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On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the impact of federal and state court developments on Wisconsin; the number of families that claimed that $100-per-child tax rebate; and the state’s announcement it’ll start collecting an internet sales tax on Oct. 1.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, assess the impact of trade wars on Wisconsin politics. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com
I wholeheartedly agree and applaud what appears to be a flood of passionate younger candidates, especially women and people of color. And best wishes to candidates whose districts will support ardently progressive positions, which includes Wisconsin’s 2nd CD. What I reject is the suggestion that this generational shift should also bring ever more extreme policy prescriptions in races throughout the nation.
The welcome John McAdams victory is not a David v. Goliath story. It is instead a reminder of the pivotal role of public interest law firms in fighting for key principles — in this case the rights of an individual who otherwise would have been smothered by the full legal and political clout of Marquette University.
Harley Davidson bosses say that Trump tariffs are forcing them to make their iconic American product overseas. Union workers are not so sure.
As parties flip-flop on free trade, can Wisconsin’s export economy be protected?
Baldwin’s only consistent philosophy on trade appears to be whatever helps her earn the votes of Trump voters in northern Wisconsin. Her flirtation with Trump’s damaging protectionism invokes the same jingoistic, primitive impulses Democrats now accuse Republicans of fomenting.
In Wisconsin, we spend more taxpayer money to lock people up than we do to educate them at universities. That should be a problem worth addressing for any politician.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. When politicians suddenly discover political positions and beliefs they never held before, we tend to be skeptical. Is their Damascene conversion
To polluted water, clear-cut land, dirty air, add diseased wildlife to Gov. Scott Walker’s environmentally-ruinous tenure.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 26: WisPolitics Luncheon with Mike McCabe Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, July 26 with Mike McCabe to discuss his bid for the Democratic nomination
The Department of Revenue’s administrative rule to allow the state to begin collecting the sales tax on some online transactions will include an exemption for smaller retailers. The DOR’s announcement yesterday is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the impact of federal and state court developments on Wisconsin; the number of families that claimed that $100-per-child tax rebate; and the state’s announcement it’ll start collecting an internet sales tax on Oct. 1.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, assess the impact of trade wars on Wisconsin politics. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is
I wholeheartedly agree and applaud what appears to be a flood of passionate younger candidates, especially women and people of color. And best wishes to candidates whose districts will support ardently progressive positions, which includes Wisconsin’s 2nd CD. What I reject is the suggestion that this generational shift should also bring ever more extreme policy prescriptions in races throughout the nation.
The welcome John McAdams victory is not a David v. Goliath story. It is instead a reminder of the pivotal role of public interest law firms in fighting for key principles — in this case the rights of an individual who otherwise would have been smothered by the full legal and political clout of Marquette University.
Harley Davidson bosses say that Trump tariffs are forcing them to make their iconic American product overseas. Union workers are not so sure.
As parties flip-flop on free trade, can Wisconsin’s export economy be protected?
Baldwin’s only consistent philosophy on trade appears to be whatever helps her earn the votes of Trump voters in northern Wisconsin. Her flirtation with Trump’s damaging protectionism invokes the same jingoistic, primitive impulses Democrats now accuse Republicans of fomenting.
In Wisconsin, we spend more taxpayer money to lock people up than we do to educate them at universities. That should be a problem worth addressing for any politician.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. When politicians suddenly discover political positions and beliefs they never held before, we tend to be skeptical. Is their Damascene conversion legitimate, or just the result of ambition? In the case
To polluted water, clear-cut land, dirty air, add diseased wildlife to Gov. Scott Walker’s environmentally-ruinous tenure.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 26: WisPolitics Luncheon with Mike McCabe Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, July 26 with Mike McCabe to discuss his bid for the Democratic nomination to run against GOP Gov. Scott Walker. Check-in and lunch
The Department of Revenue’s administrative rule to allow the state to begin collecting the sales tax on some online transactions will include an exemption for smaller retailers. The DOR’s announcement yesterday is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for states to begin collecting the sales