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“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” In 1914, that inscription was placed on the James A. Farley Post Office building in Manhattan. For decades it has been the unofficial motto of the Postal Service. It evokes the high ideals that many in the Postal Service still hold dear and strive to maintain. The...

Even well-intentioned efforts can have negative consequences. That is the case with AB 598, a bill passed last month by the WisconsinAssembly impacting people who don’t have a power of attorney for healthcare named. The intent of the bill is to speed the process to get patients who are incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves out of hospital beds and into nursing home or communi...

Wisconsin legislators should support a bill that would open the door for more local control and revenue opportunities for Wisconsin’s farm families. Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issues licenses to and regulates campgrounds, and a person may not manage or operate a campground without such a license. According to the Legislative Reference Burea...