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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Radio Network From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Nik Rettinger says his bill to ban race-based preferences in higher education programs would bring the state in line with a U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting race-based
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug and ranking Dem member Lee Snodgrass agree the push to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe “is a distraction.”
For years, Republicans in Wisconsin and around the country got away with pushing through voter suppression laws they privately acknowledged were designed to hold back voters who don’t support them. But they can’t hold back the tide forever.
Tactic is backfiring as Democrats and public officials resist.
Unfortunately, trust, good will and respect for the institution are in short supply these days.
Has anyone stopped to ask modern progressives why they are so insistent that teenagers have easy access to sexually explicit books?
UW-Washington, Fond du Lac closures the latest canaries in the coal mine.
Price transparency helps employers protect workers’ health benefits … Those of us bearing the burden of high health care costs — taxpayers, patients, employees and employers — are tired of excuses. We need our state legislators to support the Know Your Healthcare Costs Act as a next step toward commonsense health care reform.
There seems to be a predicament in state politics that can be easily taken care and it should garner support from both Democrats and Republicans. It’s the length of terms for those who serve on commissions and boards.
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s latest annual dinner explored the concepts of belonging and human connection in the era of remote work. “Gathering can happen in interesting ways, that doesn’t always have to be in person. But there are
A GOP architect of legislation to pump public money into maintenance of the Milwaukee Brewers stadium floated a series of expected changes the Senate could make to the legislation, including adding a ticket tax on non-baseball activities. But state Rep. Rob Brooks, R-Saukville, said including Brewers games in a possible ticket tax would be a “nonstarter” for the team.
UW-Platteville is eliminating 111 positions — about 12 percent of the campus workforce — to help make up for a structural deficit, Chancellor Tammy Evetovich told university staff in an email.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — UW-Platteville is eliminating 111 positions — about 12 percent of the campus workforce — to help make up for a structural deficit, Chancellor Tammy Evetovich told university staff
GOP lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss the redistricting suit the liberal majority agreed to hear.
The head of a consulting service for Wisconsin manufacturers is advocating for a tech-savvy, generational approach to employee recruitment, development and retention. Chris Baichoo, executive director and CEO of Madison-based WMEP Manufacturing Solutions, spoke during the 2023 Wisconsin Economic Summit.
As more retirees are swayed by the massive advertising campaigns each fall it’s becoming clear that the plans may not be such a great bargain at all, neither for the people who are covered, nor for the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Radio Network From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Nik Rettinger says his bill to ban race-based preferences in higher education programs would bring the state in line with a U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting race-based admissions policies. Meanwhile, Dems during the Assembly Colleges and Universities
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug and ranking Dem member Lee Snodgrass agree the push to impeach Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe “is a distraction.”
For years, Republicans in Wisconsin and around the country got away with pushing through voter suppression laws they privately acknowledged were designed to hold back voters who don’t support them. But they can’t hold back the tide forever.
Tactic is backfiring as Democrats and public officials resist.
Unfortunately, trust, good will and respect for the institution are in short supply these days.
Has anyone stopped to ask modern progressives why they are so insistent that teenagers have easy access to sexually explicit books?
UW-Washington, Fond du Lac closures the latest canaries in the coal mine.
Price transparency helps employers protect workers’ health benefits … Those of us bearing the burden of high health care costs — taxpayers, patients, employees and employers — are tired of excuses. We need our state legislators to support the Know Your Healthcare Costs Act as a next step toward commonsense health care reform.
There seems to be a predicament in state politics that can be easily taken care and it should garner support from both Democrats and Republicans. It’s the length of terms for those who serve on commissions and boards.
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s latest annual dinner explored the concepts of belonging and human connection in the era of remote work. “Gathering can happen in interesting ways, that doesn’t always have to be in person. But there are risks when it’s not in person … Remote work and
A GOP architect of legislation to pump public money into maintenance of the Milwaukee Brewers stadium floated a series of expected changes the Senate could make to the legislation, including adding a ticket tax on non-baseball activities. But state Rep. Rob Brooks, R-Saukville, said including Brewers games in a possible ticket tax would be a “nonstarter” for the team.
UW-Platteville is eliminating 111 positions — about 12 percent of the campus workforce — to help make up for a structural deficit, Chancellor Tammy Evetovich told university staff in an email.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — UW-Platteville is eliminating 111 positions — about 12 percent of the campus workforce — to help make up for a structural deficit, Chancellor Tammy Evetovich told university staff in an email. “I realize that these decisions are much
GOP lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss the redistricting suit the liberal majority agreed to hear.
The head of a consulting service for Wisconsin manufacturers is advocating for a tech-savvy, generational approach to employee recruitment, development and retention. Chris Baichoo, executive director and CEO of Madison-based WMEP Manufacturing Solutions, spoke during the 2023 Wisconsin Economic Summit. The two-day event was hosted this week in Appleton by
As more retirees are swayed by the massive advertising campaigns each fall it’s becoming clear that the plans may not be such a great bargain at all, neither for the people who are covered, nor for the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.