Bridging national partisan divide can start locally

By Mary Glindinning 

The way to bridge political division might be locally by starting with a less contentious issue, a speaker told about 50 people Sunday afternoon. 

Find common ground and consensus, advised Amber Wichowsky, associate professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison LaFollette School of Public Affairs. 

It will be challenging and might not always go smoothly, said Wichowsky, who spoke at the monthly meeting of Indivisible Southwest Wisconsin at Merrimac and Main Center in Dodgeville...

(See the rest of this story in the January 15, 2026 Chronicle issue)