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A bill on Evers’ desk would exempt from state income taxes all retirement income up to $150,000 for couples. This is just ridiculous. Do I not benefit from state services as much as anybody else and probably more?
Mark Jefferson is out as executive director of the Wisconsin Republican Party. Could be burnout … Could be electoral failure … It could be that Mr. Jefferson is not sufficiently MAGA.
The best pick for vice president on a GOP ticket in 2024 is a governor.
Wisconsin kids need school boards allied with parent advocates who care more about scoring scholarly achievements than political points.
The City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County got permission from the state to increase sales taxes as part of a deal that included putting 25 police officers back in crime-ridden schools. The city and the school district were supposed to share the approximately $2 million cost. Eight months later, there are still no cops.
Freedom, democracy and journalism all go hand in hand. None can survive if one dies. Death need not be their destiny, if enough of us step up. Deserts can be reclaimed.
Using ChatGPT4, one of the popular tools that has burst on the market, I asked: “What sectors/industries in Wisconsin manufacturing are best positioned to benefit from artificial intelligence as a tool?”
The head of American Transmission Company is urging state lawmakers to pass a controversial “right of first refusal” bill, while an advocate for Wisconsin electricity customers argues there’s no need to make the change. The legislation would give utilities already
Bottom line: Electric vehicles are more expensive than others.
The latest proposal aims to repeal Wisconsin’s Green Tier program and the environmental compliance audit program, both overseen by the Department of Natural Resources.
While he has spent years fighting environmental safeguards and proposing strip mines in Wisconsin’s virgin forests, last week he introduced a bill in Congress to limit the environmental damage on federal lands from illegal aliens who, he insists, are making a mess at the border.
This is another example of federal all-knowing, one-size-fits-all regulations that don’t give any consideration to what’s happening locally.
Seventeen states—including states like Oregon, Arizona, Indiana, and South Carolina – don’t require government permission for teenagers to work.
Republicans forced to choose ‘least bad’ legislative redistricting.
Our kids will never recover from the ‘expert’ demand to close schools.
There is no Republican Party anymore. A Congress that once deliberated is half gone as extremists obstruct what they can to prove that our nation is broken — to gain votes from disgruntled citizens who dislike a broken nation.
With new legislative maps now in place, Dem Gov. Tony Evers is signaling he will push the state Supreme Court to take up a case seeking to have the justices draw new congressional lines.
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A bill on Evers’ desk would exempt from state income taxes all retirement income up to $150,000 for couples. This is just ridiculous. Do I not benefit from state services as much as anybody else and probably more?
Mark Jefferson is out as executive director of the Wisconsin Republican Party. Could be burnout … Could be electoral failure … It could be that Mr. Jefferson is not sufficiently MAGA.
The best pick for vice president on a GOP ticket in 2024 is a governor.
Wisconsin kids need school boards allied with parent advocates who care more about scoring scholarly achievements than political points.
The City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County got permission from the state to increase sales taxes as part of a deal that included putting 25 police officers back in crime-ridden schools. The city and the school district were supposed to share the approximately $2 million cost. Eight months later, there are still no cops.
Freedom, democracy and journalism all go hand in hand. None can survive if one dies. Death need not be their destiny, if enough of us step up. Deserts can be reclaimed.
Using ChatGPT4, one of the popular tools that has burst on the market, I asked: “What sectors/industries in Wisconsin manufacturing are best positioned to benefit from artificial intelligence as a tool?”
The head of American Transmission Company is urging state lawmakers to pass a controversial “right of first refusal” bill, while an advocate for Wisconsin electricity customers argues there’s no need to make the change. The legislation would give utilities already doing business in Wisconsin the right of first refusal to
Bottom line: Electric vehicles are more expensive than others.
The latest proposal aims to repeal Wisconsin’s Green Tier program and the environmental compliance audit program, both overseen by the Department of Natural Resources.
While he has spent years fighting environmental safeguards and proposing strip mines in Wisconsin’s virgin forests, last week he introduced a bill in Congress to limit the environmental damage on federal lands from illegal aliens who, he insists, are making a mess at the border.
This is another example of federal all-knowing, one-size-fits-all regulations that don’t give any consideration to what’s happening locally.
Seventeen states—including states like Oregon, Arizona, Indiana, and South Carolina – don’t require government permission for teenagers to work.
Republicans forced to choose ‘least bad’ legislative redistricting.
Our kids will never recover from the ‘expert’ demand to close schools.
There is no Republican Party anymore. A Congress that once deliberated is half gone as extremists obstruct what they can to prove that our nation is broken — to gain votes from disgruntled citizens who dislike a broken nation.
With new legislative maps now in place, Dem Gov. Tony Evers is signaling he will push the state Supreme Court to take up a case seeking to have the justices draw new congressional lines.
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