Sept. 27: WisPolitics.com Election Preview

The 2018 election presents a pivotal challenge for Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Tammy Baldwin. How will Wisconsin’s top incumbents fare in the first midterm election since Donald Trump won the White House? The WisPolitics.com election preview—sponsored by the Wisconsin

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James Wigderson: Let it go

As a number of prominent conservative organizations in Wisconsin have pointed out, the bailout of a paper mill company like Kimberly-Clark, a legacy industry with an uncertain future, will just lead to more hands being stretched out to the taxpayers whenever an employer is in trouble. Why this company and not another one?

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Michael Cummins: This land is their land

In 2005 Leah Vukmir, Sheila Harsdorf and Robin Vos backed a law that prohibits the use of eminent domain to transfer a privately-owned property to a corporation. But now they are silent on Foxconn’s land grab in Mount Pleasant.

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Sept. 20: “How the Paper Industry is Navigating the New Economy”

WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Paper Council and WAGET, is staging a panel discussion at the Paper Discovery Center in Appleton on Thurs. Sept. 20. Confirmed panel members include: Rep. Katrina Shankland. D-Stevens Point; Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, Prof. Karyn Biasca, chair of the Paper Science and Chemical Engineering

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Sept. 27: WisPolitics.com Election Preview

The 2018 election presents a pivotal challenge for Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Tammy Baldwin. How will Wisconsin’s top incumbents fare in the first midterm election since Donald Trump won the White House? The WisPolitics.com election preview—sponsored by the Wisconsin REALTORS Association, WEC Energy Group and Spectrum—assembles some of Wisconsin’s

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‘UpFront’: Roth urges Senate to pass Kimberly-Clark incentives

Senate President Roger Roth said the Senate needs to act fast on a $100 million incentive package to help keep Kimberly-Clark in the Fox Valley, and Democrats should “do what’s right” and vote for the package. “I feel that the Senate needs to act quickly,” Roth, R-Appleton, said Sunday on “UpFront with

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James Wigderson: Let it go

As a number of prominent conservative organizations in Wisconsin have pointed out, the bailout of a paper mill company like Kimberly-Clark, a legacy industry with an uncertain future, will just lead to more hands being stretched out to the taxpayers whenever an employer is in trouble. Why this company and not another one?

Read More »

Michael Cummins: This land is their land

In 2005 Leah Vukmir, Sheila Harsdorf and Robin Vos backed a law that prohibits the use of eminent domain to transfer a privately-owned property to a corporation. But now they are silent on Foxconn’s land grab in Mount Pleasant.

Read More »