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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Efforts to implement Walker-era legislation to restructure the state’s youth justice program took another hit after members of a panel charged with making recommendations regarding new youth lockups roundly criticized the panel’s

WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss rules changes in the Assembly, the votes in the Senate and pardons issued by Gov. Tony Evers.

Amid national concern about mass shootings, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, consider how the GOP-run Wisconsin Legislature will respond to Gov. Tony Evers’ call for action against gun violence.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Oct. 17: Struggles in Wisconsin Farm Country: The Trade War, Weather and Workforce Issues Farm news personality Pam Jahnke moderates a panel discussion on the troubled farm economy. Confirmed panelists include: State Agriculture Secretary Brad

It’s heartening to realize that all of Wisconsin apparently still cares mightily about the quality of local public education. Which, to me, hadn’t always been clear.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which I chair, started investigating the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal in March 2015. … The information we have obtained only heightens my suspicions that there was corrupt behavior occurring within the Obama administration during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.

Increasingly, however, I’ve seen the NIMBY label weaponized as a blanket term for all neighborhood activism. Under this overly simplistic narrative, concerns ranging from the trivial to the serious get lumped together. Any community opposition, no matter the issue, is written off as stubborn interference.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Water Alliance From WisPolitics.com … — The state Assembly has sent several bills to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk, including one that would allow minors to operate temporary stands without a license. The Assembly also
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Jimmy Anderson joined his fellow Assembly Dems in voting against accommodations allowing him to call into committee meetings even after GOP leaders pulled from the package a contentious measure allowing unlimited

Kaiser Family Foundation pollster Ashley Kirzinger said health care is “among the top issues” voters want to hear about heading into the 2020 election. But she said that voters would make choices in both the presidential election and in down-ballot
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Efforts to implement Walker-era legislation to restructure the state’s youth justice program took another hit after members of a panel charged with making recommendations regarding new youth lockups roundly criticized the panel’s work. Members of the Juvenile Justice Grant Committee, in interviews

WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss rules changes in the Assembly, the votes in the Senate and pardons issued by Gov. Tony Evers.

Amid national concern about mass shootings, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, consider how the GOP-run Wisconsin Legislature will respond to Gov. Tony Evers’ call for action against gun violence.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Oct. 17: Struggles in Wisconsin Farm Country: The Trade War, Weather and Workforce Issues Farm news personality Pam Jahnke moderates a panel discussion on the troubled farm economy. Confirmed panelists include: State Agriculture Secretary Brad Pfaff; State Representative Travis Tranel, R-Cuba City; Paul Mitchell, dir…

It’s heartening to realize that all of Wisconsin apparently still cares mightily about the quality of local public education. Which, to me, hadn’t always been clear.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which I chair, started investigating the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal in March 2015. … The information we have obtained only heightens my suspicions that there was corrupt behavior occurring within the Obama administration during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.

Increasingly, however, I’ve seen the NIMBY label weaponized as a blanket term for all neighborhood activism. Under this overly simplistic narrative, concerns ranging from the trivial to the serious get lumped together. Any community opposition, no matter the issue, is written off as stubborn interference.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Water Alliance From WisPolitics.com … — The state Assembly has sent several bills to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk, including one that would allow minors to operate temporary stands without a license. The Assembly also sent the guv a bill that would require municipalities and
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Jimmy Anderson joined his fellow Assembly Dems in voting against accommodations allowing him to call into committee meetings even after GOP leaders pulled from the package a contentious measure allowing unlimited veto override attempts. Before the proposals were split into two

Kaiser Family Foundation pollster Ashley Kirzinger said health care is “among the top issues” voters want to hear about heading into the 2020 election. But she said that voters would make choices in both the presidential election and in down-ballot races “almost entirely on their perceptions of President Trump.” Speaking