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Justice Rebecca Bradley represents the gold standard in a long and important American judicial tradition.
Due to a federal court decision, Enbridge needs to relocate a 12-mile section of the pipeline off the Bad River Band’s Reservation near Ashland.
As the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families prepares to enter our third decade of advocacy, we are not resting on our laurels. We are going to leverage our shared experiences to improve Wisconsin’s educational landscape. Specifically, we have our eyes set on improving Wisconsin’s Open Enrollment law, and we’re looking for champions in the State Capitol who are willing to say “I Trust Parents!”
It’s not just Beloit trying to balance the books.
While it might provide some small measure of comfort to grieving families, it does little to prevent the next shooting. And unless as a nation we get serious about actually addressing our gun problem, there will be others for sure.
GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.”
Wisconsin housing prices are through the roof! Wisconsin prices are some of the worst in the U.S. and the worst in the Midwest. Some counties have had housing costs rise more than others but on net balance, all Wisconsin housing is more expensive. It’s supply and demand: there ain’t enough houses.
While prices were rising during the past few years, wages for many of us were climbing even faster. It may not feel like it, but on average, we actually came out ahead.
Baldwin is unrelenting in her support of families and the care economy not only because she listens to the needs and concerns of everyday Wisconsinites, but because she shares the experience of having provided care to loved ones.
The cure for the ills of democracy in Wisconsin and nationally is voting. When we vote we help to cure the sickness of citizen disengagement that afflicts us as well as the despair, pessimism and cynicism that accompanies that sickness. When we vote we become a healthier and more empowered citizenry.
When conservatives govern as conservatives, they win. Why? Because conservative policies work, and people vote for policies that work.
he 1994 Crime Bill had very little impact on crime. In the U.S., as in Wisconsin, there is almost no relationship between crime levels and prison population levels. The Crime Bill did, however, devastate many communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color.
Here are four concrete things we can do to change children’s lives by this time next year.
Judge Stephen Ehlke based his ruling on a state law that doesn’t allow candidates who file nomination papers to withdraw them. That statute only allows a candidate to be removed from the ballot due to death, and Ehlke found Kennedy was essentially asking the court to create an exception to that requirement for him.
State employment growth is projected to continue slowing this year before flattening from 2025 to 2027 while personal income is set to grow, according to a new Department of Revenue economic forecast. After posting employment growth of 2.8% in 2022,
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A look at the Assembly contest between incumbent Todd Novak and challenger Elizabeth Grabe
Wisconsin finally has new, fairer maps for its state legislature. And for the first time in a long time, either party could win the majority in the State Assembly.
My detractors will say this article is xenophobic. To them, I will say there is nothing xenophobic about demanding to follow the rule of law that this country was built on. I support legal immigration. I do not support importing lawlessness and degradation.
JD Vance, who has been a key figure in promoting the pet-eating story, tipped his hand about this motives when he posted on X that “it’s possible, of course, that all of these rumors will turn out to be false.” But he encouraged supporters to continue repeating them, writing in a second post, “Keep the cat memes flowing.”
Justice Rebecca Bradley represents the gold standard in a long and important American judicial tradition.
Due to a federal court decision, Enbridge needs to relocate a 12-mile section of the pipeline off the Bad River Band’s Reservation near Ashland.
As the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families prepares to enter our third decade of advocacy, we are not resting on our laurels. We are going to leverage our shared experiences to improve Wisconsin’s educational landscape. Specifically, we have our eyes set on improving Wisconsin’s Open Enrollment law, and we’re looking for champions in the State Capitol who are willing to say “I Trust Parents!”
It’s not just Beloit trying to balance the books.
While it might provide some small measure of comfort to grieving families, it does little to prevent the next shooting. And unless as a nation we get serious about actually addressing our gun problem, there will be others for sure.
GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.”
Wisconsin housing prices are through the roof! Wisconsin prices are some of the worst in the U.S. and the worst in the Midwest. Some counties have had housing costs rise more than others but on net balance, all Wisconsin housing is more expensive. It’s supply and demand: there ain’t enough houses.
While prices were rising during the past few years, wages for many of us were climbing even faster. It may not feel like it, but on average, we actually came out ahead.
Baldwin is unrelenting in her support of families and the care economy not only because she listens to the needs and concerns of everyday Wisconsinites, but because she shares the experience of having provided care to loved ones.
The cure for the ills of democracy in Wisconsin and nationally is voting. When we vote we help to cure the sickness of citizen disengagement that afflicts us as well as the despair, pessimism and cynicism that accompanies that sickness. When we vote we become a healthier and more empowered citizenry.
When conservatives govern as conservatives, they win. Why? Because conservative policies work, and people vote for policies that work.
he 1994 Crime Bill had very little impact on crime. In the U.S., as in Wisconsin, there is almost no relationship between crime levels and prison population levels. The Crime Bill did, however, devastate many communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color.
Here are four concrete things we can do to change children’s lives by this time next year.
Judge Stephen Ehlke based his ruling on a state law that doesn’t allow candidates who file nomination papers to withdraw them. That statute only allows a candidate to be removed from the ballot due to death, and Ehlke found Kennedy was essentially asking the court to create an exception to that requirement for him.
State employment growth is projected to continue slowing this year before flattening from 2025 to 2027 while personal income is set to grow, according to a new Department of Revenue economic forecast. After posting employment growth of 2.8% in 2022, Wisconsin had 1.4% growth last year and is expected to
… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.
A look at the Assembly contest between incumbent Todd Novak and challenger Elizabeth Grabe
Wisconsin finally has new, fairer maps for its state legislature. And for the first time in a long time, either party could win the majority in the State Assembly.
My detractors will say this article is xenophobic. To them, I will say there is nothing xenophobic about demanding to follow the rule of law that this country was built on. I support legal immigration. I do not support importing lawlessness and degradation.
JD Vance, who has been a key figure in promoting the pet-eating story, tipped his hand about this motives when he posted on X that “it’s possible, of course, that all of these rumors will turn out to be false.” But he encouraged supporters to continue repeating them, writing in a second post, “Keep the cat memes flowing.”