Jon Erpenbach: Prison safety needs legislative attention

In 2018, the Wisconsin prison population will be as high as it has ever been. This overcrowding is a serious safety concern not only for our front-line correctional officers and sergeants but also for inmates and our support staff of teachers, maintenance, administrators, etc.

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Tom Still: Net neutrality debate not as cut and dried as many believe

“Net neutrality” is one of those buzzwords that inspires populist support, but it’s not as simple as the big guys conspiring to shove mom-and-pop websites into the internet’s slow lane. Behind the scenes, it’s also about a small handful of heavy users – the internet’s so-called “lane hogs” – hoping to avoid paying for the right to dominate available capacity.

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Hintz: Zepnick no longer caucusing with Assembly Dems

Minority Leader Gordon Hintz said Rep. Josh Zepnick is no longer caucusing with Assembly Dems after he was accused of kissing two women without their consent at political events in 2011 and 2015. But Hintz declined to go into details with WisPolitics.com about the Milwaukee lawmaker’s status with the caucus

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TUE PM Update: Vukmir suggests jail time for John Doe email sweep

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Sen. Leah Vukmir said today those responsible for broad email sweeps unveiled in the John Doe leak report should be fired and possibly face jail time. Vukmir, a U.S. Senate candidate whose personal emails between her and her daughter were seized by

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Jon Erpenbach: Prison safety needs legislative attention

In 2018, the Wisconsin prison population will be as high as it has ever been. This overcrowding is a serious safety concern not only for our front-line correctional officers and sergeants but also for inmates and our support staff of teachers, maintenance, administrators, etc.

Read More »

Tom Still: Net neutrality debate not as cut and dried as many believe

“Net neutrality” is one of those buzzwords that inspires populist support, but it’s not as simple as the big guys conspiring to shove mom-and-pop websites into the internet’s slow lane. Behind the scenes, it’s also about a small handful of heavy users – the internet’s so-called “lane hogs” – hoping to avoid paying for the right to dominate available capacity.

Read More »