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the past stumbles by the Taiwanese...</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/04/two-more-counties-vote-to-ban-gerrymandering/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Matt Rothschild: Two more counties vote to ban gerrymandering"><img width="148" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MattRothschild150X150-148x150.jpg" srcset="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MattRothschild150X150.jpg 148w, https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MattRothschild150X150-65x65.jpg 65w" sizes="(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px" alt="" title="Matt Rothschild: Two more counties vote to ban gerrymandering"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/04/two-more-counties-vote-to-ban-gerrymandering/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Matt Rothschild: Two more counties vote to ban gerrymandering">Matt Rothschild: Two more counties vote to ban gerrymandering</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:40:29+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> 50 counties’ voters or their boards have now voted for nonpartisan redistricting.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2019/04/conservative-grassroots-shock-and-wow-in-delivering-hagedorn-supreme-court-victory/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Matt Kittle: Conservative grassroots shock and ‘WOW’ in delivering Hagedorn Supreme Court victory"><img width="129" height="111" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MacIver.jpg" alt="" title="Matt Kittle: Conservative grassroots shock and ‘WOW’ in delivering Hagedorn Supreme Court victory"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2019/04/conservative-grassroots-shock-and-wow-in-delivering-hagedorn-supreme-court-victory/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Matt Kittle: Conservative grassroots shock and ‘WOW’ in delivering Hagedorn Supreme Court victory">Matt Kittle: Conservative grassroots shock and ‘WOW’ in delivering Hagedorn Supreme Court victory</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:35:55+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> The conservative grassroots appeared to get its groove back Tuesday. And southeast Wisconsin’s WOW counties wowed again in helping to deliver a narrow victory to conservative state Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn, a victory that could keep the court in conservative hands until at least 2023.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-takes-wisconsin-court-seat-in-a-strident-hate-campaign/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Dominique Paul Noth: Right wing takes Wisconsin court seat in a strident hate campaign"><img width="147" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DomNoth.jpg" alt="" title="Dominique Paul Noth: Right wing takes Wisconsin court seat in a strident hate campaign"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-takes-wisconsin-court-seat-in-a-strident-hate-campaign/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Dominique Paul Noth: Right wing takes Wisconsin court seat in a strident hate campaign">Dominique Paul Noth: Right wing takes Wisconsin court seat in a strident hate campaign</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:34:44+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> If his win holds up, it is doubly depressing for Democrats since he will replace for a 10-year term one of the most respected jurists in Wisconsin history, Shirley Abrahamson, and give the court an insurmountable 5-2 conservative majority with only one supreme court race on the horizon in the next three years.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://isthmus.com/opinion/citizen-dave/satya-rhodes-conway-ran-a-flawless-campaign/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Dave Cieslewicz: SRC ran a flawless campaign"><img width="150" height="38" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Isthmus.jpg" alt="" title="Dave Cieslewicz: SRC ran a flawless campaign"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://isthmus.com/opinion/citizen-dave/satya-rhodes-conway-ran-a-flawless-campaign/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Dave Cieslewicz: SRC ran a flawless campaign">Dave Cieslewicz: SRC ran a flawless campaign</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:30:05+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> Satya Rhodes-Conway identified her voters, closed the deal with them and got them to the polls. No wasted effort.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/03/data-wonk-walker-seeks-to-gerrymander-america/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Bruce Thompson: Walker seeks to gerrymander America"><img width="150" height="50" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/UrbanMilwaukee.jpg" alt="" title="Bruce Thompson: Walker seeks to gerrymander America"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/03/data-wonk-walker-seeks-to-gerrymander-america/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Bruce Thompson: Walker seeks to gerrymander America">Bruce Thompson: Walker seeks to gerrymander America</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:29:25+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> His new job: finance chair of a national group opposing non-partisan redistricting.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://rightwisconsin.com/2019/04/05/city-of-milwaukee-finally-sells-a-vacant-school-building#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Libby Sobic: City of Milwaukee finally sells a vacant school building"><img width="150" height="15" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/New_Right_Wisconsin.png" alt="" title="Libby Sobic: City of Milwaukee finally sells a vacant school building"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://rightwisconsin.com/2019/04/05/city-of-milwaukee-finally-sells-a-vacant-school-building#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Libby Sobic: City of Milwaukee finally sells a vacant school building">Libby Sobic: City of Milwaukee finally sells a vacant school building</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:28:33+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> MPS was contacted by at least two interested buyers for Hayes in 2012 and 2013, but the building has sat empty for the last several years.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/dave_zweifel/plain-talk-donald-trump-takes-buffoonery-to-new-level-with/article_24c3cae8-7c7a-5df7-83ca-c77a01614eb1.html#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Dave Zweifel: Donald Trump takes buffoonery to new level with claims of &#8216;windmill&#8217; dangers"><img width="100" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dave-Zweifel-image-1.jpg" alt="" title="Dave Zweifel: Donald Trump takes buffoonery to new level with claims of &#8216;windmill&#8217; dangers"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/dave_zweifel/plain-talk-donald-trump-takes-buffoonery-to-new-level-with/article_24c3cae8-7c7a-5df7-83ca-c77a01614eb1.html#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Dave Zweifel: Donald Trump takes buffoonery to new level with claims of &#8216;windmill&#8217; dangers">Dave Zweifel: Donald Trump takes buffoonery to new level with claims of &#8216;windmill&#8217; dangers</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:28:00+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> Trump is so obsessed with promoting fossil fuels regardless of their contributions to long-term climate change that he's now decided to make wind power, the renewable energy powering more and more homes every year, a villain of major proportions.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/insidewis-in-a-spreading-tech-environment-wisconsin-must-strive-to-compete/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Tom Still: In a spreading tech environment, Wisconsin must strive to compete"><img width="150" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TomStill.jpg" alt="" title="Tom Still: In a spreading tech environment, Wisconsin must strive to compete"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/insidewis-in-a-spreading-tech-environment-wisconsin-must-strive-to-compete/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Tom Still: In a spreading tech environment, Wisconsin must strive to compete">Tom Still: In a spreading tech environment, Wisconsin must strive to compete</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:27:25+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> Tech jobs, whether they are found inside tech-based companies or in other business sectors, are vital to state and regional economies. Wisconsin is no exception to what is becoming a national rule.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/rep-jill-billings-infrastructure-investments-create-jobs-boost-economies-and/article_83297e06-11d3-5a06-ba88-278dae329754.html#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Jill Billings: Infrastructure investments create jobs, boost economies, and save dollars"><img width="149" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Billings-149x150.jpg" srcset="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Billings.jpg 149w, https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Billings-65x65.jpg 65w" sizes="(max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px" alt="" title="Jill Billings: Infrastructure investments create jobs, boost economies, and save dollars"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/rep-jill-billings-infrastructure-investments-create-jobs-boost-economies-and/article_83297e06-11d3-5a06-ba88-278dae329754.html#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Jill Billings: Infrastructure investments create jobs, boost economies, and save dollars">Jill Billings: Infrastructure investments create jobs, boost economies, and save dollars</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-05T09:26:40+00:00" >April 5, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> After years of deferring vital maintenance and safety upgrades, Gov. Tony Evers prioritized our state infrastructure to improve our public buildings while creating jobs and boosting local economies statewide.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://madison.com/ct/506c213f-cc79-598e-b9ae-361e06f560fa.html#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Paul Fanlund: Interpreting Mayor-elect Satya Rhodes-Conway’s landslide"><img width="150" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PaulFanlund-150x150.png" srcset="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PaulFanlund-150x150.png 150w, https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PaulFanlund.png 160w, https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PaulFanlund-65x65.png 65w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" alt="" title="Paul Fanlund: Interpreting Mayor-elect Satya Rhodes-Conway’s landslide"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://madison.com/ct/506c213f-cc79-598e-b9ae-361e06f560fa.html#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Paul Fanlund: Interpreting Mayor-elect Satya Rhodes-Conway’s landslide">Paul Fanlund: Interpreting Mayor-elect Satya Rhodes-Conway’s landslide</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-04T11:08:11+00:00" >April 4, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> Rhodes-Conway won by a resounding 62 percent to 38 percent, marking a change that is both generational and transformational.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://rightwisconsin.com/2019/04/03/winners-and-losers-of-the-wisconsin-supreme-court-election#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="James Wigderson: Winners and losers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election"><img width="150" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wigderson.jpg" srcset="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wigderson.jpg 150w, https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wigderson-65x65.jpg 65w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" alt="" title="James Wigderson: Winners and losers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://rightwisconsin.com/2019/04/03/winners-and-losers-of-the-wisconsin-supreme-court-election#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="James Wigderson: Winners and losers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election">James Wigderson: Winners and losers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-04T11:05:46+00:00" >April 4, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> RightWisconsin's James Wigderson looks at the winners and losers in Tuesday's election beyond the candidates.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2019/ryan-j-owens-lessons-and-thoughts-on-tuesdays-election/" rel="bookmark" title="Ryan J. Owens: Lessons and thoughts on Tuesday’s election"><img width="150" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ryan_Owens.jpg" alt="" title="Ryan J. Owens: Lessons and thoughts on Tuesday’s election"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2019/ryan-j-owens-lessons-and-thoughts-on-tuesdays-election/" rel="bookmark" title="Ryan J. Owens: Lessons and thoughts on Tuesday’s election">Ryan J. Owens: Lessons and thoughts on Tuesday’s election</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-04T11:05:07+00:00" >April 4, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> To the surprise of some, conservatives flipped the seat they wanted to capture for decades. They once again own a 5-2 majority on the Court.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/04/murphys-law-10-lessons-of-supreme-court-race/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Bruce Murphy: 10 lessons of Supreme Court race"><img width="112" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BruceMurphy-112x150.jpg" alt="" title="Bruce Murphy: 10 lessons of Supreme Court race"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/04/04/murphys-law-10-lessons-of-supreme-court-race/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Bruce Murphy: 10 lessons of Supreme Court race">Bruce Murphy: 10 lessons of Supreme Court race</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-04T11:03:55+00:00" >April 4, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> Anger drives votes, media in decline, traditional judicial campaigns are dead, and more.</div></div></div><div class="td_module_16 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack"><div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://isthmus.com/news/news/outside-support-and-an-uninspiring-rival-dash-progressives-dream-of-supreme-court-control/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Bill Lueders: Brian Hagedorn’s lucky breaks"><img width="148" height="150" class="entry-thumb" src="https://jwyjh41vxje2rqecx3efy4kf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lueders.jpg" alt="" title="Bill Lueders: Brian Hagedorn’s lucky breaks"/></a></div><div class="item-details"><h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://isthmus.com/news/news/outside-support-and-an-uninspiring-rival-dash-progressives-dream-of-supreme-court-control/#new_tab" rel="bookmark" title="Bill Lueders: Brian Hagedorn’s lucky breaks">Bill Lueders: Brian Hagedorn’s lucky breaks</a></h3><div class="td-module-meta-info"> <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/category/opinion/" class="td-post-category">Opinion</a> <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2019-04-04T11:03:15+00:00" >April 4, 2019</time></span></div><div class="td-excerpt"> Judge Brian Hagedorn should have been a dream opponent for progressives in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. 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