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2025

19 March 2025

Voter ID amendment is a distraction from challenges to voter rights

In 2011, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law the requirement that voters had to show photo ID in order to vote. Voter ID has survived legal challeng...

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Voter ID amendment is a distraction from challenges to voter rights

In 2011, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law the requirement that voters had to show photo ID in order to vote. Voter ID has survived legal challeng...

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Posted on March 19, 2025

Strong editorials are the heart of newspapers, communities

This week The Star News celebrates 150 years of serving the people of Taylor County. In this week’s issue, as in the approximately 7,800 issues ...

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Strong editorials are the heart of newspapers, communities

This week The Star News celebrates 150 years of serving the people of Taylor County. In this week’s issue, as in the approximately 7,800 issues ...

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Posted on March 19, 2025

Every day is a new beginning

“I have often looked at that picture behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the ...

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Every day is a new beginning

“I have often looked at that picture behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the ...

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Posted on March 19, 2025

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Mar
2025

12 March 2025

Proposed city house size rule is not needed

A plan to put minimum size rules in place for homes in the city of Medford is a solution in search of a problem. The city’s planning commission ...

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Proposed city house size rule is not needed

A plan to put minimum size rules in place for homes in the city of Medford is a solution in search of a problem. The city’s planning commission ...

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Posted on March 12, 2025

Wiconsin should pause and fix judicial privacy law

Wisconsin should pause implementation of a law that dictates how government and private businesses keep, use and share identifying information for “...

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Wiconsin should pause and fix judicial privacy law

Wisconsin should pause implementation of a law that dictates how government and private businesses keep, use and share identifying information for “...

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Posted on March 12, 2025

A question of trust

Who do you trust? If asked that question, most of us would have a short list of a spouse, lifelong friends and family members at the top. If p...

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A question of trust

Who do you trust? If asked that question, most of us would have a short list of a spouse, lifelong friends and family members at the top. If p...

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Posted on March 12, 2025

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Mar
2025

05 March 2025

Skate show celebrates hard work, commitment

There is something uniquely adorable about small children who are new to ice skating. Attending a show, the audience members watch as the young sk...

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Skate show celebrates hard work, commitment

There is something uniquely adorable about small children who are new to ice skating. Attending a show, the audience members watch as the young sk...

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Posted on March 5, 2025

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law

Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down public debate. SLAPP stands for Str...

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Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law

Wisconsin must join the growing number of states that enact protections against lawsuits intended to shut down public debate. SLAPP stands for Str...

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Posted on March 5, 2025

Do you know your neighbors? ….

Do you know your neighbors? Yeah, you might see them in passing. It being Wisconsin you probably wave when you see their car go by or when they ar...

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Do you know your neighbors? ….

Do you know your neighbors? Yeah, you might see them in passing. It being Wisconsin you probably wave when you see their car go by or when they ar...

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Posted on March 5, 2025

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Feb
2025

26 February 2025

Wisconsin must wean itself from over-reliance on federal funding

Self reliance is a fundamental part of the Wisconsin way of life. From agriculture to industry and into technological innovation, Wisconsinites ar...

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Wisconsin must wean itself from over-reliance on federal funding

Self reliance is a fundamental part of the Wisconsin way of life. From agriculture to industry and into technological innovation, Wisconsinites ar...

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Posted on February 26, 2025

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Voter ID amendment is a distraction from challenges to voter rights

Voter ID amendment is a distraction from challenges to voter rights

Strong editorials are the heart of newspapers, communities

Strong editorials are the heart of newspapers, communities

Every day is a new beginning

Every day is a new beginning

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Proposed city house size rule is not needed

Proposed city house size rule is not needed

Wiconsin should pause and fix judicial privacy law

Wiconsin should pause and fix judicial privacy law

A question of trust

A question of trust

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Skate show celebrates hard work, commitment

Skate show celebrates hard work, commitment

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law

Wisconsin needs an anti-SLAPP law

Do you know your neighbors? ….

Do you know your neighbors? ….

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Wisconsin must wean itself from over-reliance on federal funding

Wisconsin must wean itself from over-reliance on federal funding

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