Walker a ‘no’ on arming teachers, could call special session for ‘school safety’
Thursday, Mar 1, 2018
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Offering better communication and providing more feedback is not catering to “snowflakes,” it is a strong management decision and good for the bottom-line.
Most states limit governors to two terms, but not New York and Wisconsin, where Andrew Cuomo and Scott Walker are both seeking reelection this year.
The assumption of the hammock metaphor is that people are lazy and just need a kick to get moving. Another assumption is that fraud is rampant. Both assumptions are false.
As we approach this year’s annual celebration of Sunshine Week, March 11-17, it’s worth recalling times when people entrusted with our tax dollars have stood up for our right to know. But too often government agencies and elected officials pledge fidelity to openness while acting to keep us in the dark.
RightWisconsin’s James Wigderson and DOT Deputy Secretary Bob Seitz talk about the savings in the DOT budget since last year’s audit, the I-94 East-West freeway, and where do the orange barrels get stored when they’re not being used?
Twenty-one years ago, Congress caved in to a National Rifle Association demand, and effectively reduced federal spending on gun violence research.
The NRA’s worldview of armed teachers and hardened targets and endless bloodshed spilled on the altar of an insane absolutist view of gun rights is dangerous enough when practiced by the slim minority of citizens who are gun zealots. When that point of view is shared by a state’s chief law enforcement officer, it raises the question of whether he’s fit for his job. Answer: he isn’t.
What can Milwaukee learn from from losing its bid for Amazon’s headquarters?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Rep. Adam Jarchow has become the third member of the Assembly so far to announce plans to retire after this session without seeking another office. In a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker and Dem legislative leaders today traded barbs on whether road funding tied to a planned Foxconn plant in southeastern Wisconsin will pull money from other projects around the state.
We know that by working together we can find the best, most efficient ways to solve the state’s challenges, create private sector jobs and private sector profits, and keep that revenue in Wisconsin to invest in our people and our economy.
The discoveries in Wisconsin’s John Doe case and the Mueller investigation teach the same lesson: Unaccountable agencies have become powerful tools that partisan cabals can use to undermine representative government.
State pension fund invests in companies making guns that kill students.
At the same time we are supposed to believe 16-year-olds are mature enough to vote on matters of national importance, we are also being told that the minimum age to own a firearm should be raised to 21.
Offering better communication and providing more feedback is not catering to “snowflakes,” it is a strong management decision and good for the bottom-line.
Most states limit governors to two terms, but not New York and Wisconsin, where Andrew Cuomo and Scott Walker are both seeking reelection this year.
The assumption of the hammock metaphor is that people are lazy and just need a kick to get moving. Another assumption is that fraud is rampant. Both assumptions are false.
As we approach this year’s annual celebration of Sunshine Week, March 11-17, it’s worth recalling times when people entrusted with our tax dollars have stood up for our right to know. But too often government agencies and elected officials pledge fidelity to openness while acting to keep us in the dark.
RightWisconsin’s James Wigderson and DOT Deputy Secretary Bob Seitz talk about the savings in the DOT budget since last year’s audit, the I-94 East-West freeway, and where do the orange barrels get stored when they’re not being used?
Twenty-one years ago, Congress caved in to a National Rifle Association demand, and effectively reduced federal spending on gun violence research.
The NRA’s worldview of armed teachers and hardened targets and endless bloodshed spilled on the altar of an insane absolutist view of gun rights is dangerous enough when practiced by the slim minority of citizens who are gun zealots. When that point of view is shared by a state’s chief law enforcement officer, it raises the question of whether he’s fit for his job. Answer: he isn’t.
What can Milwaukee learn from from losing its bid for Amazon’s headquarters?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Badger Advocates From WisPolitics.com … — GOP state Rep. Adam Jarchow has become the third member of the Assembly so far to announce plans to retire after this session without seeking another office. In a statement this morning, Jarchow said he looks forward to returning
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker and Dem legislative leaders today traded barbs on whether road funding tied to a planned Foxconn plant in southeastern Wisconsin will pull money from other projects around the state. The Walker administration has argued savings it found within DOT
We know that by working together we can find the best, most efficient ways to solve the state’s challenges, create private sector jobs and private sector profits, and keep that revenue in Wisconsin to invest in our people and our economy.
The discoveries in Wisconsin’s John Doe case and the Mueller investigation teach the same lesson: Unaccountable agencies have become powerful tools that partisan cabals can use to undermine representative government.
State pension fund invests in companies making guns that kill students.
At the same time we are supposed to believe 16-year-olds are mature enough to vote on matters of national importance, we are also being told that the minimum age to own a firearm should be raised to 21.