Citizen Dave
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Vos’ election investigation circus
Opinion | We now know why Speaker Robin Vos won’t release the names of people working with Michael Gableman on his “investigation” into last November’s election. Read more
The People's Maps Commission
The meaning of the maps
Opinion | The new legislative maps produced by Gov. Tony Evers’ People’s Maps Commission will likely meet a dead end, but provide something valuable to Democrats nevertheless. Read more
Oct 9, 2021
Who will take on RoJo?
Whoever succeeds in the Democratic primary, it won’t be easy to beat Sen. Ron Johnson, if he decides to run for reelection. Johnson knows how to run a campaign that turns out the Republican base. Read more
Oct 1, 2021
Judith Davidoff
Put preservation in context
Opinion | The Wonder Bar’s history and its unexceptional architecture don’t seem to justify standing in the way of a large housing development. Read more
Sep 23, 2021
50,000 and counting
Opinion | The 14 ATC towers through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge — an important stop on bird migration routes, especially for ducks — would be 20 stories tall and would require clearing a wide path. Read more
Sep 16, 2021
University of Wisconsin Athletics
The end of the ‘student-athlete’
Opinion | The ability for a player to profit from his name and image, and the easy transfer between programs, are likely to result in a sea change in how college football’s business model operates. Read more
Sep 3, 2021
Well, Tommy?
Opinion | Eight Big Ten schools are doing the right thing by their students and staff by mandating vaccinations: Minnesota, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan and Michigan State. Read more
Aug 26, 2021
Fair maps aren't enough
Opinion | If the inevitable redistricting battle ends up in a federal court, the Democrats have some chance of getting fair maps. If it gets decided in the state Supreme Court, it comes down to Justice Brian Hagedorn. Read more
Aug 19, 2021
1:00 PM
Judith Davidoff
Madison’s historic preservation movement has gone off track
Opinion | Too often, I think, the historic preservation movement allows itself to be captured by people who just don’t like tall and big buildings in any form. But it’s more than that. Read more
Aug 13, 2021
1:00 PM
Judith Davidoff
Welcome back Isthmus, the paper
Opinion | For me, somehow the news is more real when it’s on paper. It is, literally, more tangible. Read more
Aug 5, 2021
12:00 PM
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Put the train station downtown
Opinion | Nobody is going to want to get off the train a mile or two from the Square and then board a bus to their heart’s desire. Take the train to Chicago and you arrive in the heart of it all. That’s the way it has to be. Read more
Jul 27, 2021
10:00 AM
City of Madison
Don’t let BRT get “Madisoned”
Opinion | To be “Madisoned” is to see a good idea get ground to a pulp in the city’s culture of nitpicking and endless debate. Read more
Jul 20, 2021
10:00 AM
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
The Stockholm syndrome governor
Opinion | Gov. Evers wanted $1.6 billion more for K-12 public education. Robin Vos gave him $128 million. Evers asked for $192 million for the UW System. Vos granted him $8 million. Read more
Jul 13, 2021
7:00 AM
