“I am calling for bipartisan legislation that achieves the goal of dramatically lowering prescription drug prices. Get a bill to my desk, and …
Here’s an easy win for the Republican-run state Senate, if only its leaders would allow a vote before adjourning this spring.
Within just a few weeks of thousands of cases emerging halfway around the world, the threat of the dangerous coronavirus arrived on Pennsylvan…
A planned event center’s relationship with the city of Eau Claire cleared a significant, albeit early, hurdle this week.
Facebook is right to continue its policy of not moderating political advertising. It is wisely leaving the act of fact-checking such ads to it…
Rob Karwath specializes in civility. It’s unfortunately a term rarely applicable these days, particularly given the currently polarized politi…
To hear Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmakers tell it, a fair process for drawing voting districts following the 2020 census would be unconstit…
We’ve all seen cringe-worthy logos for businesses or organizations that make us scratch our heads instead of drawing us into a product or service.
In this political environment, wouldn’t it make sense to find bipartisan co-sponsors for important proposed legislation prior to an announceme…
It’s a plight many of us can only imagine. For some it’s a dreadful reality.
We’ll agree that maintaining accurate voting records is important.
The decade that just ended delivered an underappreciated benefit to Americans that they’d surely notice if it were missing: extraordinary job growth.
When the long-stalled Equal Rights Amendment surged back to life in 2017, opponents argued that it just wasn’t needed anymore. Maybe back in t…
A National Public Radio show recently aired the fact that “UNO,” a popular game since even we were young, was going to remove its red and blue…
It has become obvious that Russia’s shameless leaders don’t care what the world thinks of their systematic cheating in sports. Just another an…
When President Donald Trump signed a new agreement to replace NAFTA, a lot of people who depend on borderless commerce — many of them Midwest …
On July 25, President Donald Trump picked up the phone in the White House residence and attempted to shake down a foreign leader.
“Leadership” and “ethics.”
The disorderly conduct case against a Janesville man claiming police violated his First Amendment rights shows the importance in making distin…
Even in an era of perpetual you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up “news” reports, a recent story out of the Badger State may have reset the bar.
Predicting how the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case based on the questions the justices raise during oral arguments is a fraught endeavor…
A proposed wind farm in southern Eau Claire County has understandably caused a stir for local residents.
Rumors are swirling that the Milwaukee Brewers may return full time to their “ball-in-glove” logo for the 2020 season.
Last Sunday, Joe Biden was reportedly denied communion at a Catholic Church in South Carolina by a priest who objects to the former vice presi…
Facebook has become a prime outlet for presidential campaign messaging, with President Trump and his Democratic rivals collectively spending m…
The Eau Claire metropolitan area got some good news recently, faring well in a study of the best-paying cities for those of the ages 16 to 24.
A recent UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty report found that 37.5% of counties in Wisconsin had significantly lower poverty rates i…
On the biggest stage in baseball, the World Series, the Houston Astros’ top brass is highlighting what advocates say are some of the biggest h…