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West Bank violence demands accountability

Kudos to Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) for cosponsoring a resolution requiring the State Department to report on West Bank violence, which has included the killing of nine American citizens. Unfortun...
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Save our school: Important reasons to vote no on consolidation

The Loyal school is the heart and the backbone of this community, and something we should all be incredibly proud of! Loyal has had an extremely successful 4K-12 school for generations, and keeping the school here will help to ensure our community remains strong for years to come. Our Loyal school has an amazing, dedicated staff with 800-plus years of combined teaching experience. We would l...

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Democracy is under attack

Dear editor, The United States boasts to the world we are the home of the “free and the brave.” And rightfully so. We enjoy freedom of speech, assembly, the press, and religion that many millions of people are not even allowed to dream about. Our Constitution is the blueprint for nations striving for democracy over dictatorship. Despite the obstacles posed by our Constitution, Trump and his ad...

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Who pays for carbon externalities?

Dear editor, Once upon a time, the world was in balance. Trees and abundant other forms of plant growth needed, and absorbed, carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere. They gave back their waste product, oxygen. A limited population of humans and numerous animal species needed the oxygen, and gave back their waste product, carbon dioxide. The world was in balance. The exponential growth of huma...

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We need a contract; call your supervisors

Dear editor, The proposed Hub City Wind Project deserves the public attention it’s been getting because this project would change the landscape we love. MarathonCountyChapter of Wisconsin Farmers Union recognizes the gravity of our decisions around energy; the chapter hosted a well-attended educational session about renewable energy options in April. The Marathon County Board of Supervisors f...

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Have a plan B for voting

Election administration is a right the Constitution grants to individual states. When a president suggests voting should be nationalized, he’s either unfamiliar with the Constitution or disregards the rights it protects. Congress and the Supreme Court exist to check overreach. To pressure the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, the president issued an executive order blocking the Postal Service f...

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Seek clarity, facts in consolidation discussion

I would like to address a statement made by a fellow joint task force committee member that was quoted in the Aug. 12 TRG. It was claimed that assurances were given early in the process that the high school would not be moved out of Loyal. No such assurance was ever made by the committee, or by the professionals hired to conduct our study. If such a promise was truly made, I would appreciate knowi...

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