Opinion Archives - Central Wisconsin News

08

Dec
2020

08 December 2020

Paul Ryan: Election challenges ‘need to stop’

Paul Ryan left the U.S. House and the powerful speaker’s post two years ago. Then the Janesville Republican went silent, avoiding commentary on ...

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Opinion

Paul Ryan: Election challenges ‘need to stop’

Paul Ryan left the U.S. House and the powerful speaker’s post two years ago. Then the Janesville Republican went silent, avoiding commentary on ...

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Posted on December 8, 2020

Worker relief extension sought

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is cosponsoring the American Worker Holiday Relief Act, legislation introduced to avert looming financial disast...

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Opinion

Worker relief extension sought

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is cosponsoring the American Worker Holiday Relief Act, legislation introduced to avert looming financial disast...

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Posted on December 8, 2020

01

Dec
2020

01 December 2020

Faith in system of utmost value

On Monday, Wisconsin’s governor certified the state’s 2020 presidential election results as official. By the next morning, the lawsuits had b...

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Faith in system of utmost value

On Monday, Wisconsin’s governor certified the state’s 2020 presidential election results as official. By the next morning, the lawsuits had b...

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Posted on December 1, 2020

Voter turnout high across state, with some surprising results

Sawyer County, a Wisconsin bellwether since 1964, got the presidential election wrong this year. The Northwoods county has backed every winnin...

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Opinion

Voter turnout high across state, with some surprising results

Sawyer County, a Wisconsin bellwether since 1964, got the presidential election wrong this year. The Northwoods county has backed every winnin...

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Posted on December 1, 2020

24

Nov
2020

24 November 2020

Divided against a common enemy

America was reluctant. As the scourge of fascism spread across the globe in the late 1930s, the United States hesitated to get involved in foreig...

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Divided against a common enemy

America was reluctant. As the scourge of fascism spread across the globe in the late 1930s, the United States hesitated to get involved in foreig...

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Posted on November 24, 2020

Parties pick new legislative leadership in Madison

A new two-year legislative session begins in January, and for the first time in years, majority Republicans have a new majority leader and a new ...

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Opinion

Parties pick new legislative leadership in Madison

A new two-year legislative session begins in January, and for the first time in years, majority Republicans have a new majority leader and a new ...

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Posted on November 24, 2020

We must clean up our elections

Esther Niedzwiecki Owen Editor: Elections are over -- or are they? This reminds me of Gore/Bush time with “hanging chads.” We don’t h...

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We must clean up our elections

Esther Niedzwiecki Owen Editor: Elections are over -- or are they? This reminds me of Gore/Bush time with “hanging chads.” We don’t h...

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Posted on November 24, 2020

17

Nov
2020

17 November 2020

Let ‘gating criteria’ stay local

Almost at the end of a rather lengthy news release issued Tuesday by the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) is the sentence, “Schoo...

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Opinion

Let ‘gating criteria’ stay local

Almost at the end of a rather lengthy news release issued Tuesday by the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) is the sentence, “Schoo...

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Posted on November 17, 2020

Election 2020 to be remembered for record spending, mixed results

The dust hasn’t quite settled on Election Day 2020. As of Nov. 9, President Trump had not conceded, even though Joe Biden was projected to win t...

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Opinion

Election 2020 to be remembered for record spending, mixed results

The dust hasn’t quite settled on Election Day 2020. As of Nov. 9, President Trump had not conceded, even though Joe Biden was projected to win t...

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Posted on November 17, 2020

10

Nov
2020

10 November 2020

Look to what’s working elsewhere

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is right. Wisconsin’s current battle plan to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic isn’t enough. More ne...

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Opinion

Look to what’s working elsewhere

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is right. Wisconsin’s current battle plan to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic isn’t enough. More ne...

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Posted on November 10, 2020