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We need to stop pretending the Political establishment is most qualified to lead us.
In the economy of the next few decades, merely holding on to Wisconsin natives will not suffice. We need lots of people, especially younger people, to start moving to our fair state permanently (and not just to Madison).
Assembly GOP leaders today notified Gov. Scott Walker they will accept his offer to redirect $203.5 million in income tax cuts he had proposed and instead pump new cash toward road projects over the next two years. But Senate Majority
Assembly GOP leaders today notified Gov. Scott Walker they will accept his offer to redirect $203.5 million in income tax cuts he had proposed and instead pump new cash toward road projects over the next two years. But Senate Majority
The logical approach is to raise the gasoline tax, though Walker’s self imposed tax denial and Fitzgerald’s enabler tendencies have prevented that.
The record under Walker — and before him, former Governor Jim Doyle — shows what happens when reasonable limits are ignored.
There are two words that characterize every budget in the City of Milwaukee since Tom Barrett became mayor: borrow and spend.
With at least five states bidding for the work and a governor eager to burnish his cred as a job creator as an election approaches, there is a real risk of “overpaying.” Walker needs to be ready to walk away.
That the Wisconsin Supreme Court shut the door on the John Doe investigation in the absence of any testimony or factual findings is indicative of the collapse of the analytical process upon which the justice system relies.
Senate Republicans are breaking out the credit card to borrow more hundreds of millions of dollars and stick our grandkids with the bill. Remember when Republicans sold themselves as fiscal conservatives?
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about what Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is up to in Washington. Sign up for our mailing list here to receive our newsletter directly. Quotes of the week, July 14-20 I have no problems with what
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Looking to break the budget impasse, Gov. Scott Walker has floated the possibility of nixing his income tax cuts and instead directing that money to transportation projects, according to multiple GOP sources.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has a far bigger warchest than his fellow Wisconsin House members, with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind a distant second. Ryan reported his re-election campaign had $3.4 million in receipts between April 1 and June 30, $1.7
Now one of the professed goals of the GOP is to reduce health care costs. None of the bills they’ve proposed have done anything to address health care costs.
Three Plott hounds have been reported by the Department of Natural Resources to have been thrown to the wolves by their owners between July 15-17.
A coalition of constitutionalists just prevailed in a high-stakes struggle to defend freedom of religion as it is outlined in the First Amendment.
Walker, Trump, and their ilk find it easier and more appealing to their followers to condemn one and all in the media to, as Huppke points out, make the divide wider for their own purposes.
It’s not often senators will call out their own leaders like this.
Bills that Republicans are proposing unnecessarily curtail local control, continuing a six-year trend of Republicans micromanaging every aspect of state and local government.
Barrett helped set the precedent that recall elections could be used to pull elected officials out of office for standard political differences.
We need to stop pretending the Political establishment is most qualified to lead us.
In the economy of the next few decades, merely holding on to Wisconsin natives will not suffice. We need lots of people, especially younger people, to start moving to our fair state permanently (and not just to Madison).
Assembly GOP leaders today notified Gov. Scott Walker they will accept his offer to redirect $203.5 million in income tax cuts he had proposed and instead pump new cash toward road projects over the next two years. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this afternoon following discussions with his caucus
Assembly GOP leaders today notified Gov. Scott Walker they will accept his offer to redirect $203.5 million in income tax cuts he had proposed and instead pump new cash toward road projects over the next two years. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said this afternoon following discussions with his caucus
The logical approach is to raise the gasoline tax, though Walker’s self imposed tax denial and Fitzgerald’s enabler tendencies have prevented that.
The record under Walker — and before him, former Governor Jim Doyle — shows what happens when reasonable limits are ignored.
There are two words that characterize every budget in the City of Milwaukee since Tom Barrett became mayor: borrow and spend.
With at least five states bidding for the work and a governor eager to burnish his cred as a job creator as an election approaches, there is a real risk of “overpaying.” Walker needs to be ready to walk away.
That the Wisconsin Supreme Court shut the door on the John Doe investigation in the absence of any testimony or factual findings is indicative of the collapse of the analytical process upon which the justice system relies.
Senate Republicans are breaking out the credit card to borrow more hundreds of millions of dollars and stick our grandkids with the bill. Remember when Republicans sold themselves as fiscal conservatives?
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about what Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is up to in Washington. Sign up for our mailing list here to receive our newsletter directly. Quotes of the week, July 14-20 I have no problems with what Donald Jr. did, and I don’t think any prosecutor would
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Looking to break the budget impasse, Gov. Scott Walker has floated the possibility of nixing his income tax cuts and instead directing that money to transportation projects, according to multiple GOP sources. The sources said the motivation behind the suggestion is twofold.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has a far bigger warchest than his fellow Wisconsin House members, with U.S. Rep. Ron Kind a distant second. Ryan reported his re-election campaign had $3.4 million in receipts between April 1 and June 30, $1.7 million in disbursements and $11.15 million cash on hand, according
Now one of the professed goals of the GOP is to reduce health care costs. None of the bills they’ve proposed have done anything to address health care costs.
Three Plott hounds have been reported by the Department of Natural Resources to have been thrown to the wolves by their owners between July 15-17.
A coalition of constitutionalists just prevailed in a high-stakes struggle to defend freedom of religion as it is outlined in the First Amendment.
Walker, Trump, and their ilk find it easier and more appealing to their followers to condemn one and all in the media to, as Huppke points out, make the divide wider for their own purposes.
It’s not often senators will call out their own leaders like this.
Bills that Republicans are proposing unnecessarily curtail local control, continuing a six-year trend of Republicans micromanaging every aspect of state and local government.
Barrett helped set the precedent that recall elections could be used to pull elected officials out of office for standard political differences.