Bill Wineke

The House of Representatives has begun its hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol and Republicans in Congress have found their villain: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

At some point you’d think that the morning headlines would become less shocking.

A democracy can flourish only if the people trust their institutions.

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin says he will not vote for the For the People voting rights act nor will he vote to end the filibuster, and that has liberal Democrats enraged.

It's becoming official in business group circles: Wisconsin can't find enough workers and the reason is we're too generous to the unemployed.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked the other day about the way Donald Trump is trying to purge the Republican Party of its leadership ranks.

The right-wing websites that call me a “patriot” were brimming with glee this morning because of a major gaffe in President Biden's speech before Congress Wednesday.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is proud of the legislation he just signed making riots illegal.

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell is threatening corporations that don't support his party's nationwide effort to curb voting rights with “consequences.”

You have to hand it to Georgia Republicans: When they decide to go full-fascist they don't fool around.

Our former president seems to be on a sinking ship, and he promises to take the Republican Party down with him.

Society is paying a price for the Senate's refusal to convict Donald Trump in the recent impeachment trial.

A few days ago, Tommy Thompson, former governor and now president of the University of Wisconsin, announced plans to rejuvenate higher education in the state by finding new ways for universities and technical colleges to work together.

As the Senate prepares to try former President Trump next week, it might do well to recall a previous investigation about Richard Nixon.

We haven't seen much of Wisconsin's Legislature this year and that might be a good thing, because they're coming back Tuesday and planning to do their best to make sure more of us die.

And, poof!, he was gone.

Many observers seem outraged that the traitors who stormed the nation’s Capitol last week and desecrated the most important building in representative government were carrying a Confederate flag into the Senate chambers.

The world does not need me to inform it of the shameful actions of President Donald Trump and his supporters Wednesday.

The attorney general of Texas, accompanied by 17 other state attorneys general and about half the Republicans in Congress, is petitioning the Supreme Court asking that Wisconsin's presidential votes be discarded*.

So, what do we say when a retired general, a man who was once in charge of the Defense Intelligence Agency, a man who was lauded as a great American patriot just a few days ago by the President of the United States, calls on the president to suspend the Constitution and demand the military approve a new election?