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Lawmakers push for cursive writing requirement while ignoring real education needs.
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Lawmakers push for cursive writing requirement while ignoring real education needs.

GOP legislative leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers have now spent nearly $2.1 million for private attorneys to represent them in lawsuits that emerged from the lame-duck session, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The ongoing review of the growing legal

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — After this week taking action on the enrolled proposals from the Legislature’s fall floor period, Gov. Tony Evers is slightly exceeding the average tally over
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DOT Secretary Craig Thompson says the Evers administration is looking to get back to “regular order” by reconvening the Transportation Projects Commission, which hasn’t met since 2014. The guv today announced the

Ron Johnson hasn’t gained the notoriety McCarthy’s “Red Scare” produced back in the 1950s, but he’s obviously working on it.

Before Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman delivered damning testimony about Trump’s wrongdoing to the House Intelligence Committee, he was the subject of a crude and dishonest attack by Johnson.

Mike Nichols of the Badger Institute and David Ditch of the Heritage Foundation talk about out-of-control spending on wasteful projects, and the impact this has on federalism and state sovereignty.

Milwaukee County has been using data-driven decision making for years to lower crime rates and jail time. Too bad the vendor, Justice Point, struggles to provide even the most basic data about its work. Meanwhile, FBI data shows crime has skyrocketed since the county started on this path

Lawmakers push for cursive writing requirement while ignoring real education needs.

GOP legislative leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers have now spent nearly $2.1 million for private attorneys to represent them in lawsuits that emerged from the lame-duck session, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The ongoing review of the growing legal bills shows the guv’s tab is now closing in on

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — After this week taking action on the enrolled proposals from the Legislature’s fall floor period, Gov. Tony Evers is slightly exceeding the average tally over the last two decades of bills signed into law through
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DOT Secretary Craig Thompson says the Evers administration is looking to get back to “regular order” by reconvening the Transportation Projects Commission, which hasn’t met since 2014. The guv today announced the body will meet Dec. 6, ending the hiatus. And Thompson

Ron Johnson hasn’t gained the notoriety McCarthy’s “Red Scare” produced back in the 1950s, but he’s obviously working on it.

Before Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman delivered damning testimony about Trump’s wrongdoing to the House Intelligence Committee, he was the subject of a crude and dishonest attack by Johnson.

Mike Nichols of the Badger Institute and David Ditch of the Heritage Foundation talk about out-of-control spending on wasteful projects, and the impact this has on federalism and state sovereignty.

Milwaukee County has been using data-driven decision making for years to lower crime rates and jail time. Too bad the vendor, Justice Point, struggles to provide even the most basic data about its work. Meanwhile, FBI data shows crime has skyrocketed since the county started on this path