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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock announced today he’ll run for Michael Gableman’s spot on the state Supreme Court, saying he shares the incumbent’s “belief that
The Joint Finance Committee has adjourned for the evening but may come back on Thursday, according to JFC Co-chair John Nygren. Nygren, R-Marinette, told committee members at the close of the session to keep Thursday open on their calendars. Nygren
The Joint Finance Committee today voted to prohibit people in the future from entering into a type of domestic partnerships available only to same-sex couples under state law. Republicans pitched it as a fairness issue, noting that specific arrangement and the benefits
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman announced today he will not seek re-election next year, saying he is “more hopeful than ever in the triumph of the rule of law in Wisconsin.”
The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously shot down Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to self-insure state workers, putting an end for now to an effort the Walker administration has studied for years. The committee rejected Walker’s plan on a bipartisan 16-0
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after a gunman shot a GOP congressman and several other people Wednesday at a baseball practice outside the nation’s capital.
We need a countrywide system of background checks, licensing, training and concealed carry. State level won’t cut it.
The only reason shootings remain a daily event in this nation is because those who are elected can find the convenient time to stand in front of a microphone and make a statement about the horror of such crime, but then fail to take the required steps to change laws.
You could say that the hard-right turn in Wisconsin politics began when Gableman, then an obscure rural Burnett County District Court Judge, narrowly defeated the liberal Milwaukee incumbent Justice Louis Butler.
Project labor agreements are government mandates that artificially inflate prices, thereby circumventing the very “market mechanisms” AFT Local 212 President Mike Rosen appears to praise.
The only thing that may be more anemic than Wisconsin’s performance on job creation over six years of Scott Walker’s administration is the political influence the governor now wields over his fellow Republicans in control of the state Legislature.
Business leaders’ donations to politicians help leverage a lot more in tax dollars to train business’ employees.
And they’re perfectly fine with that.
More than 40 companies from Wisconsin have established offices in Mexico, taking advantage of its market of 120 million consumers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 22: WisPolitics.com luncheon: Secrets of the Capitol Building Join WisPolitics for lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, June 22. Hear from an historian and those who restored the iconic structure now celebrating its
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock announced today he’ll run for Michael Gableman’s spot on the state Supreme Court, saying he shares the incumbent’s “belief that it is the role of a judge to say what
The Joint Finance Committee has adjourned for the evening but may come back on Thursday, according to JFC Co-chair John Nygren. Nygren, R-Marinette, told committee members at the close of the session to keep Thursday open on their calendars. Nygren and his fellow co-chair, Sen. Alberta Darling, told reporters earlier
The Joint Finance Committee today voted to prohibit people in the future from entering into a type of domestic partnerships available only to same-sex couples under state law. Republicans pitched it as a fairness issue, noting that specific arrangement and the benefits that come with it aren’t available to opposite-sex couples. But
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman announced today he will not seek re-election next year, saying he is “more hopeful than ever in the triumph of the rule of law in Wisconsin.” Gableman’s statement did not explicitly address whether he will fill
The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously shot down Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to self-insure state workers, putting an end for now to an effort the Walker administration has studied for years. The committee rejected Walker’s plan on a bipartisan 16-0 vote, with lawmakers again questioning the guv’s saving projections and
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after a gunman shot a GOP congressman and several other people Wednesday at a baseball practice outside the nation’s capital.
We need a countrywide system of background checks, licensing, training and concealed carry. State level won’t cut it.
The only reason shootings remain a daily event in this nation is because those who are elected can find the convenient time to stand in front of a microphone and make a statement about the horror of such crime, but then fail to take the required steps to change laws.
You could say that the hard-right turn in Wisconsin politics began when Gableman, then an obscure rural Burnett County District Court Judge, narrowly defeated the liberal Milwaukee incumbent Justice Louis Butler.
Project labor agreements are government mandates that artificially inflate prices, thereby circumventing the very “market mechanisms” AFT Local 212 President Mike Rosen appears to praise.
The only thing that may be more anemic than Wisconsin’s performance on job creation over six years of Scott Walker’s administration is the political influence the governor now wields over his fellow Republicans in control of the state Legislature.
Business leaders’ donations to politicians help leverage a lot more in tax dollars to train business’ employees.
And they’re perfectly fine with that.
More than 40 companies from Wisconsin have established offices in Mexico, taking advantage of its market of 120 million consumers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 22: WisPolitics.com luncheon: Secrets of the Capitol Building Join WisPolitics for lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, June 22. Hear from an historian and those who restored the iconic structure now celebrating its 100th anniversary. Panelists: – Laura Davis of Isthmus Architects, lead