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A May 18 lunchtime panel discussion: Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee. The panel includes: County Exec Chris Abele; Dr. Eve Hall, president and CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League; and Alex Lasry, senior vice president with the
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 one. Walker said in that interview he “just explicitly talked about
The state workers and the teachers were required to bail out the GOP and help provide funds for corporate incentives and tax breaks. Now today, private workers are being asked to sacrifice decent wages to fix the shortfalls created by the convoluted Walker style of government.
While Democrats keep griping about partisan gerrymandering, they have lost sight of the fact that conservative dominance in Wisconsin has been statewide and complete. Progressives are even having trouble mustering up a candidate to run against Walker in 2018.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. In 1945, Korea, then a Japanese colony, was divided into Soviet and U.S. occupation zones. The Koreans were promised independence and
No one can question the fundamental duty of government to protect the health and well-being of its citizens. Like our national security and public safety, protecting public health and the environment is a basic government responsibility.
Walker disdains Earth Day, as he also disregards the environment, also because Earth Day focuses attention on former Wisconsin Governor and its founder Gaylord Nelson.
Bill would bring together Wisconsin’s traditions of military service and agriculture.
American farmers need to stick up for themselves and demand better for themselves, their families, their farms, and their animals. If we cannot muster the energy to do so in moments like this one, we never will. At that point, Canada won’t be around to scapegoat, and we’ll only have that reflection in the mirror to blame.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the ouster of Bill O’Reilly from Fox News.
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: –
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting this afternoon to take up two of the GOP bills aimed at targeting homelessness. Also on the agenda is broadband expansion and
Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary Ben Brancel is urging the federal government to put pressure on Canada to in order to resolve a trade dispute that has left dozens of Wisconsin dairy farmers without a buyer for their milk. Brancel discussed what
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 751 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee. Rob Henken, President of the Public Policy Forum and Senior Researcher Joe Peterangelo will provide an overview of their recent study The Last Mile: Connecting workers to places of
A May 18 lunchtime panel discussion: Focus on UpLift MKE: Jobs and inner-city Milwaukee. The panel includes: County Exec Chris Abele; Dr. Eve Hall, president and CEO of the Milwaukee Urban League; and Alex Lasry, senior vice president with the Milwaukee Bucks. Check in begins at 11:30 a.m. Program goes
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 one. Walker said in that interview he “just explicitly talked about the gas tax” and that he doesn’t know of anyone
The state workers and the teachers were required to bail out the GOP and help provide funds for corporate incentives and tax breaks. Now today, private workers are being asked to sacrifice decent wages to fix the shortfalls created by the convoluted Walker style of government.
While Democrats keep griping about partisan gerrymandering, they have lost sight of the fact that conservative dominance in Wisconsin has been statewide and complete. Progressives are even having trouble mustering up a candidate to run against Walker in 2018.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. In 1945, Korea, then a Japanese colony, was divided into Soviet and U.S. occupation zones. The Koreans were promised independence and unity. However, the Korean peninsula was soon enveloped in the
No one can question the fundamental duty of government to protect the health and well-being of its citizens. Like our national security and public safety, protecting public health and the environment is a basic government responsibility.
Walker disdains Earth Day, as he also disregards the environment, also because Earth Day focuses attention on former Wisconsin Governor and its founder Gaylord Nelson.
Bill would bring together Wisconsin’s traditions of military service and agriculture.
American farmers need to stick up for themselves and demand better for themselves, their families, their farms, and their animals. If we cannot muster the energy to do so in moments like this one, we never will. At that point, Canada won’t be around to scapegoat, and we’ll only have that reflection in the mirror to blame.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the ouster of Bill O’Reilly from Fox News.
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…
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is meeting this afternoon to take up two of the GOP bills aimed at targeting homelessness. Also on the agenda is broadband expansion and an objection to a DNR stewardship request. The homeless bills
Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary Ben Brancel is urging the federal government to put pressure on Canada to in order to resolve a trade dispute that has left dozens of Wisconsin dairy farmers without a buyer for their milk. Brancel discussed what is being done regarding the trade dispute on Sunday’s “UpFront
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 751 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee. Rob Henken, President of the Public Policy Forum and Senior Researcher Joe Peterangelo will provide an overview of their recent study The Last Mile: Connecting workers to places of employment. This research suggests that flexible forms of transit service