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The ACLU today asked a federal judge to halt the state’s “excessive” use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and physical restraints at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons in northern Wisconsin. The motion for a preliminary judgment seeks
Dem lawmakers are once again looking to ask state voters if they’d support a constitutional amendment to limit spending in elections. The bill, from Rep. Lisa Subeck and Sen. Dave Hansen, would put an advisory referendum on the November 2018
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said today she’s looking to President Trump to pressure Congress to back her Buy America legislation, following a comment he made in support of her efforts yesterday. “Now that President Trump has expressed his support for
The Department of Health Services says its efforts to drug test some Medicaid enrollees would help the state “identify members with unmet substance abuse disorder treatment needs” and get them help. DHS today released the draft of the waiver request
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is suing the state and the Ho-Chunk Nation over the growth of a gaming facility in central Wisconsin that the lawsuit says violates tribal compacts. But the state Department of Administration says the facility’s expansion is allowed
A bill that would prohibit the Group Insurance Board from providing abortions for public employees or contracting to do so “corrects a practice” Wisconsinites don’t agree with, according to its GOP authors. The legislation faced a strong backlash from Dems,
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today ripped Sentry’s decision to hire former Dem Sen. Julie Lassa to lobby for the insurance firm, calling it tone deaf. He expressed hope the company will realize “it was a bad move and
A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised the presidential
We’ve made Wisconsin’s tax climate much more competitive and we want to reduce income and property taxes even more in the next two years to keep our momentum going.
New enforcement agents could collect $400 million in taxes owed.
Top 1% of state pay 6.2% of income, middle-class pays 10%.
State’s “neo-vouchers” reimburse wealthy who send kids to elite private schools.
High-capacity well permits must be for a fixed duration like every other environmental permit.
High capacity wells help big agriculture, hurt small farms, environment.
Earth Day reminds us each year that we only have one environment, and that it is each of our responsibility as citizens to protect it.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Democrats who might come forward to challenge Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Wars, like elections, do have consequences, but are not as easily undone. Instead, we have failed to heed the lessons we should have learned 100 years ago, intoxicated by an “America First” mantra that we can do no wrong and only those who are weak stand in the way.
Comparing current policies or people to Adolf Hitler and Nazism is an embarrassing and insulting part of our political discourse. Such disgusting analogies almost always demonstrate gross political ignorance and reveal lazy arguments.
Media Contact: Lynn Sheka 414-376-3050 lynn@reputationpartners.com Motion submitted for preliminary injunction to prevent new gaming activities at Ho-Chunk Wittenberg until matter is resolved BOWLER, WISCONSIN (April 19, 2017) – The Stockbridge-Munsee Community (“the Tribe” or “Stockbridge-Munsee”) announced today that it
The ACLU today asked a federal judge to halt the state’s “excessive” use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and physical restraints at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons in northern Wisconsin. The motion for a preliminary judgment seeks to limit the use of all three to “rare and
Dem lawmakers are once again looking to ask state voters if they’d support a constitutional amendment to limit spending in elections. The bill, from Rep. Lisa Subeck and Sen. Dave Hansen, would put an advisory referendum on the November 2018 ballot asking if voters would be in favor of overturning
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said today she’s looking to President Trump to pressure Congress to back her Buy America legislation, following a comment he made in support of her efforts yesterday. “Now that President Trump has expressed his support for my Buy America reform, I’m hopeful he will join me
The Department of Health Services says its efforts to drug test some Medicaid enrollees would help the state “identify members with unmet substance abuse disorder treatment needs” and get them help. DHS today released the draft of the waiver request it’ll send to the Trump administration, which the agency hopes
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is suing the state and the Ho-Chunk Nation over the growth of a gaming facility in central Wisconsin that the lawsuit says violates tribal compacts. But the state Department of Administration says the facility’s expansion is allowed under terms the Doyle administration reached with the Ho-Chunk in
A bill that would prohibit the Group Insurance Board from providing abortions for public employees or contracting to do so “corrects a practice” Wisconsinites don’t agree with, according to its GOP authors. The legislation faced a strong backlash from Dems, who argued it eliminates physicians’ role in deciding when an
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today ripped Sentry’s decision to hire former Dem Sen. Julie Lassa to lobby for the insurance firm, calling it tone deaf. He expressed hope the company will realize “it was a bad move and reverse their decision.” “It might be the single dumbest hire
A new study from a UW-Madison economist estimates the state’s manufacturing and ag tax credit led to an increase of nearly 21,000 manufacturing jobs by September 2016. The study from Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor who advised the presidential campaigns of Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio,
We’ve made Wisconsin’s tax climate much more competitive and we want to reduce income and property taxes even more in the next two years to keep our momentum going.
New enforcement agents could collect $400 million in taxes owed.
Top 1% of state pay 6.2% of income, middle-class pays 10%.
State’s “neo-vouchers” reimburse wealthy who send kids to elite private schools.
High-capacity well permits must be for a fixed duration like every other environmental permit.
High capacity wells help big agriculture, hurt small farms, environment.
Earth Day reminds us each year that we only have one environment, and that it is each of our responsibility as citizens to protect it.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Democrats who might come forward to challenge Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Wars, like elections, do have consequences, but are not as easily undone. Instead, we have failed to heed the lessons we should have learned 100 years ago, intoxicated by an “America First” mantra that we can do no wrong and only those who are weak stand in the way.
Comparing current policies or people to Adolf Hitler and Nazism is an embarrassing and insulting part of our political discourse. Such disgusting analogies almost always demonstrate gross political ignorance and reveal lazy arguments.
Media Contact: Lynn Sheka 414-376-3050 lynn@reputationpartners.com Motion submitted for preliminary injunction to prevent new gaming activities at Ho-Chunk Wittenberg until matter is resolved BOWLER, WISCONSIN (April 19, 2017) – The Stockbridge-Munsee Community (“the Tribe” or “Stockbridge-Munsee”) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin (“the