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Walker’s misguided policies are jeopardizing the university’s and Wisconsin’s future.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Dec. 19: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate candidate Leah Vukmir Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday Dec. 19 with U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a Brookfield Republican
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party is filling its new executive director positions with internal candidates. George Gillis, who had been the political director, now becomes the executive director for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson came out today against the GOP tax overhaul plan, becoming the first Republican in the Senate to say he’d vote against the bill. Still, the Oshkosh Republican said
Do you feel things in Wisconsin under Gov. Scott Walker are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?
President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan will allow entrepreneurs and small businesses more room to improve, invest and expand, propelling economic growth and creating more family-supporting careers, all while freeing up Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money.
The president’s tax plan won’t help small businesses and entrepreneurs. It will hurt them while bestowing huge rewards on big businesses and the very rich.
North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones, a Republican who has been in Congress since 1994, has been quietly writing letters of condolence to the families of thousands of service men and women who have lost their lives fighting in the nation’s wars during this still-young 21st century. He’s been doing so as penance for his vote in 2002 to authorize the U.S. to invade Iraq, which he now regrets.
The future of our state could and should be bright, but right now it doesn’t look that way to those who have seen their optimism eclipsed by the reality of economic insecurity and stagnation.
Attorney General has been reluctant to pursue opioid manufacturers. Why?
State prisons already overcrowded; bill would add 1,800 inmates, cost $57 million per year.
Wisconsin could lower the drinking age to 19, then charge 19- and 20-year-olds a fee for an addendum to their driver’s license that would allow them to drink legally. To gain this privilege, the applicant would need his or her parents’ permission and to attend a training class on alcohol use. The funds raised by the new license would both pay for the classes and help offset the state’s loss of federal funds.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Nov. 16: WisPolitics.com DC breakfast with Morning Consult CEO Michael Ramlet Michael Ramlet, a Middleton native who’s now CEO of Morning Consult, outlines his team’s work to shake up the national polling industry. Morning Consult
Walker’s misguided policies are jeopardizing the university’s and Wisconsin’s future.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Dec. 19: WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate candidate Leah Vukmir Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Tuesday Dec. 19 with U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir, a Brookfield Republican state senator. Check-in and lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The state Dem Party is filling its new executive director positions with internal candidates. George Gillis, who had been the political director, now becomes the executive director for political affairs. Meanwhile, Breianna Hasenzahl-Reeder, who had been working as
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson came out today against the GOP tax overhaul plan, becoming the first Republican in the Senate to say he’d vote against the bill. Still, the Oshkosh Republican said he’d be open to working with colleagues to fix what
Do you feel things in Wisconsin under Gov. Scott Walker are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?
President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan will allow entrepreneurs and small businesses more room to improve, invest and expand, propelling economic growth and creating more family-supporting careers, all while freeing up Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money.
The president’s tax plan won’t help small businesses and entrepreneurs. It will hurt them while bestowing huge rewards on big businesses and the very rich.
North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones, a Republican who has been in Congress since 1994, has been quietly writing letters of condolence to the families of thousands of service men and women who have lost their lives fighting in the nation’s wars during this still-young 21st century. He’s been doing so as penance for his vote in 2002 to authorize the U.S. to invade Iraq, which he now regrets.
The future of our state could and should be bright, but right now it doesn’t look that way to those who have seen their optimism eclipsed by the reality of economic insecurity and stagnation.
Attorney General has been reluctant to pursue opioid manufacturers. Why?
State prisons already overcrowded; bill would add 1,800 inmates, cost $57 million per year.
Wisconsin could lower the drinking age to 19, then charge 19- and 20-year-olds a fee for an addendum to their driver’s license that would allow them to drink legally. To gain this privilege, the applicant would need his or her parents’ permission and to attend a training class on alcohol use. The funds raised by the new license would both pay for the classes and help offset the state’s loss of federal funds.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Nov. 16: WisPolitics.com DC breakfast with Morning Consult CEO Michael Ramlet Michael Ramlet, a Middleton native who’s now CEO of Morning Consult, outlines his team’s work to shake up the national polling industry. Morning Consult partners with Politico and others. See an article on Morning