Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage executive session
Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017
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While it was disappointing that Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law as not fully repealed in 2015, state lawmakers now have the opportunity to finish the job for the benefit of state taxpayers.
In Wisconsin courtrooms, you’re going to need a good lawyer and a good credit score.
The court’s collapse as a functional branch of state government was confirmed last week when the five-member majority refused to abandon the practice of justices ruling on cases involving major financial backers.
We must dilute the undue influence of money in politics, starting with full and public disclosure of political contributions and spending—even the Citizens United decision didn’t prohibit that and if people’s intentions were good they would not feel it necessary to hide their “free speech.”
Who is going to pay for lead pipe replacement?
I became a legislator to change our justice system after being a lawyer in it for under a decade. My next legislative installment, the Fresh Start Package, is a part of my continued effort to create that change.
At the heart of both the corporate greed of United and the Trump deregulation push is the questionable ideology that the free market alone can be relied upon to serve the needs of Americans.
An ocean away, echoes of some of the same political themes that drove Donald Trump to victory in Wisconsin last fall are reverberating across France.
My fellow liberals, enraged by last November’s election, have taken to calling themselves “the resistance.”
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The co-authors of a bill repealing the state’s prevailing wage laws said at a hearing Monday the requirements artificially increase the costs of construction projects. But Dems and union members slammed the bill as an attack on workers that would
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have signed off on a substitute amendment for the REINS Act. It would allow lawmakers to permanently object to a proposed rule
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker told reporters today he doesn’t have “any interest in raising vehicle registration fees,” clarifying comments from a media interview last week that he was open to hiking them. Walker said in that interview
While it was disappointing that Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law as not fully repealed in 2015, state lawmakers now have the opportunity to finish the job for the benefit of state taxpayers.
In Wisconsin courtrooms, you’re going to need a good lawyer and a good credit score.
The court’s collapse as a functional branch of state government was confirmed last week when the five-member majority refused to abandon the practice of justices ruling on cases involving major financial backers.
We must dilute the undue influence of money in politics, starting with full and public disclosure of political contributions and spending—even the Citizens United decision didn’t prohibit that and if people’s intentions were good they would not feel it necessary to hide their “free speech.”
Who is going to pay for lead pipe replacement?
I became a legislator to change our justice system after being a lawyer in it for under a decade. My next legislative installment, the Fresh Start Package, is a part of my continued effort to create that change.
At the heart of both the corporate greed of United and the Trump deregulation push is the questionable ideology that the free market alone can be relied upon to serve the needs of Americans.
An ocean away, echoes of some of the same political themes that drove Donald Trump to victory in Wisconsin last fall are reverberating across France.
My fellow liberals, enraged by last November’s election, have taken to calling themselves “the resistance.”
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 co-authors of a bill repealing the state’s prevailing wage laws said at a hearing Monday the requirements artificially increase the costs of construction projects. But Dems and union members slammed the bill as an attack on workers that would drive down wages. Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Kenosha, said it would
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two GOP leaders have signed off on a substitute amendment for the REINS Act. It would allow lawmakers to permanently object to a proposed rule to prevent the agency from going forward with it. Currently,
From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker told reporters today he doesn’t have “any interest in raising vehicle registration fees,” clarifying comments from a media interview last week that he was open to hiking them. Walker said in that interview he “just explicitly talked about the gas tax” and that