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Killing city’s restaurant rating system could increase food-borne illness in Milwaukee.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers says more time and money will likely be needed to complete an overhaul of the state’s youth prison system. The Legislature in March approved an $80 million plan to close the state’s troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers says more time and money will likely be needed to complete an overhaul of the state’s youth prison system. The Legislature in March approved an
Elected officials should begin by working on a series of issues in desperate need of reform. These include criminal justice reform, transportation reform, and energy reform. Not only are these worth pursuing on policy grounds, they will provide political dividends.
Somebody has to reject the tribalism that has come to define our politics and start trying again to define a common, unifying vision for what it means to be an American or a Wisconsinite. Ironically, rebuilding the center is the only way for progressives to make progress.
After years of enjoying a solid advantage over the Democrats’ finance and field operations, Republicans are now at a point where we need to reconnoiter and retool.
WMC’s current CEO, former banking lobbyist Kurt Bauer, is probably right that his organization and Gov. Scott Walker did damage the state’s long history of progressiveness. Where Bob La Follette and his crew drove out the special interests and removed their chokehold on lawmakers and judges, WMC and its allies have bought and bullied their way back into control. Perhaps he shouldn’t forget what happened when they began abusing their power and insisting everything go their way. Those progressives are far from dead.
27 women Democrats running for Assembly lost, women leaders point to gerrymandering.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** NOMINATE TOP WISPOLITICOS, ADS OF 2018 WisPolitics.com will again hand out its annual awards for the top Democratic and Republican “WisPolitico” of the year. We are also looking for nominations for the top liberal ad
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects there are “maybe” 10 or 11 Senate Republican votes for the Kimberly-Clark bill. The Juneau Republican has long said the incentive package would need Dem support to pass the Senate. But Tuesday
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Former state GOP Chair Reince Priebus has agreed to participate in a “thorough review” of the 2018 election and the current Wisconsin party structure, according to a letter U.S.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects there are “maybe” 10 or 11 Senate Republican votes for the Kimberly-Clark bill. The Juneau Republican has long said the incentive package would need
Killing city’s restaurant rating system could increase food-borne illness in Milwaukee.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers says more time and money will likely be needed to complete an overhaul of the state’s youth prison system. The Legislature in March approved an $80 million plan to close the state’s troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison and move juvenile offenders to new regional facilities by January
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Gov.-elect Tony Evers says more time and money will likely be needed to complete an overhaul of the state’s youth prison system. The Legislature in March approved an $80 million plan to close the state’s troubled Lincoln Hills
Elected officials should begin by working on a series of issues in desperate need of reform. These include criminal justice reform, transportation reform, and energy reform. Not only are these worth pursuing on policy grounds, they will provide political dividends.
Somebody has to reject the tribalism that has come to define our politics and start trying again to define a common, unifying vision for what it means to be an American or a Wisconsinite. Ironically, rebuilding the center is the only way for progressives to make progress.
After years of enjoying a solid advantage over the Democrats’ finance and field operations, Republicans are now at a point where we need to reconnoiter and retool.
WMC’s current CEO, former banking lobbyist Kurt Bauer, is probably right that his organization and Gov. Scott Walker did damage the state’s long history of progressiveness. Where Bob La Follette and his crew drove out the special interests and removed their chokehold on lawmakers and judges, WMC and its allies have bought and bullied their way back into control. Perhaps he shouldn’t forget what happened when they began abusing their power and insisting everything go their way. Those progressives are far from dead.
27 women Democrats running for Assembly lost, women leaders point to gerrymandering.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** NOMINATE TOP WISPOLITICOS, ADS OF 2018 WisPolitics.com will again hand out its annual awards for the top Democratic and Republican “WisPolitico” of the year. We are also looking for nominations for the top liberal ad and top conservative ad of the year — TV, radio
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects there are “maybe” 10 or 11 Senate Republican votes for the Kimberly-Clark bill. The Juneau Republican has long said the incentive package would need Dem support to pass the Senate. But Tuesday was the first time he made clear how short Republicans
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — Former state GOP Chair Reince Priebus has agreed to participate in a “thorough review” of the 2018 election and the current Wisconsin party structure, according to a letter U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson sent to the party’s Executive Committee. Johnson,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects there are “maybe” 10 or 11 Senate Republican votes for the Kimberly-Clark bill. The Juneau Republican has long said the incentive package would need Dem support to pass the Senate. But today was the