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Most childless adults in Medicaid would have to pay monthly premiums and some would get drug tested under changes for which the Department of Health Services is seeking federal approval. The plan is facing criticism from liberal-leaning groups, which say

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump today will make his first stop in Wisconsin since taking office, signing an executive order and speaking at Kenosha-based tool manufacturer Snap-on this afternoon. The
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will join President Trump tomorrow during his stop in Kenosha, though House Speaker Paul Ryan will miss the event as he’s heading to Europe.
House Speaker Paul Ryan led the state’s House members in fundraising during the first quarter of the year, though U.S. Reps. Sean Duffy, Ron Kind and Mike Gallagher each raised more than $300,000. Ryan, R-Janesville, brought in more than $2.9

Author Amy Goldstein’s greatest accomplishment in “Janesville” is helping the rest of us genuinely feel what living this slow-motion nightmare is actually like.

‘Project labor agreements’ drive up costs on public-works projects.

Trump has a new scheme to make himself a winner: take health care hostage. Threaten to blow it up. Extortion, until the ACA is repealed.

We have to be able to work with our local communities, and constantly telling them what they can and cannot do is not the way to accomplish that.

The pivotal but almost unnoticed highlight of the spring elections in Washington County was the reelection of local favorite Annette Ziegler to a second ten-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

When our water, our air, and our soil are clean and healthy, so are our communities. The planet we leave our great grandchildren will be our most important legacy.

The latest effort to fully repeal state and local prevailing wage laws matches the agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a special interest bill mill that hawks pro-business economic and social policy proposals to state legislators around the country. ALEC has received funding from Charles and David Koch, and Koch Industries is a member of ALEC.

You may think this is the Passover and Easter season, but for motorists negotiating Wisconsin’s crumbling highways, there’s been something of a Festivus miracle.

The DNR’s latest press release basically dismisses CWD’s ever-worsening spread by noting most sick deer came from Wisconsin’s “southern farmland zone.” True, but disease rates again set records across that zone, which covers much of south-central to southwestern Wisconsin.

Members of Congress must continue to encourage middle-class homeownership, and a key part of promoting homeownership here in Wisconsin is the deductibility of local property taxes.

Most childless adults in Medicaid would have to pay monthly premiums and some would get drug tested under changes for which the Department of Health Services is seeking federal approval. The plan is facing criticism from liberal-leaning groups, which say the changes would push people off Medicaid and lead to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Donald Trump today will make his first stop in Wisconsin since taking office, signing an executive order and speaking at Kenosha-based tool manufacturer Snap-on this afternoon. The executive order will be part of his “Buy American, Hire
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will join President Trump tomorrow during his stop in Kenosha, though House Speaker Paul Ryan will miss the event as he’s heading to Europe. Trump will speak tomorrow afternoon at the Kenosha-based tool manufacturer
House Speaker Paul Ryan led the state’s House members in fundraising during the first quarter of the year, though U.S. Reps. Sean Duffy, Ron Kind and Mike Gallagher each raised more than $300,000. Ryan, R-Janesville, brought in more than $2.9 million and spent about $2.6 million, ending the quarter with

Author Amy Goldstein’s greatest accomplishment in “Janesville” is helping the rest of us genuinely feel what living this slow-motion nightmare is actually like.

‘Project labor agreements’ drive up costs on public-works projects.

Trump has a new scheme to make himself a winner: take health care hostage. Threaten to blow it up. Extortion, until the ACA is repealed.

We have to be able to work with our local communities, and constantly telling them what they can and cannot do is not the way to accomplish that.

The pivotal but almost unnoticed highlight of the spring elections in Washington County was the reelection of local favorite Annette Ziegler to a second ten-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

When our water, our air, and our soil are clean and healthy, so are our communities. The planet we leave our great grandchildren will be our most important legacy.

The latest effort to fully repeal state and local prevailing wage laws matches the agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a special interest bill mill that hawks pro-business economic and social policy proposals to state legislators around the country. ALEC has received funding from Charles and David Koch, and Koch Industries is a member of ALEC.

You may think this is the Passover and Easter season, but for motorists negotiating Wisconsin’s crumbling highways, there’s been something of a Festivus miracle.

The DNR’s latest press release basically dismisses CWD’s ever-worsening spread by noting most sick deer came from Wisconsin’s “southern farmland zone.” True, but disease rates again set records across that zone, which covers much of south-central to southwestern Wisconsin.

Members of Congress must continue to encourage middle-class homeownership, and a key part of promoting homeownership here in Wisconsin is the deductibility of local property taxes.