
Dave Cieslewicz: 2023 in politics
It will be an off-off year. No national races, no legislative races, except a special election here and there. But still a lot will happen in 2023. Here’s what we can anticipate.
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It will be an off-off year. No national races, no legislative races, except a special election here and there. But still a lot will happen in 2023. Here’s what we can anticipate.

Find a way to get well informed about your health needs and relationships. Life is too short to not value those parts of your life that matter the most.

Wisconsin’s Medicaid fund is now projected to finish the fiscal year with a $774.8 million surplus — $269.9 million more than what was expected three months ago — in another shot of good news for the state’s bottom line.
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Gov. Tony Evers called his reelection the rejection of a “return to the bitter politics of resentment” as he called for the Capitol to work together on goals such as funding schools and overturning the state’s 174-year-old abortion ban.
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A Madison startup called Voximetry has gotten FDA clearance for a tool that can estimate the amount of radiation absorbed by patients following treatment or diagnosis with radiopharmaceuticals. This class of drugs uses radioactive isotopes for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Two months ago, the Democratic incumbent surpassed expectations by winning re-election by more than three percentage points. He and I talked Monday for a half-hour in his East Wing office, my questions often echoing a conversation we had on the eve of his first inauguration four years ago.

Johnson wrongheadedly denounced the bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill as “an abomination.” An out of touch Johnson voted against Wisconsin by trying to eliminate necessary earmarks (not pork).

The $1.7 trillion – TRILLION – omnibus spending spree that Congress passed before running home for the holidays is a perfect example of how dysfunctional Congress has become.

The contest for an open seat of the state Supreme Court has the potential to tip the balance of the court away from the fringe right-wing politicization that has defined it in recent years and toward a renewed respect for the rule of law.

As we embark on a new legislative session, there have already been stern indications that things will be difficult for the city and county of Milwaukee in the next state budget.

It will be an off-off year. No national races, no legislative races, except a special election here and there. But still a lot will happen in 2023. Here’s what we can anticipate.

Find a way to get well informed about your health needs and relationships. Life is too short to not value those parts of your life that matter the most.

Wisconsin’s Medicaid fund is now projected to finish the fiscal year with a $774.8 million surplus — $269.9 million more than what was expected three months ago — in another shot of good news for the state’s bottom line.
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Gov. Tony Evers called his reelection the rejection of a “return to the bitter politics of resentment” as he called for the Capitol to work together on goals such as funding schools and overturning the state’s 174-year-old abortion ban.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP field for the 8th SD is down to three after a Concordia University student failed to file signatures by yesterday’s deadline. Robert Albrightson, the Brown Deer student, was one of five Republicans who originally declared

A Madison startup called Voximetry has gotten FDA clearance for a tool that can estimate the amount of radiation absorbed by patients following treatment or diagnosis with radiopharmaceuticals. This class of drugs uses radioactive isotopes for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. The amount of radiation used for diagnostics is typically very

Two months ago, the Democratic incumbent surpassed expectations by winning re-election by more than three percentage points. He and I talked Monday for a half-hour in his East Wing office, my questions often echoing a conversation we had on the eve of his first inauguration four years ago.

Johnson wrongheadedly denounced the bipartisan omnibus appropriations bill as “an abomination.” An out of touch Johnson voted against Wisconsin by trying to eliminate necessary earmarks (not pork).

The $1.7 trillion – TRILLION – omnibus spending spree that Congress passed before running home for the holidays is a perfect example of how dysfunctional Congress has become.

The contest for an open seat of the state Supreme Court has the potential to tip the balance of the court away from the fringe right-wing politicization that has defined it in recent years and toward a renewed respect for the rule of law.

As we embark on a new legislative session, there have already been stern indications that things will be difficult for the city and county of Milwaukee in the next state budget.