Bill Barth: Taxpayers deserve to see the returns
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024
Those who want the power should be required to show their finances.
Those who want the power should be required to show their finances.
Unless there’s more to this proposal, it’s clear that KRM would be a white elephant, providing poorer service than is available now from Amtrak and Coach USA, siphoning passengers from them while not attracting new passengers, all at the cost potentially of many millions of dollars.
The Kenosha-to-Milwaukee train boondoggle is back.
One of the largest groups of bipartisan legislators our state has ever seen has stepped forward to cosponsor Senate Bill 737, the PBM Accountability Act. This bill will effectively end these dirty-trick practices in Wisconsin and continue to increase transparency in the PBM process.
Congress should never allowed this to happen to a successful program that been a lifeline for millions of America’s senior citizens.
In the aftermath of the disputed 2020 presidential elections, the thousands of local officials who administer U.S. elections have rightly received a lot of public attention and sympathy. Yet, their work administering elections would not be possible without an even larger number of volunteer poll workers.
How much mental decline Biden and Trump have suffered in their long tenure on this earth will – and should be – a matter of intense scrutiny in the ten months leading up to the election.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is warning that foreign investors buying U.S. farmland pose a threat to local economies, food supplies and national security as she backs a bill to expand oversight of such purchases. The Madison Dem and a bipartisan
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The Dem governor had vowed to veto the maps when Republicans quickly pushed them through last week. The state Supreme Court is poised to pick new lines unless the guv and lawmakers could reach a deal.
From WisPolitics … — A Senate panel today will take testimony on legislation to bar race-based programs in higher ed and instead focus on economically disadvantaged students. The programs SB 596/AB 554 would impact include: a minority teacher loan program
Wisconsin residents with a bachelor’s degree tend to earn substantially more money over the course of their career than those with only a high school degree, according to a recent UW-Madison report. But the gender wage gap persists. The Division
Those who want the power should be required to show their finances.
Unless there’s more to this proposal, it’s clear that KRM would be a white elephant, providing poorer service than is available now from Amtrak and Coach USA, siphoning passengers from them while not attracting new passengers, all at the cost potentially of many millions of dollars.
The Kenosha-to-Milwaukee train boondoggle is back.
One of the largest groups of bipartisan legislators our state has ever seen has stepped forward to cosponsor Senate Bill 737, the PBM Accountability Act. This bill will effectively end these dirty-trick practices in Wisconsin and continue to increase transparency in the PBM process.
Congress should never allowed this to happen to a successful program that been a lifeline for millions of America’s senior citizens.
In the aftermath of the disputed 2020 presidential elections, the thousands of local officials who administer U.S. elections have rightly received a lot of public attention and sympathy. Yet, their work administering elections would not be possible without an even larger number of volunteer poll workers.
How much mental decline Biden and Trump have suffered in their long tenure on this earth will – and should be – a matter of intense scrutiny in the ten months leading up to the election.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is warning that foreign investors buying U.S. farmland pose a threat to local economies, food supplies and national security as she backs a bill to expand oversight of such purchases. The Madison Dem and a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers yesterday announced the introduction of the
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The Dem governor had vowed to veto the maps when Republicans quickly pushed them through last week. The state Supreme Court is poised to pick new lines unless the guv and lawmakers could reach a deal.
From WisPolitics … — A Senate panel today will take testimony on legislation to bar race-based programs in higher ed and instead focus on economically disadvantaged students. The programs SB 596/AB 554 would impact include: a minority teacher loan program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board; minority undergraduate grants;
Wisconsin residents with a bachelor’s degree tend to earn substantially more money over the course of their career than those with only a high school degree, according to a recent UW-Madison report. But the gender wage gap persists. The Division of Extension report was authored by Prof. Steven Deller, an