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The latest edition of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest underscored that entrepreneurs can be found in all business sectors, from agriculture to artificial intelligence, and from recharging tired batteries to repurposing old clothing.
At the heart of this issue is what I believe to be a false notion that school choice ‘siphons’ money away from public schools.
Her arrest and prosecution are nothing but the next attempt by the current administration to threaten and intimidate the judiciary because the courts are ruling against the president and his administration daily.
Writing for all eight of her fellow justices, Sotomayor wrote that the Wisconsin Supreme Court grossly violated Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights when it denied them a religious exemption to the state’s unemployment tax and, in so doing, treated the organization differently than other religious groups.
Trump and the GOP-led Congress want to pay for tax cuts skewed to the rich with draconian cuts in health care coverage and aid to feed the hungry.
U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore toured Wisconsin’s only the ICE detention facility and demanded answers about the people being targeted for deportation in the state.
Johnson laments Medicaid’s ‘legalized fraud’ and says childless adults should work.
Many of the proposed cuts in the Trump administration’s budget, don’t just harm specific groups—they have a ripple effect on families and communities.
While the Biden saga dominated recently, the Democratic bickering and blame-placing is getting old now six months into the second Trump presidency. Everyone has a prescription for Democrats, many directly conflicting with others.
Those efforts do not merely seek to erase the heritage of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community. They also dismiss the rich legacy of enlightened Republicans, like former Gov. Dreyfus, who stood on the right side of history.
Teaching people to be skeptical of a source is not an indoctrination tactic, it is an essence of democracy.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s demand for deeper cuts in the House version of the federal reconciliation bill. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
4th highest to 28th … The game has changed in terms of competition with other states. We are now in the middle of the pack on taxes. That means that citizens and their politicians can consider other dimensions of life in Wisconsin.
It didn’t take long after radical liberal judge Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a hard-left law firm to challenge the state’s congressional maps, something Crawford was rather obviously installed on the Court to do, but will the Court actually do it?
Wisconsin Republicans need to send the message that we truly are pro-life at every age, stage, and ability, and that we value the well-being of mothers and their newborn babies. Let’s ensure that every new Wisconsin mother has the support for their families to thrive.
We spend about four times as much to keep someone in prison as we spend on education — it’s inhumane, and it impoverishes our state and condemns children to unnecessary suffering and a bleak future.
Super majority in state wants some gun restrictions. Will Republicans agree?
Amid a domestic manufacturing renaissance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leadership is pushing to eliminate its materials science department.
Last week the Trump administration identified four places in Wisconsin that they define as “sanctuary” communities: Milwaukee, Madison, Dane County and, who would have thunk it, Shawano County.
It’s one thing to round up and kick out gang members, killers, drug dealers and rapists. It’s another to sweep out people who are none of those things, who have become productive members of their communities. And parents of American citizens.
The latest edition of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest underscored that entrepreneurs can be found in all business sectors, from agriculture to artificial intelligence, and from recharging tired batteries to repurposing old clothing.
At the heart of this issue is what I believe to be a false notion that school choice ‘siphons’ money away from public schools.
Her arrest and prosecution are nothing but the next attempt by the current administration to threaten and intimidate the judiciary because the courts are ruling against the president and his administration daily.
Writing for all eight of her fellow justices, Sotomayor wrote that the Wisconsin Supreme Court grossly violated Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights when it denied them a religious exemption to the state’s unemployment tax and, in so doing, treated the organization differently than other religious groups.
Trump and the GOP-led Congress want to pay for tax cuts skewed to the rich with draconian cuts in health care coverage and aid to feed the hungry.
U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore toured Wisconsin’s only the ICE detention facility and demanded answers about the people being targeted for deportation in the state.
Johnson laments Medicaid’s ‘legalized fraud’ and says childless adults should work.
Many of the proposed cuts in the Trump administration’s budget, don’t just harm specific groups—they have a ripple effect on families and communities.
While the Biden saga dominated recently, the Democratic bickering and blame-placing is getting old now six months into the second Trump presidency. Everyone has a prescription for Democrats, many directly conflicting with others.
Those efforts do not merely seek to erase the heritage of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community. They also dismiss the rich legacy of enlightened Republicans, like former Gov. Dreyfus, who stood on the right side of history.
Teaching people to be skeptical of a source is not an indoctrination tactic, it is an essence of democracy.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s demand for deeper cuts in the House version of the federal reconciliation bill. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
4th highest to 28th … The game has changed in terms of competition with other states. We are now in the middle of the pack on taxes. That means that citizens and their politicians can consider other dimensions of life in Wisconsin.
It didn’t take long after radical liberal judge Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a hard-left law firm to challenge the state’s congressional maps, something Crawford was rather obviously installed on the Court to do, but will the Court actually do it?
Wisconsin Republicans need to send the message that we truly are pro-life at every age, stage, and ability, and that we value the well-being of mothers and their newborn babies. Let’s ensure that every new Wisconsin mother has the support for their families to thrive.
We spend about four times as much to keep someone in prison as we spend on education — it’s inhumane, and it impoverishes our state and condemns children to unnecessary suffering and a bleak future.
Super majority in state wants some gun restrictions. Will Republicans agree?
Amid a domestic manufacturing renaissance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee leadership is pushing to eliminate its materials science department.
Last week the Trump administration identified four places in Wisconsin that they define as “sanctuary” communities: Milwaukee, Madison, Dane County and, who would have thunk it, Shawano County.
It’s one thing to round up and kick out gang members, killers, drug dealers and rapists. It’s another to sweep out people who are none of those things, who have become productive members of their communities. And parents of American citizens.
