All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government.

Nov. 20 marks National Rural Health Day, a chance to recognize the challenges and celebrate the opportunities of rural health care nationwide.

Wisconsin’s wolf population has rebounded from extinction to an undeniable conservation success. Lately, it feels more like a horror story than a success story.

What began as a program for the neediest Americans, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, has exploded to serve one in every eight Americans.

To the editor:

As Americans, we each have a right to equality, freedom and self-determination. Here in Wisconsin, these principles are being threatened.

In a 2007 ruling known as Zellner v. Cedarburg School District, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared that because public school teachers “are entrusted with the responsibility of teaching children,” the public has a clear right to know about allegations of misconduct against educators.

I wonder what the justices would think of a school district trying to charge $5,600 for this information. Or $40,000. Or $245,000.