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Elections Governor Candidate Adds Another Republican Threat to Kill Bipartisan Election Oversight

Tim Michels releases a convoluted plan that would implement weaker election standards than currently exist and fire all administrators, meaning no one would be in charge of elections in Wisconsin for a time.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow May 13, 2022 3:18 pm CDT
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Elections Forecast for Fall Elections: More Fearmongering. The Antidote: Listening and Honesty.

Conservative attacks on crime, race, sex and gender issues helped win some spring elections, but voters in other Wisconsin communities rejected social issue challenges.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 7, 2022 11:12 am CDT
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Editor's Letter Commissions and Courts Are Not the Only Ones Who Can Enforce Election Rules—Voters Need to Play a Role

It may mean voting in a new direction sometimes, but democracy only works if we don’t reward the authoritarian wannabes.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 4, 2022 4:01 pm CDT
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Education ‘The Quiet Majority Needs to Show Up’: Election Day Brings High Stakes for Schools, Local Government, Courts

Spring non-partisan races have been shaped by GOP-supported spending and messaging. Dozens of school districts forced to ask for additional local help to make up for the Legislature’s lack of support.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 4, 2022 2:41 pm CDT
Analysis President Donald Trump and Sen. Ron Johnson at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, January 14, 2020.
Analysis Wisconsin Republicans: The Party of Big Government?

For generations the Republican Party prided itself on being the party of smaller government. Those days are over.

Joe Zepecki Joe Zepecki April 1, 2022 9:16 am CDT

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(Illustration by Morgaine Ford-Workman) Elections Governor Candidate Adds Another Republican Threat to Kill Bipartisan Election Oversight
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Education Wisconsin GOP’s War on Public Schools Enters Primetime with Tuesday’s School Board Elections

While some parents are voting with teachers, school funding, and equity in mind, others are motivated by culture war issues that have exploded into the mainstream over the past year and a half.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 31, 2022 1:02 pm CDT
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Education Opposition to School Pandemic Safeguards Becomes a Trojan Horse for Other Culture War Issues

Once-sleepy spring elections in Wisconsin get heated with comments about history, race, and the role of partisanship.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow March 30, 2022 5:18 pm CDT