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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Jan. 18: WisPolitics Luncheon: The Future of Nuclear Energy in WI An expert panel convened by the Wisconsin Technology Council, WisBusiness.com and WisPolitics.com will examine the future of nuclear energy at the Thursday, January 18

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Ethics Commission audit found about 10 percent of licensed lobbyists and principals failed to comply with state law on properly reporting their activities. That information will be
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Madison Mayor Paul Soglin responded to Gov. Scott Walker’s jabs at the city by saying the guv should be thanking Madison and the region for “making him look good.” “I hear this

Priorities should include tax reform, corrections, professional licensure and tolling.

An open letter to Fitzgerald, Vos and Wisconsin state senators.

Last week, Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a comprehensive plan which makes substantial investments that closely align the state of Wisconsin with current best practices in juvenile corrections.

Whatever his real motivations are for proposing to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in his fiscal year 2019 budget, Gov. Scott Walker has finally come around to the obvious conclusion that Wisconsin’s notoriously dangerous youth prisons — which lawsuits and federal investigations have repeatedly identified as abusive and obsolete — need to close.

Aside from the tax cuts, the biggest danger facing the country because of Trump’s supposed “accomplishments” is his assault on good-government regulation that protects not only our environment, but our financial system and American consumers.

Apparently the way to get Trump to behave more presidential is to accuse him of being unhinged.

John Mielke, the president of Associated Builders and Contractors in Wisconsin, joins RightWisconsin Editor James Wigderson to discuss a bill waiting on action by the state Senate that would allow companies to have a one-to-one ratio of apprentices to journeymen in the skilled trades, a bill that will help (but not fix) the skills gap.

What’s needed is a new trade agreement that ends NAFTA’s corporate outsourcing incentives and that adds strong labor and environmental standards with swift and certain enforcement.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on whether Wisconsin should join the trend and legalize marijuana.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: moderator Tom Still, president, Wisconsin Technology Council, tstill@wisconsintechnologycouncil.com Wisconsin is down to one nuclear power facility, and cheap natural gas augmented by renewables dominates the future energy discussion for many utilities. But should Wisconsin and the rest
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Jan. 18: WisPolitics Luncheon: The Future of Nuclear Energy in WI An expert panel convened by the Wisconsin Technology Council, WisBusiness.com and WisPolitics.com will examine the future of nuclear energy at the Thursday, January 18 luncheon at the Madison Club from 11:30 a.m. to 1

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — An Ethics Commission audit found about 10 percent of licensed lobbyists and principals failed to comply with state law on properly reporting their activities. That information will be presented to the commission today as part of the agency’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Madison Mayor Paul Soglin responded to Gov. Scott Walker’s jabs at the city by saying the guv should be thanking Madison and the region for “making him look good.” “I hear this morning that Scott Walker was mocking Madison’s economic development. Well

Priorities should include tax reform, corrections, professional licensure and tolling.

An open letter to Fitzgerald, Vos and Wisconsin state senators.

Last week, Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a comprehensive plan which makes substantial investments that closely align the state of Wisconsin with current best practices in juvenile corrections.

Whatever his real motivations are for proposing to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in his fiscal year 2019 budget, Gov. Scott Walker has finally come around to the obvious conclusion that Wisconsin’s notoriously dangerous youth prisons — which lawsuits and federal investigations have repeatedly identified as abusive and obsolete — need to close.

Aside from the tax cuts, the biggest danger facing the country because of Trump’s supposed “accomplishments” is his assault on good-government regulation that protects not only our environment, but our financial system and American consumers.

Apparently the way to get Trump to behave more presidential is to accuse him of being unhinged.

John Mielke, the president of Associated Builders and Contractors in Wisconsin, joins RightWisconsin Editor James Wigderson to discuss a bill waiting on action by the state Senate that would allow companies to have a one-to-one ratio of apprentices to journeymen in the skilled trades, a bill that will help (but not fix) the skills gap.

What’s needed is a new trade agreement that ends NAFTA’s corporate outsourcing incentives and that adds strong labor and environmental standards with swift and certain enforcement.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on whether Wisconsin should join the trend and legalize marijuana.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: moderator Tom Still, president, Wisconsin Technology Council, tstill@wisconsintechnologycouncil.com Wisconsin is down to one nuclear power facility, and cheap natural gas augmented by renewables dominates the future energy discussion for many utilities. But should Wisconsin and the rest of the Midwest abandon the nuclear energy option? Some experts