To get a mammogram or not to get a mammogram? That's a pretty big question, and it's natural that we'd want to err on the side of safety. So when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force earlier this week offered advice that's in stark contradiction to what we've been hearing for more than…
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It depends on what the definition of "tax cut" is.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The governor weighed in last week on the question of who should appoint the head of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources.
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Fairness, accuracy and efficiency. Those are the standards to apply when examining our current property assessment procedures and when considering any changes.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Wisconsin has made a top 10 list we'd just as soon have missed: The Pew Center on the States rated Wisconsin the
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Dave Strudthoff, superintendent of the De Soto School District, expressed shock Tuesday night after voters turned down, by an overwhelming margin, a tax increase to fund improvements to the district's facilities.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Back to the future for a public option. Nothing about health care reform has inspired more overheated rhetoric than the so-called public option.
Nov 10, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The putative reason we're going through the health care reform debate of 2009 is that
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Even the longest recession since World War II couldn't slow down the La Crosse Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, which on Saturday will dedicate its 30th house since 1992.
Nov 06, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Many advocates of the disabled and many of the nonprofits that employ disabled workers in sheltered environments have expressed alarm that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has embarked on a policy shift they say could have negative effects on thousands of people.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Opponents of a U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan no doubt will find lots of fodder in last week's headlines. October was the deadliest month since 2001 for American forces. The CIA reportedly had a top Afghan figure on its payroll, despite his suspected links to drugs traffickers and the Tal…
Nov 03, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The days are getting shorter. That's an astronomical inevitability from the summer solstice till the winter solstice.
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The Campbell Town Board is eyeing up an opportunity to get out from under La Crosse County's zoning authority.
Oct 30, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Maybe we should be glad they weren't texting while flying. But how comforting is it to learn that two Northwest Airlines pilots flew right by their destination last week because they were on their laptops messing with their schedules?
Oct 30, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The La Crosse County Board will get a chance next month to share the pain that this recession has inflicted on taxpayers.
Oct 29, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
It has become an annual ritual: Public health officials urge us to get inoculated against seasonal influenza, and we get a priority list of who's at highest risk and therefore should be first in line for vaccination against the strains of flu most likely to be floating about.
Oct 28, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
La Crosse County supervisors, in recognition of the financial strain the county faces, are putting some of their pay back into county coffers.
Oct 23, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
You'd hope we wouldn't have to write laws against something as moronic as text messaging while driving - that the number of people likely to do so would be so infinitesimal as to make specific legislation unnecessary.
Oct 22, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Brian Popp, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior, is working on a project that's more than simply worthwhile: It could save a life some day.
Oct 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
The message alerting Tribune editorial board members about a Wisconsin legislative committee's hearing about a tax increase on beer contained this subject line: "The sky is falling."
Oct 18, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…
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