Dan Knodl: Evers vetoes cast shadow over end of tax season
Three times now just this legislative session, Governor Evers has vetoed tax relief packages sent to his desk, denying Wisconsinites their own hard-earned dollars despite a multi-billion dollar surplus, at a time when taxpayers across the state are feeling the strain of economic uncertainties.
Dianne Hesselbein and Jeff Smith: Senate Republicans are a roadblock to progress in Wisconsin, leaving Madison with unfinished businesses
Despite a number of lawmaking session days remaining, Republicans in the State Senate ended their work early, leaving the people’s business unfinished and several strong, bipartisan proposals without the necessary action to become law.
Paul Fanlund: ‘As goes Wisconsin, so goes the nation’ suggests Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein came to Madison this week and described Wisconsin as, in many ways, the center of politics in America.
Dan Shafer: Marquette Poll breakdown: Biden-Trump, Baldwin-Hovde and more in perpetual ‘toss-up’ Wisconsin
Republicans have to be happy with this poll. But there are encouraging signs for Democrats (Baldwin in particular).
Dave Zweifel: A chance to celebrate Robert ‘Fighting Bob’ La Follette
Next week, from April 25-27, The Progressive Magazine will commemorate the 100th anniversary of La Follette’s bid for president with a series of programs and events you won’t want to miss.
Jim Schroeder: Don’t let overregulation impede broadband expansion
While the president and Congress fight to expand access to the open internet, the Federal Communications Commission is working to consolidate its power over the web, setting the rules for how the internet is used, by whom, for what and at what price.
Kristen Brey: Wisconsin health care is bleeding. Tony Evers’ vetoes only worsen trauma.
Wisconsin health care systems are closing hospitals and halting services exacerbating the access people in rural areas have to providers.
Mike Nichols: Minnesotans fleeing to western Wisconsin
Much of the influx into western Wisconsin is coming from Minnesota. The Badger State in 2021 gained a net of more than 3,000 people and their $243 million in gross income from The Gopher State alone.
Tom Still: Fusion energy is a nascent ‘hot spot’ for Wisconsin economy
There are 43 known fusion companies worldwide and 25 in the United States, with three in Wisconsin: Realta Fusion, Type One Energy and SHINE Technologies, each in different stages of development.
Scott Walker: Biden’s ‘don’t’ didn’t work: The dark side of Iran
Iran made a major mistake last weekend. Its unprecedented attack on Israel restored some of the global support received by Israel after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas terrorists.
Gregory Humphrey: Ukraine funding too important, Democrats must have Speaker Johnson’s back in vacate vote
Funding Ukraine is a morally correct position to take, as there must be repercussions to audacious and criminal moves by Russia, but they are also a wise investment on the part of the West given the stated desire of Putin to reclaim some of the land that once was a part of the USSR.
Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Endorses Peter Barca in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District
Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, released the following statement announcing the labor federation’s endorsement of Peter Barca in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. “As a Wisconsin legislator, Peter Barca stood steadfastly on the side of our state’s working families.
Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: To offer training webinar for county and district fair judges
MADISON, Wis.– The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is offering an online training webinar for newly-licensed fair judges as well as those interested in learning more about the general principles of serving as a judge at a
FRI News Summary: Republicans file suit challenging Evers’ partial vetoes to literacy bill
TOP STORIES Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’ partial vetoes to literacy bill … centers on a pair of bills designed to improve K-12 students’ reading performance. … first bill [signed] in July … created a [DPI] early literacy coaching program
Dept. of Natural Resources: Responds to EPA’s designation of PFOA And PFOS as hazardous substances
MADISON, Wis. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the designation of PFOA and PFOS, including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous substances under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as “Superfund.” The EPA is taking