James Rowen: Not Wisconn. Sprawlville

“The Road to Sprawlville” now runs from State Capitol to rural Racine County and right through to Mount Pleasant by bulldozing the land, diverting the water, polluting the air and evading or breaking traditional Wisconsin practices and values.

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Michael Knetter: How alumni can carry the Wisconsin Idea forward

While the university has no shortage of great ideas, we could certainly do a better job matching those ideas with advisory groups and management and leadership teams that can credibly present a business opportunity to venture capitalists and angel investors. We need help from people with entrepreneurial skills and expertise to be advisors, counselors and mentors. And who better to play those roles than our 441,500 UW alumni?

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Jim Maas: Veterans health and government

Cannabis has been found to help many patients suffering from conditions that can afflict veterans as a result of their service, including chronic pain, cancer, ALS, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorders, and phantom limb pain. In 2017 all major veterans service organizations in Wisconsin passed a number of resolutions on health care, including one supporting medical cannabis for veterans with a doctors recommendation. AG Shimel and Wisconsin government continues to ignore the veterans’ position.

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James Rowen: Not Wisconn. Sprawlville

“The Road to Sprawlville” now runs from State Capitol to rural Racine County and right through to Mount Pleasant by bulldozing the land, diverting the water, polluting the air and evading or breaking traditional Wisconsin practices and values.

Read More »

Michael Knetter: How alumni can carry the Wisconsin Idea forward

While the university has no shortage of great ideas, we could certainly do a better job matching those ideas with advisory groups and management and leadership teams that can credibly present a business opportunity to venture capitalists and angel investors. We need help from people with entrepreneurial skills and expertise to be advisors, counselors and mentors. And who better to play those roles than our 441,500 UW alumni?

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Jim Maas: Veterans health and government

Cannabis has been found to help many patients suffering from conditions that can afflict veterans as a result of their service, including chronic pain, cancer, ALS, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorders, and phantom limb pain. In 2017 all major veterans service organizations in Wisconsin passed a number of resolutions on health care, including one supporting medical cannabis for veterans with a doctors recommendation. AG Shimel and Wisconsin government continues to ignore the veterans’ position.

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TUE News Summary: Trump knocks Harley-Davidson; Walker on tariffs, online sales tax revenues; Pocan seeks to abolish ICE

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: WisPolitics.com luncheon with Attorney General Brad Schimel Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, June 28 with Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel on his re-election run. See Schimel’s bio: https://bradschimel.com/about-brad/ Check-in and lunch b… Please log

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TUE AM Update: Environmental groups sue to halt DNR review of Meteor Timber decision; Trump blasts Harley-Davidson

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Environmental groups are challenging the DNR secretary’s decision to review an administrative law judge’s opinion invalidating a frac sand mining permit. DNR last month announced attorney Mark Herman will decide whether to honor Administrative Law Judge Eric

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