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Moving Back to Budget Basics

Moving Back to Budget Basics

Fiscal Facts, Contributor December 8, 2024

Heading into the 2025-27 state budget, Wisconsin retains impressive reserves that put the state in a strong fiscal position. But at the same time, after soaring to previously unseen heights two years ago,...

Wisconsin’s Top Tree Farms to Kick Off Your Holiday Traditions

Wisconsin’s Top Tree Farms to Kick Off Your Holiday Traditions

Discover Wisconsin, Contributor December 8, 2024

What better way to kick off the holiday season than by picking a fresh tree to spruce up your home? Wisconsin has a deep-rooted love for holiday traditions, and choosing the perfect tree is one cherished...

Cozy up with Wisconsin’s best coffee spots

Cozy up with Wisconsin’s best coffee spots

Discover Wisconsin, Contributor December 2, 2024

During the cold months in Wisconsin, there’s nothing better than warming up with a nice cup of coffee. Lucky for us, Wisconsin has some of the best, and most unique, coffee shops around! Whether you’re...

State tax ranking hits all-time low

State tax ranking hits all-time low

Fiscal Facts, Contributor December 2, 2024

The ratio of state and local taxes that Wisconsinites paid as a share of their personal income fell to the lowest levels on record in 2022. The same was true of our state’s national rank for this share,...

Agency files complaint against former conservative Justice Gableman

Agency files complaint against former conservative Justice Gableman

WisPolitics, Contributor November 25, 2024

A former conservative justice of the state Supreme Court could be sanctioned by the high court after a complaint was filed. The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation is accusing Michael Gableman of lying...

Megan A. Phillips founded the Madison-based law firm Richter & Phillips LLP in 2015. She focuses on litigation and family law.  She also teaches negotiations and mediation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison law school.

Challenges for split households over the holidays

Megan Phillips, Contributor November 25, 2024

As the holiday season approaches, family lawyers often see a spike in child-related disputes. This is sometimes due to heightened emotions about children missing important holiday family events. Arguments...

Back Home by Chris Hardie

Nature is calming medicine

Chris Hardie, contributor November 17, 2024

My preparations for the upcoming gun deer season took me on a walk through the woods the other day. While my purpose was to prepare my deer stand, I also needed the walk for therapeutic reasons. A busy...

Prepping for Your Thanksgiving Meal: Seasonal Staples Fresh From America’s Dairyland

Prepping for Your Thanksgiving Meal: Seasonal Staples Fresh From America’s Dairyland

Discover Wisconsin, contributor November 17, 2024

Thanksgiving is almost here, and there’s much to be thankful for, especially our homegrown Wisconsin foods. This Thanksgiving season, we’re sharing where you can find all the seasonal staples, from...

Trump's winning recipe in Wisconsin

Trump’s winning recipe in Wisconsin

WisPolitics, contributor November 10, 2024

Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 on his way to beating Hillary Clinton.   Then he lost Wisconsin in 2020 as Joe Biden won back the “Blue Wall.”'   And now in 2024 Trump won...

A Special Holiday Feature: Wisconsin’s Must-Visit Markets & Fan-Favorite Gifts

A Special Holiday Feature: Wisconsin’s Must-Visit Markets & Fan-Favorite Gifts

Discover Wisconsin, contributor November 10, 2024

It’s about time to start loading up your sleigh for the holiday season! This special holiday feature includes a list of Wisconsin’s must-visit markets and fan-favorite gifts for your friends and family....

Union petitions spike in Wisconsin

Union petitions spike in Wisconsin

WisPolitics, contributor November 3, 2024

The number of annual union petitions in the state has more than doubled in recent years, suggesting interest in unionization is on the rise even as the share of Wisconsin workers in unions has fallen substantially. Wisconsin...

Bill Barth is the former Editor of the Beloit Daily News, and a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame.

Ho-Chunk come home, with big investment

Bill Barth, contributor November 3, 2024

Call it a homecoming. . Before there were European settlers arrived in south central Wisconsin. Before the first cabins were raised. Before the first plow turned the soil. Before a state line artificially...

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