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Observers of initiative process in California, Michigan point out problems with process embraced by Evers.
If you don’t have children or are a parent with older children, you probably don’t realize how expensive childcare has become in Wisconsin.
Low-income workers in 21 states got a pay raise on New Year’s Day last week, but those who live in Wisconsin weren’t among them.
Leading issues in the Wisconsin conservation community for 2025 include potential license fee increases and legislation on wake-enhanced boating.
Giving the people legislative power is antithetical to America’s founding principles. The U.S. Constitution’s framers despised this sort of direct democracy, as they feared that it would empower a “tyranny of the majority.”
Resistance will look different in 2024 than in 2016. After 2016, there were so many people looking to get involved and start organizing, some for the first time in their lives. But this time feels different. People are exhausted.
Lower nicotine levels leads to more people quitting smoking, which leads to massive health benefits and lower federal spending.
Has the crime rate gone up or down in Milwaukee and nationally?
Despite vast wealth it closed pediatric clinic on 29th and Clark.
Black, Latino and Native American businesses remain underrepresented in Wisconsin’s economy, a series of UW-Madison reports show. The university’s Community Economic Development program recently released the reports on Black, Latino, Asian, and Native-owned companies in the state, detailing their growth
A UW-Madison expert warns of “significant” economic damage in the state if a circulating strain of the bird flu hits Wisconsin’s dairy industry. California declared an emergency in December after discovering bird flu in more than 600 dairy herds, raising
Republicans plan to move quickly to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures. They see an opening, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, to push through changes that include voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements.
Remote work has served a useful purpose by showing us just how useless many state workers were. Now is the time to get rid of many of them, plus the buildings they once occupied.
Gov. Tony Evers is once again floating a plan to create an initiative-referendum system for Wisconsin. It’s a bad idea.
Scott Walker’s infamous Act 10 was a highly partisan political bill that has done enormous damage to Wisconsin’s economy and exacerbated the hollowing out of our middle class. He fueled a politics of resentment that divided families, communities and our state long before Donald Trump emerged as the prince of grievance politics.
The plan will offer direct admission to UW-Madison for students placing in the top 5% of their Wisconsin high schools.
While other former presidents aimed to sit on corporate boards or slip off the stage quietly to paint, Carter embraced the world. Putting his faith forward, interlaced with a mighty keen mind he formed working coalitions and solutions which benefited the world.
As is its tradition, the Forecasters Anonymous tribe gathered once again between Christmas and New Year’s Day to sneak a few extra post-holiday calories, renew acquaintances and swap tall tales.
Sachin and I bridged all that divided us with curiosity, dialogue, understanding, mutual respect and good will.
Schimel’s campaign said today the haul is more than double what any Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin history has raised during the July to December period ahead of a spring election. The campaign added that Schimel finished 2024 with $1.8 million in the bank.
Observers of initiative process in California, Michigan point out problems with process embraced by Evers.
If you don’t have children or are a parent with older children, you probably don’t realize how expensive childcare has become in Wisconsin.
Low-income workers in 21 states got a pay raise on New Year’s Day last week, but those who live in Wisconsin weren’t among them.
Leading issues in the Wisconsin conservation community for 2025 include potential license fee increases and legislation on wake-enhanced boating.
Giving the people legislative power is antithetical to America’s founding principles. The U.S. Constitution’s framers despised this sort of direct democracy, as they feared that it would empower a “tyranny of the majority.”
Resistance will look different in 2024 than in 2016. After 2016, there were so many people looking to get involved and start organizing, some for the first time in their lives. But this time feels different. People are exhausted.
Lower nicotine levels leads to more people quitting smoking, which leads to massive health benefits and lower federal spending.
Has the crime rate gone up or down in Milwaukee and nationally?
Despite vast wealth it closed pediatric clinic on 29th and Clark.
Black, Latino and Native American businesses remain underrepresented in Wisconsin’s economy, a series of UW-Madison reports show. The university’s Community Economic Development program recently released the reports on Black, Latino, Asian, and Native-owned companies in the state, detailing their growth over time as well as persistent challenges for each minority
A UW-Madison expert warns of “significant” economic damage in the state if a circulating strain of the bird flu hits Wisconsin’s dairy industry. California declared an emergency in December after discovering bird flu in more than 600 dairy herds, raising concerns about the disease spreading further in 2025. Prof. Keith
Republicans plan to move quickly to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures. They see an opening, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, to push through changes that include voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements.
Remote work has served a useful purpose by showing us just how useless many state workers were. Now is the time to get rid of many of them, plus the buildings they once occupied.
Gov. Tony Evers is once again floating a plan to create an initiative-referendum system for Wisconsin. It’s a bad idea.
Scott Walker’s infamous Act 10 was a highly partisan political bill that has done enormous damage to Wisconsin’s economy and exacerbated the hollowing out of our middle class. He fueled a politics of resentment that divided families, communities and our state long before Donald Trump emerged as the prince of grievance politics.
The plan will offer direct admission to UW-Madison for students placing in the top 5% of their Wisconsin high schools.
While other former presidents aimed to sit on corporate boards or slip off the stage quietly to paint, Carter embraced the world. Putting his faith forward, interlaced with a mighty keen mind he formed working coalitions and solutions which benefited the world.
As is its tradition, the Forecasters Anonymous tribe gathered once again between Christmas and New Year’s Day to sneak a few extra post-holiday calories, renew acquaintances and swap tall tales.
Sachin and I bridged all that divided us with curiosity, dialogue, understanding, mutual respect and good will.
Schimel’s campaign said today the haul is more than double what any Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin history has raised during the July to December period ahead of a spring election. The campaign added that Schimel finished 2024 with $1.8 million in the bank.