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Accessing Medicare website should be easer for everyone | Jeffrey Theisen

Sun, 04/26/2026 - 5:00am
When trying to access the Medicare site recently on my computer, I had to take a photo of my driver’s license. Then I had to take a photo of my face on my phone, add my Social Security number, produce…

AI shortcuts will never help students actually learn | Harry David Snook

Sun, 04/26/2026 - 5:00am
Jonah Goldberg, in his column in Thursday's Wisconsin State Journal, "Keep artificial intelligence out of American classrooms," is absolutely correct in his assessment that AI does not belong in the classroom.

Liberals are also upset with DPI for lowering standards | Laurie Frost and Jeff Henriques

Sun, 04/26/2026 - 5:00am
We took issue with the April 20 article "DPI accused of breaking open meeting, records laws," about a complaint against the Department of Public Instruction for violating open meetings and records laws. It stated that the 2024 conference in question…

Indicting liberal social justice groups is a smear campaign | Dennis Harkins

Sun, 04/26/2026 - 5:00am
The Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of America’s premier organizations tracking and prosecuting violent white supremacists, for “funding hate groups.”

The cost of war on our human soul is too high to bear | Zeeshan Virk

Sun, 04/26/2026 - 5:00am
War is often spoken of in terms of strategy and victory. But rarely do we pause to reflect on its true cost: the human soul. Behind every headline lies a deeper tragedy: the burden of grief carried by ordinary people…

Donald Trump is the problem in justice system, not grand juries | Alan Jacobs

Sun, 04/26/2026 - 5:00am
What a sad effort on the part of John Fredericks to denounce the decisions of grand juries in his column in Monday's Wisconsin State Journal. He complained about them refusing to indict individuals in several cases brought by the Trump…

Packers' trade activity in 'unique year' results in smaller draft class

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 9:53pm
It was a unique draft for general manager Brian Gutekunst and the Green Bay Packers. Here's how the franchise fared at the three-day event in Pittsburgh.

Wisconsin football has no players selected in the NFL Draft for first time since 1978

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 9:33pm
Eleven former Badgers players signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents.

Packers fans get poured an NFL draft pick in caption contest

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 4:25pm
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Tuesday evening and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.

Packers select players on Day 3 of NFL draft

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 3:03pm
Here's who Green Bay took in its later picks from Pittsburgh on Saturday.

4 observations from Wisconsin football's spring scrimmage

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 2:23pm
Here's what stood out from the Badgers' scrimmage Saturday, which featured the most live tackling of any practice this spring.

DOJ evidence can be used in 2020 fake electors lawsuit, judge rules

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 7:15am
Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Hyland rejected former campaign adviser Kenneth Chesebro’s motion to suppress interviews he gave to the state investigators.

Former Madison La Follette standout finds perfect offensive fit down south

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 7:03am
The Lancers star guard found the right suitor that will help her "play the basketball I want to play" after two seasons at DePaul.

Man dies of injuries suffered in UTV crash in Green Lake County

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 6:55am
One other person died and two others were injured in the crash last Saturday on Princeton Road, near Honeysuckle Lane in the town of Brooklyn in Green Lake County.

Wisconsin's election system deserves trust | Jason Fields and Tim Higgins

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 6:40am
The most recent Marquette University Law School poll contained some disturbing results on the confidence our state’s citizens have in the most foundational aspect of our representative democracy — the trustworthiness of our election results.

Bring back fusion voting to Wisconsin | David F. Gundersen

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 6:40am
The Wisconsin State Journal last Sunday highlighted some of the ways Wisconsin contributed to America’s story.

Special electric rates set for data centers in a first for Wisconsin

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 5:50am
Data centers served by We Energies will have to cover the full cost of additional energy resources, state regulators decided Friday.

Death penalty ban and kindergarten were firsts for Wisconsin | Annie Laurie Gaylor

Sat, 04/25/2026 - 5:00am
Sunday's article “America at 250 bears a distinctly Wisconsin fingerprint” credited some laudable firsts, but also had major omissions.

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