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Sep 24, 2026

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

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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

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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 - Feb 10, 2021

Definitive Proof That PolitiFact Wisconsin Is Politicizing Truth

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Feb 05, 2021

The Tyranny Of Emergency

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Feb 03, 2021

Wisconsin’s Miraculous Vanishing Ballot Rejection Rate

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 29, 2021

Wisconsin’s Mask Mandate Hasn’t Worked And Here’s the Proof

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 27, 2021

This Isn’t About Masks. It’s About Lawful, Constitutional Governance

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 22, 2021

The Wisconsin Elections Commission Is Still Openly Violating Wisconsin Election Law

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 20, 2021

On Policy, Donald Trump Was By Far The Most Effective, Consequential Conservative Since Reagan

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 15, 2021

Under Democrats’ Standard For Incitement To Violence, Gov. Evers And Lt. Gov. Barnes Should Resign

By MacIver Staff

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 13, 2021

An Unethical, Unconstitutional Assault On The Free Press

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 08, 2021

Conservatism In A Post-Trump World

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 06, 2021

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Jan 04, 2021

Billboard, Top School Officials Must Go

By William Osmulski

PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 30, 2020

Top Ten MacIver News Stories

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 28, 2020

Top 10 Gaffes, Lies, and Flip-Flops By Gov. Evers And His Administration

By William Osmulski

PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 10, 2020

Sen. Stroebel Had Been In PolitiFact Reporter’s Sights For Months

By William Osmulski

PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 09, 2020

Brian Hagedorn Has Become Everything Brian Hagedorn Warned Us About

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 04, 2020

Even the Wisconsin Supreme Court is Now Ignoring the Law

By Dan O’Donnell

PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 03, 2020

State Must Do More To Promote Openness

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Dec 02, 2020

The Trump Campaign’s Lawsuit Should Succeed on the Merits

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PerspectivesPerspectives - Nov 25, 2020

Milwaukee’s Deeply Concerning Recount

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