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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.
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.
U.S. farm policy has been systematically transformed over several generations to one that is bad for the land, bad for air and water quality, bad for animals, bad for farmers, bad for eaters, bad for taxpayers, bad for the planet.
Forcing federally funded public works projects to pay the so-called prevailing wage is a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Prevailing wage standards, which state and local policymakers also frequently adopt, prevent the government from driving down standards when it acts as a purchaser of goods and services.
When people no longer have a voice in their government Democracy disappears and government only works for the few; rather than the many.
Cities can help lead the way out of the climate crisis and save taxpayers money in energy costs in the process. As mayors of five Wisconsin cities, that’s exactly what we’re committed to doing.
If something starts out as an experiment and now has grown exponentially because of parental demand, doesn’t that suggest that the experiment was a success? Public school administrators and teachers unions need to stop complaining and start competing.
O’Donnell recounts the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin taxpayers, local governments, sports teams, fans and visitors will pay $1.9 billion over several decades to build and remodel venues for three professional sports franchises, if the package to remodel American Family Field for the Brewers becomes law.
The Universities of Wisconsin have been slow to respond to the historic and projected decline in enrollment. Institutional inertia is a powerful force, but making small changes now helps eliminate the need for massive changes later.
More than 45 lobbyists, including former legislators, pushing sweetheart deal ending public bidding for transmission lines.
We’ve invested in the largest affordable housing push Milwaukee County has seen in over a generation, helping families and individuals secure their future and fostering a stronger, more vibrant community.
Mainstream Republicans need to marginalize the extremist wing of their party as a new Speaker is sought. They need a centrist to be nominated whom centrist Democrats can vote for in the name of good governance.
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.
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.
U.S. farm policy has been systematically transformed over several generations to one that is bad for the land, bad for air and water quality, bad for animals, bad for farmers, bad for eaters, bad for taxpayers, bad for the planet.
Forcing federally funded public works projects to pay the so-called prevailing wage is a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Prevailing wage standards, which state and local policymakers also frequently adopt, prevent the government from driving down standards when it acts as a purchaser of goods and services.
When people no longer have a voice in their government Democracy disappears and government only works for the few; rather than the many.
Cities can help lead the way out of the climate crisis and save taxpayers money in energy costs in the process. As mayors of five Wisconsin cities, that’s exactly what we’re committed to doing.
If something starts out as an experiment and now has grown exponentially because of parental demand, doesn’t that suggest that the experiment was a success? Public school administrators and teachers unions need to stop complaining and start competing.
O’Donnell recounts the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin taxpayers, local governments, sports teams, fans and visitors will pay $1.9 billion over several decades to build and remodel venues for three professional sports franchises, if the package to remodel American Family Field for the Brewers becomes law.
The Universities of Wisconsin have been slow to respond to the historic and projected decline in enrollment. Institutional inertia is a powerful force, but making small changes now helps eliminate the need for massive changes later.
More than 45 lobbyists, including former legislators, pushing sweetheart deal ending public bidding for transmission lines.
We’ve invested in the largest affordable housing push Milwaukee County has seen in over a generation, helping families and individuals secure their future and fostering a stronger, more vibrant community.
Mainstream Republicans need to marginalize the extremist wing of their party as a new Speaker is sought. They need a centrist to be nominated whom centrist Democrats can vote for in the name of good governance.
