
Patty Schachtner: Farming is our future
Farming should not be relegated to distant memory in Wisconsin. Our agricultural industry is the bedrock of our state’s economy and the strong communities that we hold so dear.
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Farming should not be relegated to distant memory in Wisconsin. Our agricultural industry is the bedrock of our state’s economy and the strong communities that we hold so dear.

After ignoring farm bankruptcies and small dairy operators’ crises during their power-sharing reign with Governor DoNothing, GOP legislative leaders Vos and Fitzgerald now want to outdo Gov. Evers who has proposed a comprehensive aid and reform package.

Lawmakers should not need personal motivation to act on our problems.

Political cartoons are meant to provoke and upset the targets of the cartoon. I intend for my cartoons to provoke debate and discussion. If howls of outrage result then I’ve done my job. If people engage in debate over my cartoon then I have succeeded.
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Republican legislative leaders say they are “in general” on the same page for passing a potential tax cut before the session wraps up. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday at a Wisconsin Counties Association lawmaker roundtable that Republican Assembly

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Rules Committee meets today to approve an agenda for a Tuesday floor session to include a bill that would create a statutory framework for the testing

The fired president of the committee hosting the Dem National Convention in Milwaukee wasn’t given any reason for her termination and is exploring her options after her reputation was “tarnished” amid allegations of a hostile work environment, her attorney says.

Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, says the organization remains confident in the DNC Host Committee. MMAC and its Community Support Foundation are involved in fundraising for the DNC. Sheehy says they haven’t been engaged in

Kelly Berens Gleeson, who recently worked as vice president of events and production at the host committee for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, is now the Wisconsin political director for Mike Bloomberg’s campaign. She previously ran her own company,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. David Steffen, who authored a new version of legislation creating a statutory framework for sexual assault test kits, said provisions that critics are now decrying as poison pills were added to

Farming should not be relegated to distant memory in Wisconsin. Our agricultural industry is the bedrock of our state’s economy and the strong communities that we hold so dear.

After ignoring farm bankruptcies and small dairy operators’ crises during their power-sharing reign with Governor DoNothing, GOP legislative leaders Vos and Fitzgerald now want to outdo Gov. Evers who has proposed a comprehensive aid and reform package.

Lawmakers should not need personal motivation to act on our problems.

Political cartoons are meant to provoke and upset the targets of the cartoon. I intend for my cartoons to provoke debate and discussion. If howls of outrage result then I’ve done my job. If people engage in debate over my cartoon then I have succeeded.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 20: WisPolitics Luncheon on the April Presidential Primary Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday Feb. 20 with top pundits talking about the results of the Feb. 18 primary and the outlook for the presidential primary

Republican legislative leaders say they are “in general” on the same page for passing a potential tax cut before the session wraps up. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Wednesday at a Wisconsin Counties Association lawmaker roundtable that Republican Assembly members plan to possibly use a surplus to pay off

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Rules Committee meets today to approve an agenda for a Tuesday floor session to include a bill that would create a statutory framework for the testing and storage of sexual assault kits. But the bill also

The fired president of the committee hosting the Dem National Convention in Milwaukee wasn’t given any reason for her termination and is exploring her options after her reputation was “tarnished” amid allegations of a hostile work environment, her attorney says. Peg Schaffer said Liz Gilbert was cooperating with the investigation

Tim Sheehy, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, says the organization remains confident in the DNC Host Committee. MMAC and its Community Support Foundation are involved in fundraising for the DNC. Sheehy says they haven’t been engaged in “staff issues” but encouraged a “swift and fair” resolution for

Kelly Berens Gleeson, who recently worked as vice president of events and production at the host committee for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, is now the Wisconsin political director for Mike Bloomberg’s campaign. She previously ran her own company, served as events director for the Democratic Governors Association and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. David Steffen, who authored a new version of legislation creating a statutory framework for sexual assault test kits, said provisions that critics are now decrying as poison pills were added to get his Assembly Republican colleagues on board. Steffen co-authored the