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New federal data for 2015 provide a fresh look at K-12 expenditures here and elsewhere—without the “spin” in which Wisconsin politicians engage.
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New federal data for 2015 provide a fresh look at K-12 expenditures here and elsewhere—without the “spin” in which Wisconsin politicians engage.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is facing a new, post-Hurricane Harvey normal, but you don’t hear him saying what GOP officials have evaded, down-played and flat-out denied for years–that climate change is part of that new normal.

While the scenes of devastation after the flood waters recede will look the same, the paths that America’s two latest disaster zones will take from here couldn’t be any more different.

Many are affected in Milwaukee. So what are government leaders doing about it?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Wed., Sept. 6: WisPolitics Insiders Breakfast Forum (WASHINGTON, D.C.) In conjunction with MMAC’s annual Milwaukee Night, WisPolitics is hosting a DC breakfast on Wed. Sept. 6. to discuss the DC landscape and how that could

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues Committee is holding a public hearing this morning on two bills that would address the so-called “dark store” tax
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp says she’s looking forward to bringing “many of the reforms we’ve implemented” to the U.S. EPA. Gov. Scott Walker earlier today announced Stepp, who’s been in her post

Democratic candidates for governor oppose deal. Could they kill it if elected?

Handing over billions of dollars to a foreign corporation for a shaky pledge of jobs, as many as half of which could by taken by people from Illinois, is a bad deal for Wisconsin.

The second annual State of Cities and Villages Report shows that after being shaken hard by the Great Recession and constrained by levy limits and flat state aids, cities and villages are investing in their future, preparing for new development.

Clinton’s failure to visit Wisconsin is often cited as one reason she lost our state’s electoral votes, and the election, last November. Now she’s visiting the state she snubbed in 2016.

Bill to end occupational licensing backed by right wing groups, but just one worker testifies in favor.

New federal data for 2015 provide a fresh look at K-12 expenditures here and elsewhere—without the “spin” in which Wisconsin politicians engage.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is facing a new, post-Hurricane Harvey normal, but you don’t hear him saying what GOP officials have evaded, down-played and flat-out denied for years–that climate change is part of that new normal.

While the scenes of devastation after the flood waters recede will look the same, the paths that America’s two latest disaster zones will take from here couldn’t be any more different.

Many are affected in Milwaukee. So what are government leaders doing about it?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Wed., Sept. 6: WisPolitics Insiders Breakfast Forum (WASHINGTON, D.C.) In conjunction with MMAC’s annual Milwaukee Night, WisPolitics is hosting a DC breakfast on Wed. Sept. 6. to discuss the DC landscape and how that could affect Wisconsin’s budget and 2018 governor and Senate elections in

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Senate Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues Committee is holding a public hearing this morning on two bills that would address the so-called “dark store” tax loophole. That loophole has allowed retailers to appeal their assessed
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp says she’s looking forward to bringing “many of the reforms we’ve implemented” to the U.S. EPA. Gov. Scott Walker earlier today announced Stepp, who’s been in her post since 2011, is leaving the state to take a job

Democratic candidates for governor oppose deal. Could they kill it if elected?

Handing over billions of dollars to a foreign corporation for a shaky pledge of jobs, as many as half of which could by taken by people from Illinois, is a bad deal for Wisconsin.

The second annual State of Cities and Villages Report shows that after being shaken hard by the Great Recession and constrained by levy limits and flat state aids, cities and villages are investing in their future, preparing for new development.

Clinton’s failure to visit Wisconsin is often cited as one reason she lost our state’s electoral votes, and the election, last November. Now she’s visiting the state she snubbed in 2016.

Bill to end occupational licensing backed by right wing groups, but just one worker testifies in favor.