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Governor Scott Walker’s new budget, which includes spending increases for health care and schools, seems to have taken some observers by surprise. It probably shouldn’t have, since Walker has signaled rather clearly that he rejected what we called the “sour politics of austerity.”
Over the next few months, we will learn much more about the budget details. In the meantime, here are a few items of small print that didn’t make it in the Governor’s Budget Address.
Tucked into Gov. Scott Walker’s budget are two proposals that would further imperil good government in Wisconsin.
We sure don’t need our state’s U.S. senators signing off on bills allowing wolves to be indiscriminately killed.
Join the WisPolitics.com Book Club, celebrating books about Wisconsin politics, government and history. You’ll get monthly emails with links to author interviews plus notices of any related events. Listen to these samples: –Podcast interview with Jack Mitchell, a professor in
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Statement from Congressman Duffy: “After much prayer and deliberation, Rachel and I have decided that this is not the right time for me to run for Senate. We have eight great kids and family always comes first. Baldwin will be
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, announced today he won’t run for the U.S. Senate next year, saying it is not the right time. “We have eight
U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, announced today he won’t run for the U.S. Senate next year, saying it is not the right time. “We have eight great kids and family always comes first,” Duffy said in a statement. Duffy was
John Humphries charged fellow state schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz promised him a six-figure job at DPI if he dropped out of the primary and Holtz beat incumbent Tony Evers in the April general election. But Holtz on Wednesday said
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — John Humphries charged today fellow state schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz promised him a six-figure job at DPI if he dropped out of the primary and Holtz beat incumbent Tony Evers in
Earlier this week, Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Lon Roberts attempted to mount a defense of Gov. Scott Walker’s paltry plan that fails to provide real relief for student loan borrowers. Secretary Roberts’ column, however, merely highlights the many inadequacies of Walker’s proposal, which is geared toward his own re-election plans rather than helping working Wisconsinites.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case whose outcome observers say could provide local governments with a workaround to compliance with the Open Meetings Act.
The city gets only 66 cents in state spending for every dollar in state taxes paid.
Governor Scott Walker’s new budget, which includes spending increases for health care and schools, seems to have taken some observers by surprise. It probably shouldn’t have, since Walker has signaled rather clearly that he rejected what we called the “sour politics of austerity.”
Over the next few months, we will learn much more about the budget details. In the meantime, here are a few items of small print that didn’t make it in the Governor’s Budget Address.
Tucked into Gov. Scott Walker’s budget are two proposals that would further imperil good government in Wisconsin.
We sure don’t need our state’s U.S. senators signing off on bills allowing wolves to be indiscriminately killed.
Join the WisPolitics.com Book Club, celebrating books about Wisconsin politics, government and history. You’ll get monthly emails with links to author interviews plus notices of any related events. Listen to these samples: –Podcast interview with Jack Mitchell, a professor in the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, about his
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and executive branch. Buy the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac — a glossy, 20-page booklet that will be an essential item throughout the year. It includes photos and contact
Statement from Congressman Duffy: “After much prayer and deliberation, Rachel and I have decided that this is not the right time for me to run for Senate. We have eight great kids and family always comes first. Baldwin will be beat because her radically liberal Madison record and ideas are
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, announced today he won’t run for the U.S. Senate next year, saying it is not the right time. “We have eight great kids and family always comes first,” Duffy said in
U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, announced today he won’t run for the U.S. Senate next year, saying it is not the right time. “We have eight great kids and family always comes first,” Duffy said in a statement. Duffy was considered a top GOP candidate to take on U.S. Sen.
John Humphries charged fellow state schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz promised him a six-figure job at DPI if he dropped out of the primary and Holtz beat incumbent Tony Evers in the April general election. But Holtz on Wednesday said the offer was a “rough draft” of ideas and that
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — John Humphries charged today fellow state schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz promised him a six-figure job at DPI if he dropped out of the primary and Holtz beat incumbent Tony Evers in the April general election. But Holtz said the offer was
Earlier this week, Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Lon Roberts attempted to mount a defense of Gov. Scott Walker’s paltry plan that fails to provide real relief for student loan borrowers. Secretary Roberts’ column, however, merely highlights the many inadequacies of Walker’s proposal, which is geared toward his own re-election plans rather than helping working Wisconsinites.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case whose outcome observers say could provide local governments with a workaround to compliance with the Open Meetings Act.
The city gets only 66 cents in state spending for every dollar in state taxes paid.