Chris Rickert
Sioux City Journal
Madison, WI, United States
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Past articles by Chris:
Wisconsin community gathers in mourning and support after Christmas parade tragedy
"To see what happened so close to our home, where it's supposed to be safe, it's heartbreaking." → Read More
Man in racially tinged Downtown Madison hit and run charged with felony
Carter suffered abrasions to multiple parts of her body and told police her hand was fractured. → Read More
Sun Prairie cleans up, mourns in wake of massive explosion that killed firefighter Cory Barr
Residents were recovering and workers were cleaning up Wednesday after a gas leak led to a massive explosion that killed a firefighter and destroyed or damaged several buildings in downtown → Read More
Dane County courts poised to sentence offenders to community service
Eighty hours of community service would equate to 10 days in jail or a $200 fine, at a rate of $20 per eight-hour day. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Madison school group's parking privilege lets rich get richer
A lot of PTOs would like to have that kind of money. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Expelling sixth-graders with fake guns does more harm than safety
In two other recent cases in which caregivers went public, the kids in trouble were white, older and spared excessive punishment. → Read More
Chris Rickert: With TIF, business success is no barrier to government help
"Fifty percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing." → Read More
Chris Rickert: Drugs and dog food, the gun conundrum and donors' holiday greeting
More proof that existing gun laws are ineffective, insufficient or both. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Taxpayer-backed development forces car campers to find new 'home'
And just in time for Christmas. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Donor disclosure would be the gift to democracy that keeps on giving
Call it Walker's early Christmas gift to politicians and their anonymous kingmakers. → Read More
Chris Rickert: County's toothless insurance requirement is minor risk in Enbridge's business
The oil business is one of the most confusing, least certain and least predictable businesses there is. → Read More
Chris Rickert: In gun-crazed country, 'good guy with a gun' fallacy borders on the sane
No word on whether adding idiots to the list of contraband would have deterred the shooting. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Republicans look to shield freedom-loving Wisconsinites from themselves
The GOP could find itself in the counterintuitive position of having struck a small blow for the nanny state. → Read More
Chris Rickert: State sticks it to Madison on tax base and Goodman purchase
Chagrined that it leads back to Gov. Scott Walker's much-reviled administration. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Racism, free speech, sound and fury at UW-Madison
There's got to be something at stake, doesn't there? → Read More
Chris Rickert: Legislative Republicans dive into complicated deportation debate
Whether a city is deemed "sanctuary" matters less than whether a city is safe. → Read More
Chris Rickert: An extra 50 cents per bus ride isn't much
Fifty cents isn't a lot of money if you're not poor. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Walker, The Donald share some common ground on world's No. 2 religion
If Walker's Islam-related political positions aren't intended as religious discrimination, it's not clear Muslims are seeing it that way. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Scott Walker, The Donald share some common ground on world's No. 2 religion
If Walker's Islam-related political positions aren't intended as religious discrimination, it's not clear Muslims are seeing it that way. → Read More
Chris Rickert: Mount Horeb transgender policy bets on causing offense to none
A policy that seeks to ensure no child will be made to feel uncomfortable at any time ever works well as long as it's never put to use. → Read More