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These companies can afford to pay sales taxes like everybody else.
Evers’ veto of AB 24 sends the wrong message at the wrong time. It signals a retreat from cooperation with federal law enforcement, a disregard for policies aimed at removing dangerous individuals from our communities, and a willingness to tolerate disruptions that ultimately harm Wisconsin families.
On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.
A Day Without Immigrants on Friday May 1 will make a national statement that immigrants and their allies are vital parts of America and our economy. It will build community when that is desperately needed.
Lowering construction costs to boost U.S. housing inventories will be key to reducing inflation, a top national economist told attendees of the Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon. Robert Dietz is the chief economist and senior vice president for economics and housing
UW-Madison spin-off companies have a $12.4 billion annual economic impact in the state, making up nearly a third of the $38.9 billion total for the university, its affiliated organizations and startups. That’s according to a new report released yesterday by
Now the liberal-controlled court is being asked by five retired judges to reconsider
Large-scale data center development is moving quickly into rural Wisconsin, and the scale is unlike anything the state has seen.
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.
Two things are immediately obvious. First, it will be American taxpayers who must foot the bill to provide tariff refunds to the U.S. businesses that paid for the tariffs. Second, no one is talking about refunds for American consumers who paid higher prices that were passed along by importers.
What on earth does Benghazi have to do with abortion factory Planned Parenthood? It appears to be the codename for cover-up involving some $90 million in taxpayer-funded Covid-era forgivable loans to a nonprofit organization ineligible to receive the government handout.
Former Democratic state Rep. Jason Fields, now chief strategy officer for the Center for Black Excellence, and longtime Republican activist Tim Higgins of Appleton teamed up to urge Wisconsin citizens to stop swallowing the disinformation being spread about the accuracy of Wisconsin’s elections.
It’s time to renew the spirit of the first Earth Day and call on politicians to protect our air, our water, our land and our very future.
One thing that nearly all legislative work has in common is compromise. Without compromise, the work of legislating would almost always grind to a halt from the friction of opposing viewpoints. But compromise can be difficult to achieve.
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, Wisconsin’s AG has signed-on to more than 40 lawsuits. Why? And what does it cost the state?
Taylor’s landslide victory came in running a different kind of campaign, one unabashedly running on her values. Candidates running for governor should take note.
These companies can afford to pay sales taxes like everybody else.
Evers’ veto of AB 24 sends the wrong message at the wrong time. It signals a retreat from cooperation with federal law enforcement, a disregard for policies aimed at removing dangerous individuals from our communities, and a willingness to tolerate disruptions that ultimately harm Wisconsin families.
On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.
A Day Without Immigrants on Friday May 1 will make a national statement that immigrants and their allies are vital parts of America and our economy. It will build community when that is desperately needed.
Lowering construction costs to boost U.S. housing inventories will be key to reducing inflation, a top national economist told attendees of the Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon. Robert Dietz is the chief economist and senior vice president for economics and housing policy for the National Association of Home Builders. He was
UW-Madison spin-off companies have a $12.4 billion annual economic impact in the state, making up nearly a third of the $38.9 billion total for the university, its affiliated organizations and startups. That’s according to a new report released yesterday by the university, which shows its total jobs impact is 287,232,
Now the liberal-controlled court is being asked by five retired judges to reconsider
Large-scale data center development is moving quickly into rural Wisconsin, and the scale is unlike anything the state has seen.
While the current increase in demand may be unprecedented, Wisconsin’s utilities and the various regulatory bodies with whom they work anticipated it.
GLW claims to have found significant amounts of gold and copper, as well as tellurium in their sampling. But do we truly want to place northern Wisconsin’s farmland, lakes and streams at risk?
Dem voters may nominate an unelectable radical as their candidate for governor.
Closing schools on May 1 can be a powerful and principled choice because it acknowledges that students are not just learners in a classroom but members of a nation still wrestling with deep inequities, especially those affecting immigrants and people of color. Madison schools made the call last week to shut their doors on May 1st.
When we heard that Madison teachers had decided to take the day off so they could take to the streets Friday to demonstrate for socialism, open borders, the repeal of Act 10, and opposition to Donald Trump — what was our reaction? It was: Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison. We’re running low on outrage.
Two things are immediately obvious. First, it will be American taxpayers who must foot the bill to provide tariff refunds to the U.S. businesses that paid for the tariffs. Second, no one is talking about refunds for American consumers who paid higher prices that were passed along by importers.
What on earth does Benghazi have to do with abortion factory Planned Parenthood? It appears to be the codename for cover-up involving some $90 million in taxpayer-funded Covid-era forgivable loans to a nonprofit organization ineligible to receive the government handout.
Former Democratic state Rep. Jason Fields, now chief strategy officer for the Center for Black Excellence, and longtime Republican activist Tim Higgins of Appleton teamed up to urge Wisconsin citizens to stop swallowing the disinformation being spread about the accuracy of Wisconsin’s elections.
It’s time to renew the spirit of the first Earth Day and call on politicians to protect our air, our water, our land and our very future.
One thing that nearly all legislative work has in common is compromise. Without compromise, the work of legislating would almost always grind to a halt from the friction of opposing viewpoints. But compromise can be difficult to achieve.
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, Wisconsin’s AG has signed-on to more than 40 lawsuits. Why? And what does it cost the state?
Taylor’s landslide victory came in running a different kind of campaign, one unabashedly running on her values. Candidates running for governor should take note.