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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today knocked President Trump for “broken promises” on the economy, health care and taxes. Trump participated in a celebration marking the one-year anniversary of the “Pledge to America’s
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has spent the past few months desperately trying to get the Milwaukee Common Council to approve a $52 million expansion of the streetcar route to the Fiserv Forum in time for next summer’s Democratic National Convention.
The costly “Cardinal-Hickory Creek” transmission line is not needed for reliability, is not economically justified, and should be rejected by Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission.
The ethanol industry’s latest demand is for the president to eliminate lifelines used to help small refineries that experience disproportionate economic hardship from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Using rigorous research methods, a new study found that students in Milwaukee’s school choice program are more likely to enroll in, and graduate from, four year colleges.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers connected the state’s workforce shortage to the national conversation on immigration reform while speaking to tech leaders at a conference in Madison. “We have to have
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today blasted DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff for “offensive and unproductive” criticism of the Legislature for failing to fund programs to reduce farmer suicides. In the aftermath of
That’s how admirers view Rep. Mike Gallagher. Can Democrat Amanda Stuck beat him?
President Trump has made reducing the price of prescription drugs a cornerstone of his presidency, and that effort continues to fly largely under the radar in Washington. It’s a worthwhile effort, but Trump and Congress should be wary of embracing the type of inhumane, socialist-style price controls adopted in other countries.
Following years of turmoil and gridlock in many states, newly elected governors are getting a lot done.
Some economists predict that health costs will start to soar well about the 4% inflation rate starting in 2020. If they are right, the $60 trillion projection for the cost of Medicare for All over 10 years will be way low.
The truth is that since prevailing wage was repealed in Wisconsin, apprenticeship numbers are at a ten-year high, construction wages continue to increase faster than inflation, and virtually every construction union contract was renegotiated with a wage increase. All occurred without prevailing wage.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin today knocked President Trump for “broken promises” on the economy, health care and taxes. Trump participated in a celebration marking the one-year anniversary of the “Pledge to America’s Workers” pact that was part of an executive order he
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has spent the past few months desperately trying to get the Milwaukee Common Council to approve a $52 million expansion of the streetcar route to the Fiserv Forum in time for next summer’s Democratic National Convention.
The costly “Cardinal-Hickory Creek” transmission line is not needed for reliability, is not economically justified, and should be rejected by Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission.
The ethanol industry’s latest demand is for the president to eliminate lifelines used to help small refineries that experience disproportionate economic hardship from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Using rigorous research methods, a new study found that students in Milwaukee’s school choice program are more likely to enroll in, and graduate from, four year colleges.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers connected the state’s workforce shortage to the national conversation on immigration reform while speaking to tech leaders at a conference in Madison. “We have to have immigration reform. We have to,” Evers said yesterday. “If we
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today blasted DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff for “offensive and unproductive” criticism of the Legislature for failing to fund programs to reduce farmer suicides. In the aftermath of yesterday’s Joint Finance Committee hearing, DATCP issued a press release
That’s how admirers view Rep. Mike Gallagher. Can Democrat Amanda Stuck beat him?
President Trump has made reducing the price of prescription drugs a cornerstone of his presidency, and that effort continues to fly largely under the radar in Washington. It’s a worthwhile effort, but Trump and Congress should be wary of embracing the type of inhumane, socialist-style price controls adopted in other countries.
Following years of turmoil and gridlock in many states, newly elected governors are getting a lot done.
Some economists predict that health costs will start to soar well about the 4% inflation rate starting in 2020. If they are right, the $60 trillion projection for the cost of Medicare for All over 10 years will be way low.
The truth is that since prevailing wage was repealed in Wisconsin, apprenticeship numbers are at a ten-year high, construction wages continue to increase faster than inflation, and virtually every construction union contract was renegotiated with a wage increase. All occurred without prevailing wage.