Third-party alternatives worth considerating
Dusty Hartl
June 15, 2016
If you are like me, a “Bernie Bro,” then you must be having a hard time in this primary.
With Sen....
By Kimberly Wethal
May 4, 2016
Collectively, the Royal Purple’s staff of 17 editors and many more staff writers wrote about the good, the bad and the political news, penned editorials on...
By Kimberly Wethal
April 6, 2016
The HawkCard office was a busy place on April 5, Wisconsin’s primary election day.
After months of primaries, it was finally Wisconsin’s turn, making...
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump held a rally at the Janesville Connection Center in the Holiday Inn Express on March 29.
His rally drew in thousands of people, both in support and opposition to his...
April 5, 2016
I’m not a political writer, but as a photographer and journalist I was still excited to cover the Donald Trump rally when he made a stop in Janesville last week.
I knew it was going...
April 5, 2016
Donald Trump’s TV makeup might paint him orange, but the warning flags I got from his Janesville rally were red.
It took his campaign five days to get Royal Purple Photo Editor Amber...
March 29, 2016
When I first heard the news a week ago that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was scheduled to make an appearance in my hometown of Janesville on March 29, I was surprised.
Without...
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
March 29, 2016
Donald Trump is scheduled to roll through Janesville on Tuesday afternoon and following suit with his previous rallies around the country, protests against the...
By Kimberly Wethal
March 24, 2016
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) focused on national security, private sector job growth and freedom at his rally at the The Armory in Janesville...
March 15, 2016
Despite being the opinion guy at the Royal Purple, I don’t talk about politics all that often.
It’s pretty easy to foresee a conflict between my own and someone else’s ideologies,...
March 8, 2016
For college students, the presidential campaign seems like a far-off land where a rich bigot and two career politicians are in a street brawl for the GOP nomination, and the two Democratic...
March 8, 2016
When it comes to politics, I identify as a Democrat. If I had to guess, I’d say I agree with 80 to 85 percent of liberal philosophies.
I believe climate change is a big threat to our...
