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Walker is once again attempting illegitimately to exert control over the UW System, contrary to the organizing statutes. The power grab exercised through the budget process reduces regents to mere functionaries, infringing on their statutory independence.
Gov. Scott Walker has taken the first step in Wisconsin’s biennial budget process by introducing his executive budget. Walker calls it a “reform dividend” budget that is able to boost spending thanks to the reforms enacted in earlier budgets. There is a lot to like about Walker’s budget, but it suffers from a fundamental flaw: it spends way too much.
National TV news anchors were calling out Wisconsin voters February 7 immediately after the US Senate barely approved Betsy DeVos as new education secretary.
Though its costs were completely covered by subscribers, and the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine had a long and useful run, Scott Walker and Secretary Cathy Stepp are using the state budget to wipe out the credible, high-quality publication that published items no longer wanted by official Wisconsin.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal for a law to protect offensive speech.
Concrete Clete and Don The Bridge are rolling in their graves, disgusted that a state once so progressive in building infrastructure now can only seem to throw its resources at building monstrous interchanges around the state’s bigger cities, while allowing the rest of our rural roads and bridges to crumble.
The examples abound when it comes to Republicans’ frightful predictions about Obama’s policies.
Today, Wisconsin Democrats are at their lowest ebb since, well, 1957. That’s 60 years, folks.
Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary:https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-milwaukee-protest-over-clarkes-immigration-plan-wis-syrian-man-sues-trump-administration/ **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and ex… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to let the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. give out business loans again after the current budget phases out WEDC’s main loan program.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Topping the list of State Superintendent Tony Evers’ biggest donors during the pre-primary period were the Wisconsin Education Association Council and AFT-Wisconsin’s Committee on Political Education, which
An unnamed Syrian refugee currently living in Wisconsin is suing the Trump administration over its immigration executive order, saying his wife and 3-year-old daughter “remain trapped in Syria” and their lives are in danger.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An unnamed Syrian refugee currently living in Wisconsin is suing the Trump administration over its immigration executive order, saying his wife and 3-year-old daughter “remain trapped in Syria” and their lives are
Walker is once again attempting illegitimately to exert control over the UW System, contrary to the organizing statutes. The power grab exercised through the budget process reduces regents to mere functionaries, infringing on their statutory independence.
Gov. Scott Walker has taken the first step in Wisconsin’s biennial budget process by introducing his executive budget. Walker calls it a “reform dividend” budget that is able to boost spending thanks to the reforms enacted in earlier budgets. There is a lot to like about Walker’s budget, but it suffers from a fundamental flaw: it spends way too much.
National TV news anchors were calling out Wisconsin voters February 7 immediately after the US Senate barely approved Betsy DeVos as new education secretary.
Though its costs were completely covered by subscribers, and the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine had a long and useful run, Scott Walker and Secretary Cathy Stepp are using the state budget to wipe out the credible, high-quality publication that published items no longer wanted by official Wisconsin.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal for a law to protect offensive speech.
Concrete Clete and Don The Bridge are rolling in their graves, disgusted that a state once so progressive in building infrastructure now can only seem to throw its resources at building monstrous interchanges around the state’s bigger cities, while allowing the rest of our rural roads and bridges to crumble.
The examples abound when it comes to Republicans’ frightful predictions about Obama’s policies.
Today, Wisconsin Democrats are at their lowest ebb since, well, 1957. That’s 60 years, folks.
Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary:https://www.wispolitics.com/2017/tue-news-summary-milwaukee-protest-over-clarkes-immigration-plan-wis-syrian-man-sues-trump-administration/ **************************************** Order the 2017 WisPolitics.com Directory & Almanac today Get to know Wisconsin’s members of Congress, Legislature and ex… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to let the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. give out business loans again after the current budget phases out WEDC’s main loan program.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists From WisPolitics.com … — Topping the list of State Superintendent Tony Evers’ biggest donors during the pre-primary period were the Wisconsin Education Association Council and AFT-Wisconsin’s Committee on Political Education, which contributed $18,000 each. Evers also … Please log in to
An unnamed Syrian refugee currently living in Wisconsin is suing the Trump administration over its immigration executive order, saying his wife and 3-year-old daughter “remain trapped in Syria” and their lives are in danger.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — An unnamed Syrian refugee currently living in Wisconsin is suing the Trump administration over its immigration executive order, saying his wife and 3-year-old daughter “remain trapped in Syria” and their lives are in danger. The man, a Sunni Muslim, arrived in the