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Feb
2026

24 February 2026

Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Detransitioner Fox Varian, 22, recently won a major victory in the fight to protect children’s bodies. Varian was part of a major medical malpractic...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Detransitioner Fox Varian, 22, recently won a major victory in the fight to protect children’s bodies. Varian was part of a major medical malpractic...

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Posted on February 24, 2026

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Feb
2026

17 February 2026

Put the brakes on self-driving vehicles in Wisconsin

Wisconsin legislators need to put the brakes on a plan to use Wisconsin residents as crash test dummies and the state’s roads as test tracks for unt...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Put the brakes on self-driving vehicles in Wisconsin

Wisconsin legislators need to put the brakes on a plan to use Wisconsin residents as crash test dummies and the state’s roads as test tracks for unt...

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Posted on February 17, 2026

State payments rise; municipal service costs increase more

State policymakers provided the largest funding increase on record in 2025 for a program that reimburses municipalities to provide services to state f...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

State payments rise; municipal service costs increase more

State policymakers provided the largest funding increase on record in 2025 for a program that reimburses municipalities to provide services to state f...

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Posted on February 17, 2026

Sweet dreams start with small habits

Sweet dreams start with small habits

In a fast-paced world with an ever-present to-do list, it can be tempting to cut into our sleep time to get more things done. And when we actually set...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Sweet dreams start with small habits

In a fast-paced world with an ever-present to-do list, it can be tempting to cut into our sleep time to get more things done. And when we actually set...

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Posted on February 17, 2026

10

Feb
2026

10 February 2026

Social media bans must walk a fine line between freedom and order

Where does safeguarding end and censorship begin? When does a shelter become a prison cell? Wisconsin legislators are joining a growing number o...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Social media bans must walk a fine line between freedom and order

Where does safeguarding end and censorship begin? When does a shelter become a prison cell? Wisconsin legislators are joining a growing number o...

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Posted on February 10, 2026

Rethinking family in an age of endless options

Rethinking family in an age of endless options

Are all forms of parenting created equal? With the advancement of assisted reproductive technology such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and frozen ...

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Opinion/Editorial

Rethinking family in an age of endless options

Are all forms of parenting created equal? With the advancement of assisted reproductive technology such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and frozen ...

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Posted on February 10, 2026

03

Feb
2026

03 February 2026

Seize the daylight for winter fun

Over the next four weeks, area residents will gain 70 minutes of additional daylight. February is the time to seize the daylight and take advantage...

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Opinion/Editorial

Seize the daylight for winter fun

Over the next four weeks, area residents will gain 70 minutes of additional daylight. February is the time to seize the daylight and take advantage...

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Posted on February 3, 2026

Empowering young people to close the skills gap

Empowering young people to close the skills gap

When it comes to being job-ready, would-be employees are coming up short, employers say. Near the end of last month, Wisconsin Manufacturers & ...

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Opinion/Editorial

Empowering young people to close the skills gap

When it comes to being job-ready, would-be employees are coming up short, employers say. Near the end of last month, Wisconsin Manufacturers & ...

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Posted on February 3, 2026

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Jan
2026

27 January 2026

Support anti-SLAPP legislation in Wisconsin

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law. Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down p...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

Support anti-SLAPP legislation in Wisconsin

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law. Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down p...

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Posted on January 27, 2026

20

Jan
2026

20 January 2026

State needs to sunset school funding line-item veto

Republicans in the state legislature need to put up or shut up when it comes to school funding. On July 5, 2023, Gov. Tony Evers pulled a political...

Opinion/Editorial

Opinion/Editorial

State needs to sunset school funding line-item veto

Republicans in the state legislature need to put up or shut up when it comes to school funding. On July 5, 2023, Gov. Tony Evers pulled a political...

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Posted on January 20, 2026