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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Personal wealth helping boost candidates’ coffers in special legislative elections In 1st SD GOP primary, Jacque emphasizes record, Renard touts outsider status Fitzgerald special election bills

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Jessie Opoien discuss Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Milwaukee; the GOP U.S. Senate debate; and Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign going up on the air next week for its first TV ad buy of the race.

The Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, reflect on a rarity in politics — agreement in the Legislature on a big issue in an election year: juvenile justice reform. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

There is tension between a news organization’s desire for a high volume of stories against the need to invest much more time and energy in fewer high-value ones. Finding new business models to support this high-quality journalism is essential, and success stories have been few so far.

Gerrymandering denies us the most fundamental right that Americans have spent centuries fighting and dying for, and it’s time for this undemocratic practice to become a relic of the past.

Walker’s family-friendly tax cuts will fail to buy votes.

With a stubborn refusal to do anything about major cost drivers for the district – namely, pension and healthcare spending – MPS is staring down a $38 million deficit in the next year. That number balloons to nearly $200 million just a few years down the road.

NAEP results show notable progress in Chicago, but discouraging results here.

Buchanan’s animus toward the “democracy worshippers of the West” is something he has been nursing for years, but in a recent column, he made his position explicit, along with his admiration for authoritarian strong men like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. “The title the Ayatollah bestowed upon us, ‘The Great Satan,’ is not altogether undeserved,” he wrote.

The media attempt to make Macron a laughingstock backfired bigtime when he addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday morning and in impeccable English carved out a place for himself as the true leader of the West.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Make “WisPolitics Midday” part of your lunch time routine The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Personal wealth helping boost candidates’ coffers in special legislative elections In 1st SD GOP primary, Jacque emphasizes record, Renard touts outsider status Fitzgerald special election bills originally included option to leave seats open for 15 months

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Jessie Opoien discuss Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Milwaukee; the GOP U.S. Senate debate; and Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign going up on the air next week for its first TV ad buy of the race.

The Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, reflect on a rarity in politics — agreement in the Legislature on a big issue in an election year: juvenile justice reform. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

There is tension between a news organization’s desire for a high volume of stories against the need to invest much more time and energy in fewer high-value ones. Finding new business models to support this high-quality journalism is essential, and success stories have been few so far.

Gerrymandering denies us the most fundamental right that Americans have spent centuries fighting and dying for, and it’s time for this undemocratic practice to become a relic of the past.

Walker’s family-friendly tax cuts will fail to buy votes.

With a stubborn refusal to do anything about major cost drivers for the district – namely, pension and healthcare spending – MPS is staring down a $38 million deficit in the next year. That number balloons to nearly $200 million just a few years down the road.

NAEP results show notable progress in Chicago, but discouraging results here.

Buchanan’s animus toward the “democracy worshippers of the West” is something he has been nursing for years, but in a recent column, he made his position explicit, along with his admiration for authoritarian strong men like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. “The title the Ayatollah bestowed upon us, ‘The Great Satan,’ is not altogether undeserved,” he wrote.

The media attempt to make Macron a laughingstock backfired bigtime when he addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday morning and in impeccable English carved out a place for himself as the true leader of the West.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Make “WisPolitics Midday” part of your lunch time routine The news cycle never stops, which is why WisPolitics.com has introduced Midday. You can get your news fix in under 2 minutes through this new podcast. Check out WisPolitics Midday: http://wispolmidday.libsyn.com/ And subscribe via I Tunes