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Gov. Scott Walker’s budget item calling for the relocation of the DNR’s chief forester tosses out a previously ordered study that sought cost estimates for moving the office’s HQ to a new facility. The 2015-17 budget required the DNR conduct
Dem members of the Joint Finance Committee accused their GOP counterparts of improperly receiving a briefing on the guv’s self-insurance plan for state employees. But Co-chairs Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and John Nygren, R-Marinette, said they did nothing wrong by
Rep. Michael Schraa, who authored the amendment to eliminate the office of state treasurer, says there’s a “high probability” that either he or another lawmaker will introduce an amendment this session to scrap the office of secretary of state. Schraa
Wisconsin is the only state where treasurer doesn’t oversee cash management.
We need meaningful, comprehensive solutions to prevent the continued exacerbation of lead-related issues, and I can think of no better issue to demonstrate the Legislature’s capacity to transcend partisanship than on addressing the lead crisis in Wisconsin.
More than it used to be, but Mayor Tom Barrett fails to count all the state’s funding to the city or how much other communities give.
Where does the buck stop in Madison?
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Republicans’ health care overhaul.
Nobody voted for Republicans to keep the most objectionable parts of the Affordable Care Act.
They had seven years while vehemently opposing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which played out as the unaffordable Care Act, to craft with an elegant plan for governing the health care industry – nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy. Instead they made least-wurst sausage.
My Cargo Coffee Shop friend Charlie was elated with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s column recently that noted the anomaly of how excited we get about the possibility of terror attacks, but fall asleep whenever we talk about America’s real problem: guns.
If you ignore all the chatter and study Gorsuch’s record, however, what emerges is a portrait of a far-right judge who is even more extreme than Justice Antonin Scalia, and whose legal views would harm Wisconsin workers and families.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 6: WisPolitics.com 2018 Election Cycle Preview This happy hour event in Madison previews the political landscape in advance of the 2018 elections for governor and U.S. Senate with the Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — A GOP nonprofit group is hitting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on radio and TV over the Affordable Care Act, saying it’s time to repeal and replace “this
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget item calling for the relocation of the DNR’s chief forester tosses out a previously ordered study that sought cost estimates for moving the office’s HQ to a new facility. The 2015-17 budget required the DNR conduct a study on moving the chief forestry headquarters out of
Dem members of the Joint Finance Committee accused their GOP counterparts of improperly receiving a briefing on the guv’s self-insurance plan for state employees. But Co-chairs Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and John Nygren, R-Marinette, said they did nothing wrong by meeting yesterday with the Department of Employee Trust Funds and
Rep. Michael Schraa, who authored the amendment to eliminate the office of state treasurer, says there’s a “high probability” that either he or another lawmaker will introduce an amendment this session to scrap the office of secretary of state. Schraa said he has not yet began drafting the language for
Wisconsin is the only state where treasurer doesn’t oversee cash management.
We need meaningful, comprehensive solutions to prevent the continued exacerbation of lead-related issues, and I can think of no better issue to demonstrate the Legislature’s capacity to transcend partisanship than on addressing the lead crisis in Wisconsin.
More than it used to be, but Mayor Tom Barrett fails to count all the state’s funding to the city or how much other communities give.
Where does the buck stop in Madison?
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Republicans’ health care overhaul.
Nobody voted for Republicans to keep the most objectionable parts of the Affordable Care Act.
They had seven years while vehemently opposing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which played out as the unaffordable Care Act, to craft with an elegant plan for governing the health care industry – nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy. Instead they made least-wurst sausage.
My Cargo Coffee Shop friend Charlie was elated with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s column recently that noted the anomaly of how excited we get about the possibility of terror attacks, but fall asleep whenever we talk about America’s real problem: guns.
If you ignore all the chatter and study Gorsuch’s record, however, what emerges is a portrait of a far-right judge who is even more extreme than Justice Antonin Scalia, and whose legal views would harm Wisconsin workers and families.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 6: WisPolitics.com 2018 Election Cycle Preview This happy hour event in Madison previews the political landscape in advance of the 2018 elections for governor and U.S. Senate with the Cook Political Report’s Jennifer Duffy, Marquette Law pollster Charles Franklin and “Rewind” analysts JR Ross
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — A GOP nonprofit group is hitting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on radio and TV over the Affordable Care Act, saying it’s time to repeal and replace “this mess.” One Nation, which is led by allies of Senate