Opinion

In a lower Manhattan off-Broadway theater, tucked away from the traffic and bright lights, an old farm house nestled on 40 acres of remnant prairie introduces theatergoers to a Wisconsin woman making zucchini bread, and Rebecca Gilman’s play “Swing State” begins. The play, set “somewhere in the Driftless area of Wisconsin” in the late summer…

Voters throughout Wisconsin and across political lines are solidly in favor of the bipartisan deal to increase revenue for local governments. But most people don’t want to increase taxes to do so, according to a Marquette University Law School Poll released Wednesday. Last week, Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan plan that will increase state…

Oconto County Clerk Kim Pytleski has a series of colorful, hand-drawn posters in her office for the barrage of questions she fields from election skeptics, including one that reads, “Perception has become Reality!” “People are throwing skepticism and these comments out there, but they’re not doing the homework on what this really entails,” she said,…

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes leads Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson among likely voters in the November election, according to the latest poll from the Marquette University Law School. In the race for governor, Democratic incumbent Tony Evers and Republican construction executive Tim Michels are essentially tied. The survey results released Wednesday offer the first glimpse…

The Democratic primary for U.S. Senate has tightened, according to a new poll by Marquette University Law School. Marquette’s April survey found Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes was still the top choice among Democratic voters, with 19 percent saying they’d support him. But that was down from 23 percent who said they’d choose Barnes in Marquette’s…

A new poll of Wisconsin residents shows that climate change, the federal budget deficit, income distribution and race relations are among the top concerns heading into the 2022 midterms, although many of the same respondents felt issues were a larger problem at the national level. University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs sent…

Election Day is Tuesday and advocates for those who are blind and visually impaired are pushing for changes to the state’s absentee ballots. Wisconsin voters can request an absentee ballot, but the Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired says the state does not have a ballot for absentee voting that is compliant with…

Longtime conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes said he is voting for Joe Biden in November — his contribution towards what he calls an attempt to regain political normalcy from a calamitous four years of bickering, infighting and hyper-partisanship during Donald Trump’s presidency. Sykes is one of a number of conservatives who have distanced themselves…

Wisconsin voters’ opinions on whether President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office didn’t budge in the latest poll by Marquette University Law School despite an ongoing impeachment inquiry by the U.S. House of Representatives. Marquette’s latest survey found that 40 percent of registered voters think Trump should be impeached and removed from…

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez visited Milwaukee Thursday, were he spoke about how the Trump administration’s policies have failed Wisconsin. Perez spent time in the city to work on preparations for next year’s Democratic convention and show support for state democrats. During a press conference, Perez said that the Trump economy isn’t helping health…