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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Mark Pocan won’t hand Trump blank check for war with Iran

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Pocan is raising the alarm on Donald Trump’s ill-advised and dangerous escalation of tensions with Iran.

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Matt Kittle: ‘Innovative financing’ or Medicaid bait-and-switch?

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

It may be legal, but a federal funding transfer program that siphons more Medicaid money for University of Wisconsin Health and the state of Wisconsin looks a lot like a scam on taxpayers.

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TUE News Summary: State GOP’s 2018 campaign postmortem; McGuire sworn in to 64th AD seat

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers

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One month ago, Foxconn said its innovation centers weren’t empty — they still are

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Maple school district garners state grant for fab lab

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Software company Vitech seeks millions from state

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Tip McGuire sworn in as 64th AD representative

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Mount Pleasant renews contract for Foxconn project director

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Some WI businesses won’t accept cash. But are ‘cashless’ businesses discriminatory?

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Netflix, ‘Making a Murderer’ filmmakers ask court to throw out Colborn lawsuit

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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TUE AM Update: JFC to take up Evers’ clean drinking water initiatives, several agencies’ budgets today

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be back at it today with an agenda that includes Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to pump more money into clean drinking water initiatives. That

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MON PM Update: State GOP postmortem says party relied too heavily on consultants, failed to engage grassroots

Monday, May 13, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP overpaid for services in 2018 and was overly reliant on consultants as it essentially outsourced management of the party to Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign, according to a postmortem it

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MON News Summary: WEDC audit finds gap between jobs pledged, produced; Wisconsin’s growing hemp industry

Monday, May 13, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Banking and investment – Civil liberties – Culture – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Law

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Paul Fanlund: Republicans wage war; Democrats fret about optics

Monday, May 13, 2019

The Democratic Party needs leaders who can at once match the GOP’s politics-as-war tactical acumen while not painting the entire Republican Party as vile and corrupt.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Trump to rural Wisconsin, drop dead

Monday, May 13, 2019

Wisconsin farmers are reeling from retaliatory tariffs on dairy products, corn, cranberries, ginseng, kidney beans and soybeans, as well as beef and pork. The resultant economic fallout will pulverize rural towns.

Read More »

Dominique Paul Noth: Why hasn’t public outrage jumped on Trump?

Monday, May 13, 2019

Rudy Giuliani’s announced and then canceled trip to Ukraine to encourage that government to find dirt on Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s only surviving son, proved too obviously low for even Trump’s senior advisers – but only after pronounced criticism from both parties.

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Scott Walker: Who wants to live in a country that can block free speech?

Monday, May 13, 2019

Presently, with the actions in Venezuela, we have yet another reason not to nationalize the deployment of 5G technology. Competition ensures that people will have multiple options for their cellular and Internet services. And it ensures that access to those technologies can never be blocked from one source.

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Barbara Dittrich: Why now is the time for legislators to stand for life

Monday, May 13, 2019

In an era where the unthinkable becomes reality, now is the time for the Wisconsin legislature to be proactive.

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‘UpFront’: Former DOA Secretary Neitzel says Bucks’ arena will net ‘tremendous’ payback for taxpayers

Monday, May 13, 2019

Fiserv Forum, the new home of the Milwaukee Bucks, will return a tremendous amount of money to state taxpayers who helped fund it, said Scott Neitzel, the former administration secretary for Republican Gov. Scott Walker who helped craft the arena

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Latest WEDC audit finds gap between jobs pledged and jobs produced

Monday, May 13, 2019
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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Mark Pocan won’t hand Trump blank check for war with Iran

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Pocan is raising the alarm on Donald Trump’s ill-advised and dangerous escalation of tensions with Iran.

Read More »

Matt Kittle: ‘Innovative financing’ or Medicaid bait-and-switch?

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

It may be legal, but a federal funding transfer program that siphons more Medicaid money for University of Wisconsin Health and the state of Wisconsin looks a lot like a scam on taxpayers.

Read More »

TUE News Summary: State GOP’s 2018 campaign postmortem; McGuire sworn in to 64th AD seat

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers proposed an 8-cent-a gallon increase in the gas tax plus

Read More »

One month ago, Foxconn said its innovation centers weren’t empty — they still are

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

Maple school district garners state grant for fab lab

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

Software company Vitech seeks millions from state

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

Tip McGuire sworn in as 64th AD representative

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

Mount Pleasant renews contract for Foxconn project director

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

Some WI businesses won’t accept cash. But are ‘cashless’ businesses discriminatory?

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

Netflix, ‘Making a Murderer’ filmmakers ask court to throw out Colborn lawsuit

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Read More »

TUE AM Update: JFC to take up Evers’ clean drinking water initiatives, several agencies’ budgets today

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will be back at it today with an agenda that includes Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to pump more money into clean drinking water initiatives. That plan, part of the environmental improvement fund, includes: *an increase

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MON PM Update: State GOP postmortem says party relied too heavily on consultants, failed to engage grassroots

Monday, May 13, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state GOP overpaid for services in 2018 and was overly reliant on consultants as it essentially outsourced management of the party to Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign, according to a postmortem it conducted on last year’s losses. The 15-page report — which

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MON News Summary: WEDC audit finds gap between jobs pledged, produced; Wisconsin’s growing hemp industry

Monday, May 13, 2019

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers STORY TOPICS – Federal government – Local government – Agribusiness – Banking and investment – Civil liberties – Culture – Economy – Education – Elections – Energy – Environment – Foxconn – Health care – Law and order – Military – Mining – Non-profits – Public

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Paul Fanlund: Republicans wage war; Democrats fret about optics

Monday, May 13, 2019

The Democratic Party needs leaders who can at once match the GOP’s politics-as-war tactical acumen while not painting the entire Republican Party as vile and corrupt.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Trump to rural Wisconsin, drop dead

Monday, May 13, 2019

Wisconsin farmers are reeling from retaliatory tariffs on dairy products, corn, cranberries, ginseng, kidney beans and soybeans, as well as beef and pork. The resultant economic fallout will pulverize rural towns.

Read More »

Dominique Paul Noth: Why hasn’t public outrage jumped on Trump?

Monday, May 13, 2019

Rudy Giuliani’s announced and then canceled trip to Ukraine to encourage that government to find dirt on Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s only surviving son, proved too obviously low for even Trump’s senior advisers – but only after pronounced criticism from both parties.

Read More »

Scott Walker: Who wants to live in a country that can block free speech?

Monday, May 13, 2019

Presently, with the actions in Venezuela, we have yet another reason not to nationalize the deployment of 5G technology. Competition ensures that people will have multiple options for their cellular and Internet services. And it ensures that access to those technologies can never be blocked from one source.

Read More »

Barbara Dittrich: Why now is the time for legislators to stand for life

Monday, May 13, 2019

In an era where the unthinkable becomes reality, now is the time for the Wisconsin legislature to be proactive.

Read More »

‘UpFront’: Former DOA Secretary Neitzel says Bucks’ arena will net ‘tremendous’ payback for taxpayers

Monday, May 13, 2019

Fiserv Forum, the new home of the Milwaukee Bucks, will return a tremendous amount of money to state taxpayers who helped fund it, said Scott Neitzel, the former administration secretary for Republican Gov. Scott Walker who helped craft the arena deal. Neitzel, who as former chairman of the Wisconsin Center

Read More »

Latest WEDC audit finds gap between jobs pledged and jobs produced

Monday, May 13, 2019
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