This election season, twenty seats in the Wisconsin State Legislature don’t have an incumbent candidate. The thirteen state assembly and seven senate seats have either already been vacated by candidates […]
See Maps: Hong, Roys, Baldeh, Sargent win fall primary
Maps by Jade Iseri-Ramos and Martin Rakacolli. “I think I’m okay,” says Francesca Hong. Last night she beat out six other challengers in the Democratic primary to represent downtown Madison, for […]
Fred Risser Reflects on 64-Year Political Career
On November 6,1956, Americans re-elected Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower over Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson, Wisconsin voters elected Republican Vernon Wallace Thompson Governor over Democrat William Proxmire, and voters in […]
State Lawmakers Introduce Right-to-Die Legislation
A group of state lawmakers are introducing a bill that allows able-minded adults with terminal illnesses to end their lives. But not everyone is on board.
Fourth Week of May – Hopscotching the Sixties for Headlines
Individual decisions that would affect us all .. the past passed and the future filled in … important decisions in planning and development … a terrible murder … a life […]