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With the decision, judges in Wisconsin will continue to be perceived to have a price tag hanging from their robes.
Citizens deserve a Supreme Court that can be viewed as a fair arbiter on the big judicial questions that face the state. I take no glee in stating this vote undermines the court’s credibility and severely erodes its luster.
Legislation such as this does little to actually benefit law enforcement officers and is more of a political stunt used to label any elected official who does not support it as being anti law-enforcement.
It didn’t make the Brewers more competitive, yet its price tag keeps rising.
I hate to say I told you so, but the incident at United Airlines a couple of weeks ago was bound to happen because of the obsession too many of our politicians have for deregulation.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: –
The state Supreme Court has rejected a petition from 54 retired judges and justices to change its recusal rules, with the conservative majority voting to keep the current standards in place.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today will wrap up its public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget with a final hearing in Marinette, the home town of GOP
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court has rejected a petition from 54 retired judges and justices to change its recusal rules, with the conservative majority voting to keep the current standards in place. Justice
Fitzgerald today expressed disappointment that Canadian officials haven’t “demonstrated the sense of urgency” Wisconsin officials have shown over a dairy trade dispute. State officials have pushed the Trump administration to call for a change in Canada’s trade policies, saying a
Two GOP lawmakers took to Twitter and statements this afternoon to debate the UW System budget and the tuition freeze. It began when Sen. Steve Nass sent out a press release criticizing comments that Joint Finance Committee Co-Chair John Nygren
Gov. Scott Walker is touting the state dropping its unemployment rate to 3.4 percent, the lowest it’s been since April 2000, as “the latest sign of strength for Wisconsin’s economy.” The figure for last month is down 0.3 percentage points
An Assembly committee today signed off on four GOP-authored bills to address homelessness, with two of them passing unanimously. One bill from Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, would create an interagency council that
Daniel Speckhard, a former ambassador who now works for Lutheran World Relief in Baltimore, has emerged as another possible Dem candidate for guv, according to sources. Speckhard, who did not return a message left at his office this afternoon, was
With the decision, judges in Wisconsin will continue to be perceived to have a price tag hanging from their robes.
Citizens deserve a Supreme Court that can be viewed as a fair arbiter on the big judicial questions that face the state. I take no glee in stating this vote undermines the court’s credibility and severely erodes its luster.
Legislation such as this does little to actually benefit law enforcement officers and is more of a political stunt used to label any elected official who does not support it as being anti law-enforcement.
It didn’t make the Brewers more competitive, yet its price tag keeps rising.
I hate to say I told you so, but the incident at United Airlines a couple of weeks ago was bound to happen because of the obsession too many of our politicians have for deregulation.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday, May 4: WisPolitics.com luncheon: “Medicaid in Transition” The WisPolitics.com lunch at the Madison Club on Thursday, May 4 features a “Medicaid in Transition” panel discussing proposed changes to the federal-state Medicaid program. Panelists: – Michael Heifetz, state of Wisconsin Medicaid director – John R…
The state Supreme Court has rejected a petition from 54 retired judges and justices to change its recusal rules, with the conservative majority voting to keep the current standards in place.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee today will wrap up its public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget with a final hearing in Marinette, the home town of GOP co-chair Rep. John Nygren. Today’s hearing is in the Marinette
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Supreme Court has rejected a petition from 54 retired judges and justices to change its recusal rules, with the conservative majority voting to keep the current standards in place. Justice Annette Ziegler, who made a motion to dismiss the petition,
Fitzgerald today expressed disappointment that Canadian officials haven’t “demonstrated the sense of urgency” Wisconsin officials have shown over a dairy trade dispute. State officials have pushed the Trump administration to call for a change in Canada’s trade policies, saying a recent policy decision led a company to cut the contracts
Two GOP lawmakers took to Twitter and statements this afternoon to debate the UW System budget and the tuition freeze. It began when Sen. Steve Nass sent out a press release criticizing comments that Joint Finance Committee Co-Chair John Nygren has made, showing he’s open to ending the in-state tuition
Gov. Scott Walker is touting the state dropping its unemployment rate to 3.4 percent, the lowest it’s been since April 2000, as “the latest sign of strength for Wisconsin’s economy.” The figure for last month is down 0.3 percentage points from February and remains lower than the national unemployment rate,
An Assembly committee today signed off on four GOP-authored bills to address homelessness, with two of them passing unanimously. One bill from Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, would create an interagency council that would find ways for state agencies to collaborate on the
Daniel Speckhard, a former ambassador who now works for Lutheran World Relief in Baltimore, has emerged as another possible Dem candidate for guv, according to sources. Speckhard, who did not return a message left at his office this afternoon, was born in Clintonville and has a master’s degree in public