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I’m not touching you

When I was about 8 my brother, Tommy, perfected getting his hands as close as possible to me without touching me. This usually occurred when we were driving someplace or sitting, bored, in the waiting...
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Proceed with caution on committee consolidation efforts

While efforts to try and streamline government operations at the county level may be admirable, board members should proceed with caution and take a lesson from building in measuring twice and cutting once. Members of the county’s committee on committees and rules met last week to consider revisions to county code about how members are selected to serve on highway and the land conservation an...

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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 unproven technology. Rep. Dave Maxey, R-New Berlin has called for Wisconsin to open the door to having fully autonomous vehicles on the state’s roadways. As reported in the Feb. 4 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Maxey testified in support of legislatio...

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Writer says to follow the money for political influence

“Follow the money” is a famous line from All the President’s Men, the film about the Watergate scandal. Watergate exposed corruption at the highest levels of government—people in power abusing that power to intimidate critics and cover up illegal actions in order to maintain and expand control. For many Americans in 2026, that phrase feels relevant again. Dana White, CEO of Ultimate ...

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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 of states answering the public call for safeguards to keep children off of social media platforms. Around the country and around the world, restrictions are being put in place to prevent impressionable young people from being exposed to images and ideas ...

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Don’t let sacrifices of WWII veterans be in vain

Taylor County’s last living World War II veteran died this week. John McMurry was 103. McMurry’s story was similar to those of the 16.4 million other Americans who answered the call and served their nation and, quite literally, saved the world from tyranny and oppression in World War II. McMurry was born June 18, 1922 in Wilsall, Montana to Wallace and Hazel (Anderson) McMurry. He gradua...

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Trump family are danger to national security

Yes, it’s getting to be repetitive, but this is not a hypothetical either! So again, remove the Trump family from our nation’s affairs before it becomes too late. They’re a threat to the security infrastructure that has protected America and our allies since WWII. We have the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, we’ve got thieves, killers, pedophiles, racists, nazis and outright...

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