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Sep 24, 2026

New York’s Massive SEIU Home-Care Drive Is a Preview of Wisconsin’s PPL Future

By MacIver Staff
PerspectivesPerspectives - Sep 21, 2026

BECI 765: Laws Governing Transmission Lines

By Michael Lucas

PerspectivesPerspectives - Sep 15, 2026

AmeriCorps Survived. Its Financial Problems Did, Too.

By Richard Moore

PerspectivesPerspectives - Sep 11, 2026

A Dane County Case Could Quietly Erase Wisconsin’s Election Deadlines

By MacIver Staff

PerspectivesPerspectives - Sep 08, 2026

Once Again, the DNR Is Trying to Rewrite State Law

By Richard Moore

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PerspectivesPerspectives - December 17, 2025

Dem's Inflation Desperation

By Dan O’Donnell

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Walking on Thin Ice

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Why I-794 Must Stay

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Aug 31, 2023

Wisconsin Law Requires Meagan Wolfe’s Removal

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Aug 28, 2023

William Briggs: Why Science Is Broken

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Aug 24, 2023

What The Real Winner Of The First Debate Can Teach Every Single Candidate (Including Trump)

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Aug 16, 2023

The Fake Controversy Over Wisconsin’s ‘Fake Electors’

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Who Watches The Watchmen?

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Aug 02, 2023

One Day In And The New Liberal Supreme Court is Already Ignoring the Law

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jul 25, 2023

Excess Deaths “Attributed To Heat And Cold”

By William Briggs

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jul 20, 2023

The Global Warming Crisis

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jul 19, 2023

Why Did Evers Make An Obviously Unconstitutional Vanna White Veto? He Knows He Can

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jul 12, 2023

On Breaking Climate Records — And Not Panicking

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jul 06, 2023

The Worst Budget In 402 Years

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jun 28, 2023

Surprise, Surprise: WEC Is Planning On Violating State Law Again

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jun 12, 2023

Legislators Must Seize Generational Tax Reform Opportunity

By Rob Hutton

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jun 01, 2023

Rewarding Failure

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - May 28, 2023

Remembering Wisconsin's Losses On This Memorial Day

By William Osmulski

PerspectivesPerspectives - May 24, 2023

Where Is The Republican Plan For Tax Relief?

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - May 22, 2023

Milwaukee Must Learn From Its Own Bad Decisions The Hard Way

By Chris Kapenga

PerspectivesPerspectives - May 10, 2023

How a Local School Board President Election Illustrates the Fragility of Faith in Democracy

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - May 08, 2023

The Train Has Left the Station

By Howard Marklein

PerspectivesPerspectives - May 03, 2023

The Less You Know About Climate, The More You Cry About Climate

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