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Kohl, Feingold must oppose media consolidation
On issues of media consolidation and monopoly, Wisconsin Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold have "gotten it" for a long time. read story
Van Hollen needs to stop secrecy
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, whom we praised last week for his opinion that Wisconsin's openness laws aren't trumped by the federal government, is starting to look more than a little ridiculous on another openness front. read story
State Debate: Legislature closes a tax loophole, notes the Kenosha News
5/15 roundup of editorials from state papers read story
Elect or appoint? We're with the chief
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the former Arizona state legislator who was appointed to the nation's highest court because of her personal and political connections to former Chief Justice William Rehnquist and other key Republicans, came to Wisconsin last week and suggested that this state should stop electing judges. read story
Soglin should lead 911 Center investigation
Dane County Supervisor John Hendrick is absolutely right when he says that an independent investigation of the troubled Dane County 911 Center is needed. read story
Falk should have been at 911 meeting
Last week, we gave Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk credit for issuing a public apology to the family of Brittany Zimmermann, the University of Wisconsin student who was murdered a month ago, for the mishandling by the county's 911 Center of what appears to have been a call for help from Zimmermann. read story
Med Flight deserves reverence
In Australia, where the development of an air ambulance service 80 years ago made medical care available to the vast remote inland region known as the Outback, people have a reverence for that country's Royal Flying Doctor Service. read story
Fixing loophole in corporate tax law overdue
It's been five years since The Capital Times' Mike Ivey exposed how multi-state Wisconsin corporations use a loophole to escape paying their full share of state taxes. read story
