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Drunks and car keys don't mix

Thu., Dec 4, 2008 - 2:46PM

As the holiday party season approaches, Wisconsin again faces a test the state has failed repeatedly.

The assignment: Keep drunken drivers off the roads.

The solution is to attack drunken driving with far greater commitment than the state and its residents have shown before.

The lives of your friends and family may depend on the outcome.

The immediate task is personal.

Don't drive drunk.

If you plan to party with alcohol and get home by car, appoint a designated driver who remains sober.

Don't let friends or family drive drunk. Make sure any impaired partyer has a safe way home.

That job sounds simple enough, but Wisconsin residents have a record of...

Lift lid on police information

Wed., Dec 3, 2008 - 3:51PM

The Madison Police Department has just proved the case against its own secrecy policies.

Chief Noble Wray should follow up by easing up on the department's tendency to withhold too much information from the public about high-profile incidents.

The proof of the department's overreliance...

Doyle oil tax is riding on rims

Tue., Dec 2, 2008 - 6:15PM

Gov. Jim Doyle got better mileage than a Toyota Prius out of his big-talking plan to tax those greedy oil companies in recent years.

But his argument that "Big...

Use low-salt recipe for icy roads

Mon., Dec 1, 2008 - 12:50PM

Now that the majority of south-central Wisconsin has secured supplies of salt to help de-ice roads this winter, it's time to heat up talks on how to use...

Reader View: Giving, public trust, Favre

Wed., Dec 3, 2008 - 3:47PM

Give gifts to those in need

The Christmas season is here again, with its abundance of great joy -- and wasteful...

Update law to fit megafarms

Mon., Dec 1, 2008 - 9:46AM

The controversy surrounding a proposed dairy farm with up to 8,000 cows near Rosendale shows that Wisconsin should update its regulation of...

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Eleson: State budget deficit

Fri., Nov 28, 2008 - 5:24PM

There is a reason why the act of making the columns of a budget come out even is called "balancing."

Every budget has two parts, spending and revenue. We tend to envision them as the two sides of a scale, balancing delicately on a fulcrum between them. When the two sides of a scale are...

Berg: State budget deficit

Fri., Nov 28, 2008 - 5:26PM

It's bigger, not new and most certainly not improved.

It's Wisconsin's $5.4 billion state budget deficit.

When Jim Doyle first ran for governor in 2002, the state was facing a $3.2 billion budget shortfall and Doyle blamed that budget train wreck on his...

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