was reminded that it only takes a few moments to turn a mundane Tuesday into a special one. Moments of kindness that set my week …
I canât believe Iâm 52 years old. In my mind, Iâm still a pre-teen getting into mischief on Beacon Hill Drive.
Donald Trump is carving into a surprising traditional Democratic constituency â Black voters â that could spell troubling news for Joe Biden in 2024.
In his sixth State of the State speech, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised to veto three specific changes Republicans are pushing:
Many local restauranteurs just finished their best week of January business. Thanks to those who spearheaded and promoted ĚÇĐÄVlog´ŤĂ˝âs first r…
After Iowa and New Hampshire, the odds that Donald Trump will win his partyâs nomination for the presidency have evolved from merely possible …
Republican legislators are more restless than they have been in years. Less than 10 months away from having to seek re-election, they donât kn…
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Two Republican senators - Mary Felzkowski and Romaine Quinn - represent northern Wisconsin districts that are larger than some states.
Weâre a few weeks into 2024 and thousands of resolutions have already been forgotten. Iâve never been much of a New Yearâs Resolution person b…
A discussion to determine who is the greatest Wisconsin athlete of all time could get heated, but before any discussion a few rules need to be…
North Korea has decided to bring in the New Year with a Bang, The Pyongyang regime over several days has fired sizable artillery barrages near…
Cocaine babies donât vote and they donât contribute to political campaigns. Same thing for hungry children and kids whose deadbeat parents don…
I have lived through the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the War on Terror, the Great Recession and the corona virus. I have never seen a scarier t…
Why did Republican legislators win their fight with the Universities of Wisconsin, which was supported by Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic legis…
If that holiday party gets boring, here are eight state government trivia questions you can ask between drinks. Or not.
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth.
Women still face more challenges running and getting elected to public office and are subject to more criticism and social media insults than …
Numbers and political pedigree suggest that Brad Schimel is no Dan Kelly.
Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point.
In my military career, I was frequently deployed on the U.S. Navyâs massive nuclear-powered aircraft carriers into combat and on more routine …
With the world seemingly teetering between democracy and authoritarianism, you might feel overshadowed by gloom this Thanksgiving.
We all come from families. We all have family stories we donât repeat in public. But we live our lives knowing we have family.
Exactly three years after his surprise choice as the state Senateâs new leader, Republican Sen. Devin LeMahieu has grown into his role as majo…
In his book titled â12Ways to Save Democracy in Wisconsinâ Matt Rothschild called for banning gerrymandering by adopting the Iowa model for dr…
Last week was the anniversary of the most dangerous confrontation in history, yet the media and public paid little heed. During October 22-28 …
Wisconsinâs Republican U.S. House members generally kept low profiles during their partyâs three-week public struggle to elect a House speaker…
This spring I wrote about the Birds coming back. Not robins or orioles but the scooter variety.
No matter where we live, we all deserve and need clean drinking water.
In a 47-page encyclical, Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz refused to withdraw from a lawsuit challenging Assembly and Senate district …
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission filed a major complaint in federal district court alleging that Amazon is an illegal monopoly. The FT…
Republicans who control the state Senate fired the first appointee of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers four years ago, voted to fire the top electio…
I spent two years in Israel, resulting in lifelong friends, my wife and an extended family I love dearly.
We understand the political reasoning behind President Joe Biden joining the United Auto Workers picket line in Michigan on Tuesday: Michigan …
On Saturday, $39 billion in federal child-care funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act are set to expire. As a result, close…
On September 21, in a magnificent military ceremony, General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of the Defense Staff of France, laid a wreath at the Tomb…
State Public Defender Kelli Thompson, who will soon leave the job she has held for almost 13 years, wonât have to rework her resume.
We live in a border county, a short drive to Illinois. Along with the political division are the sports-fan divisions along that border: Cubs-…
Capitol politicians never stop surprising you.
Itâs never too late to do the right thing. In that spirit, I would like to highlight a national day of observance last month honoring those wh…
An election year is coming up. Politics will be everywhere, cranked to unbearable levels of nastiness.
Should noncitizens be allowed to vote? That sounds a little crazy, doesnât it?
The leader of Gabon in Africa, Ali Bongo, has been overthrown in a sudden military coup on August 30, right after he was declared the winner i…
Although Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has said he would veto it, the income tax-cut plan that Assembly Republicans hope to pass this week opens …
Time to preview the âto doâ list of Republicans who control the fall legislative session.
My grandfather rarely spoke, except through his saxophone. He was a man of few words but a lot of heart.
All-electric cars? Hold that thought.
Saturday night my wife and I headed downtown for dinner. There was nothing unique or special about Saturday, it was just another day in ĚÇĐÄVlog´ŤĂ˝.
The evidence continues to accumulate that Americaâs nonprofit sector is failing the country in some basic ways. Specifically, it is not doing …
A law review article claiming that Donald Trump is automatically disqualified from holding elected office is getting attention in large part b…
A 3-year-old toddler died this month in Illinois while on a bus on the way to her new home in Indiana. An 8-year-old child with sickle cell an…
The Hollywood writersâ strike is in its fourth month, and the actorsâ strike is in its fourth week with no end in sight. Many have called the …
Taiwan recently conducted the first-ever âanti-takeover drillâ at the islandâs main Taoyuan International Airport, reflecting the growing fear…
Thereâs an economic calamity approaching: At the end of September, pandemic-era federal funding for child care will expire, potentially leavin…
A county election worker in Oregon recently found himself in an unsettling situation during his rounds collecting ballots from drop boxes. A d…
âA house divided cannot standâ feels uncomfortably on-target at this time in our political history. To compare Abraham Lincolnâs famous words …
After years of protests and community organizing, on June 30 California shut the doors on the last of its youth prisons, signaling the end of …
This fall, to get people back to the office, U.S. employers need to do something radical, something bold, something (gasp) very French: They n…
âOur long national nightmare is over.â
Well, Iâm a bobblehead now.
Call it the Special Session Dance.
The state Supreme Courtâs new four-justice majority last week fired the state court administrator and drafted rules that would create a three-…
When the names of seriously mentally ill New Yorkers become known to 8 million others, itâs typically for the worst reasons: Either theyâre vi…
Camille Edelman is doing the best she can.
Until Sunday, July 23, I had no idea who Ed Sheeran was. I now know I was one of only three people in North America who still had an AOL email…
Congressional Republicans are in a struggle with the White House to rein in federal spending after the U.S. national debt ballooned past $32 t…
Voices of reason are hard to find these days, much less voices of compassion. But both were offered up by one a resident who addressed the Roc…
An alarming crisis is looming on our healthcare horizon, with forecasts of a mass nursing exodus over the next five to 10 years from a system …