Opinion
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Lassa: Bill Would Ease the Burden of Student Debt
By State Senator Julie Lassa On college campuses all over Wisconsin, students are heading back to class. These days, along with the traditional worries ... -
City Times Welcomes Open Letters
City Times Staff The Wisconsin Rapids City-Times encourages all readers to submit their Letters to the Editor no more than once every two weeks. Letters ... -
On Women’s Equality Day, the Struggle for Voting Rights Goes On
By State Senator Julie Lassa August 26th was celebrated as Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the day in 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment to the ... -
Lassa: Public Schools Still Reeling from Funding Cuts
For the City Times By State Senator Julie Lassa The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau recently released a memo comparing the level of state general ... -
Lassa Column: Wisconsin 49th in Internet Speed
By State Senator Julie Lassa If you live in one of Wisconsin’s rural communities, it can seem like the digital revolution is passing you ... -
Letter: A Big Thanks to the YMCA, City, for Pursuit of Aquatic Options
To the Editor: I commend both the City of Wisconsin Rapids and the South Wood County YMCA on serious pursuit of aquatic options for ... -
Lassa Column: Purple Heart Reminds us of Sacrifices Made for Freedom
By State Senator Julie Lassa Recently, the Purple Heart, our nation’s oldest military decoration, has been in the news as part of the presidential ... -
Gorski: “I am Hoping to Be Our Hardest Working State Representative”
Dear Voters, I am an open, honest, creative, and hard working person. I am a lifetime Wisconsin resident, and I have lived and worked ... -
Lassa: State Bee Population Hit Hard
By State Senator Julie Lassa A honey bee drifting from flower to flower is a familiar sight on a summer day. But Wisconsin’s bees ... -
Letter: Pliml Refuses to be Transparent with the Public
To the Editor: On June 3rd of this year the County Board was asked (for the second time) to investigate the option of adopting ...