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What was the most surprising part of the education package passed by the Joint Committee on Finance? 

Manitowoc — Kaye Schulz worked at the old Mirro Co. here, mostly as a lathe operator, for almost 35 years. When she…

One of my favorite quotes is from the French economist Frederic Bastiat. In his essay “Ce qu’on voit et ce…

A watershed moment for Wisconsin As Politico noted earlier this year, if there is any state that “epitomizes what the…

MVPs: Rodgers and Walker Except for an exceptionally mild winter, 2012 began inauspiciously.National League MVP Ryan Braun faced a 50-game…

Among the many tales of woe that appeared in the media in the wake of the Wisconsin protests was the…

For conservatives, just saying ‘no’ probably won’t be enough to solve our state’s and nation’s problems By Richard Esenberg The…

By Charles J. Sykes As summer turned to fall, most of Wisconsin turned from the perfervid frenzy of the recall…

His pieties about protecting middle class families are a cover for hiking taxes on the poor By Christian Schneider On…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a commentary contrasting the tough budget introduced by Governor Walker with the soft, easy on-the-eyes budgets we’ve seen out of Washington.

A funny thing happened on the way to electing yet another big-spending, lawyer-laden, special-interest-loving Legislature last fall: Voters in four…

Let’s peel away the hyperbole to see what Gov. Walker really did in his first budget. By George Lightbourn Great…

Scott Walker is Reagan-like in his bold steps to remake Wisconsin government By Richard Esenberg Madison has fallen. All of…

There could not have been a sharper contrast between the tension in Madison and the calm in Washington, D.C.

It’s a shock for some: He means what he says, and he does what he promises by Richard Esenberg Last…

The lessons from Indiana’s playbookBy Christopher Ruhl After more than six years in office, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has earned…

Peter Barca, a usually levelheaded Democrat, articulated what has been wrong with state government.

By Stephen F. Hayes On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won 59 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. He won Wisconsin by…

The voters exact vengeance upon the disdainful Democrats. Before the vote on Nov. 2, humorist P.J. O’Rourke quipped that it…

Dear Gov.-elect Walker (Scott): Welcome back to Madison. While you were busy convincing us to elect you, most Wisconsinites were…