Contact: Andrea Kaminski, Executive Director 608-256-0827 (office); 608-957-2865 (mobile); kaminski@lwvwi.org The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin believes there are three important measures in establishing criminal sanctions. Society is protected from criminal acts by deterrence, incapacitation and reform of offenders.
As prescription drug prices have spiked in recent years, policy makers at the state level are looking for new ways to combat this issue. “Advances in developments in drug treatments bring the potential for improved treatment and improved cures to
Contact: Jonathan Fera, 414.286.5579 Mayor Barrett’s effective, strategic fiscal management recognized through Fitch Rating MILWAUKEE – Following the recent Fitch Rating announcement on the City’s budgetary state, Mayor Tom Barrett praised the report that outlines Milwaukee’s strong budgetary oversight and
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With the Joint Finance Committee preparing to vote on Monday, the WisOpinion.com Insiders, Chvala & Kanavas, debate transportation, self-insurance, education and more. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Washington Post reporter Amy Goldstein, author of “Janesville: An American Story” about the closing of the GM plant, talked to the WisPolitics.com Book Club in advance of a book signing and discussion in Madison.
Monday, May 8th 10:00 am in the Rotunda of City Hall will be a Press Conference About Month of May being Violence Prevention Month and the release of the Stop the Violence Song. Also Program Director of V100.7 FM Radio,
Forget the current media swirl around the epic failure of Donald Trump’s first 100 days. It’s the awful and surreal November election night that still haunts some of us.
Invited speakers shall be allowed to speak freely and without interference, regardless of ideology, and Wisconsin’s institutions must have rules in place to ensure that faculty and students are not mandated to publicly express a given views on social policy, but rather, to openly challenge popular, politically-correct opinions and truths.
April 25 marked the fifth anniversary of student loan debt reaching $1 trillion in the United States. According to the latest estimates, over 43 million Americans now owe $1.4 trillion, making student loans the second largest consumer debt in the nation, more than what’s owed on credit cards or auto loans.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s new blog entry highlights the AAU’s statement urging the renewal of the partnership between the federal government and research universities.
The biggest problem of all is that Wisconsin appears to have lost its ambition to be first or best.
There’s no way to minimize the environmental and legal disaster being imposed on Wisconsin and its publicly-owned waters by conservative donors and corporately-manipulated Republicans who occupy and are coordinating the Governor’s Office, Legislative majorities in both chambers, the Office of Attorney General, all relevant stage agency management positions and a 5-2 majority on an openly-conflicted, giddly-greedy State Supreme Court.
Contact: Brandon Weathersby, 608-260-2409, brandonw@wisdems.org Super PAC Attacks Get Pulled MADISON – Only days after a super PAC, funded by Illinois multi-millionaire, Richard Uihlein, launched a $650,000 radio ad buy, stations were compelled to pull the false attacks from the air
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive action on offshore drilling: “I welcome this action that will open up Arctic waters for drilling offshore and review previously restricted
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: –
Contact: Andrea Kaminski, Executive Director 608-256-0827 (office); 608-957-2865 (mobile); kaminski@lwvwi.org The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin believes there are three important measures in establishing criminal sanctions. Society is protected from criminal acts by deterrence, incapacitation and reform of offenders. We have a justice system whose purpose is to review
As prescription drug prices have spiked in recent years, policy makers at the state level are looking for new ways to combat this issue. “Advances in developments in drug treatments bring the potential for improved treatment and improved cures to serious diseases; however, the rising costs of these drugs raises
Contact: Jonathan Fera, 414.286.5579 Mayor Barrett’s effective, strategic fiscal management recognized through Fitch Rating MILWAUKEE – Following the recent Fitch Rating announcement on the City’s budgetary state, Mayor Tom Barrett praised the report that outlines Milwaukee’s strong budgetary oversight and control. The City of Milwaukee maintained its ‘AA’ Issuer Default
042817Evers
With the Joint Finance Committee preparing to vote on Monday, the WisOpinion.com Insiders, Chvala & Kanavas, debate transportation, self-insurance, education and more. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Washington Post reporter Amy Goldstein, author of “Janesville: An American Story” about the closing of the GM plant, talked to the WisPolitics.com Book Club in advance of a book signing and discussion in Madison.
Monday, May 8th 10:00 am in the Rotunda of City Hall will be a Press Conference About Month of May being Violence Prevention Month and the release of the Stop the Violence Song. Also Program Director of V100.7 FM Radio, Bailey Coleman has declared the May 8th is Stop the
Forget the current media swirl around the epic failure of Donald Trump’s first 100 days. It’s the awful and surreal November election night that still haunts some of us.
Invited speakers shall be allowed to speak freely and without interference, regardless of ideology, and Wisconsin’s institutions must have rules in place to ensure that faculty and students are not mandated to publicly express a given views on social policy, but rather, to openly challenge popular, politically-correct opinions and truths.
April 25 marked the fifth anniversary of student loan debt reaching $1 trillion in the United States. According to the latest estimates, over 43 million Americans now owe $1.4 trillion, making student loans the second largest consumer debt in the nation, more than what’s owed on credit cards or auto loans.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s new blog entry highlights the AAU’s statement urging the renewal of the partnership between the federal government and research universities.
The biggest problem of all is that Wisconsin appears to have lost its ambition to be first or best.
There’s no way to minimize the environmental and legal disaster being imposed on Wisconsin and its publicly-owned waters by conservative donors and corporately-manipulated Republicans who occupy and are coordinating the Governor’s Office, Legislative majorities in both chambers, the Office of Attorney General, all relevant stage agency management positions and a 5-2 majority on an openly-conflicted, giddly-greedy State Supreme Court.
Contact: Brandon Weathersby, 608-260-2409, brandonw@wisdems.org Super PAC Attacks Get Pulled MADISON – Only days after a super PAC, funded by Illinois multi-millionaire, Richard Uihlein, launched a $650,000 radio ad buy, stations were compelled to pull the false attacks from the air because of the ad’s unfounded lies. “Wisconsinites are tired of
CONTACT AshLee Strong, Doug Andres 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive action on offshore drilling: “I welcome this action that will open up Arctic waters for drilling offshore and review previously restricted waters. The United States has been blessed with abundant oil
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: – Michael Heifetz, state of Wisconsin Medicaid director – John …