
David Blaska: Goodbye, Rick Berg
Rick popped up in many places in local, county, and state government — he was his own “Where’s Waldo?”
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Rick popped up in many places in local, county, and state government — he was his own “Where’s Waldo?”

Exactly three years after his surprise choice as the state Senate’s new leader, Republican Sen. Devin LeMahieu has grown into his role as majority leader.

Protect speech. Hire conservative faculty. Teach civics.

Rather than help these campuses with even a modicum of funding, they’d use the state’s healthy surplus to give wealthy taxpayers several thousands of dollars in tax cuts when they could be helping young people attend campuses in their districts.

First declared a month of recognition in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, Native American Heritage month celebrates Indigenous Peoples in the United States.

The Affordable Connectivity Program funding is set to expire in the next few months if Congress and the White House do not extend its funding.

We don’t need another layer of regulation or bureaucracy making it difficult for teens to get jobs.

Wisconsin Maps Assessment Project has done its shopping early. Here is a gift that we would like to present to SCOWIS courtesy of Dave’s Redistricting App (DRA) – WIMAP23; a strictly contiguous, higher performing Assembly district map.

The danger of economic chaos and misery for regular folks from House Republican instigated shutdowns early in 2024 is real. Closer to home, hardline GOP representatives’ opposition has prevented a House-passed farm bill. Throw the GOP bums out.

The man may be an insurrectionist but Americans should be able to choose him anyway.

According to Forbes, he has mixed up President Biden and former President Obama at least seven times in recent months. He has accused Biden, who just turned 81, of slipping into senility, but it looks he has aged faster upstairs than the current president, who is constantly on stage in challenging circumstances.

Democracy survived the Trump 2017-2021 presidency, and the January 2021 Trump-incited insurrection. Would America similarly hold its democratic tradition through a second Trump term of office?

Of the nine Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Milwaukee in 1983, Rockwell Automation is the only one that remains on the list in 2023.

The Great Lakes are the world’s most dangerously fabulous inland freshwater seas.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District and Dems seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

All these millions upon millions of wasted dollars have for the most part been the result of unnecessary political gamesmanship.

The bottom-line is that this is a good deal for Wisconsin. We are not “giving rich guys money”. Our investments in our facility maintain the income and sales tax revenues that result from a team using the stadium that we own as taxpayers. In the end, the state of Wisconsin could generate approximately $330 million in additional revenue that would not exist without the team’s presence.

Bill to license mid-level providers could make its biggest splash in underserved parts of state — and open up opportunities for young people.

Republican Everett Dirksen served senate minority leader from 1959 until his death in 1969. What differentiates Dirksen from today’s harsh, unprincipled and highly disruptive minority faction of the House Republican membership is that Dirksen placed patriotism over partisanship.

A great way to call out the nonsense of the left is to ask questions. Here is a list of some they should be required to answer.

Rick popped up in many places in local, county, and state government — he was his own “Where’s Waldo?”

Exactly three years after his surprise choice as the state Senate’s new leader, Republican Sen. Devin LeMahieu has grown into his role as majority leader.

Protect speech. Hire conservative faculty. Teach civics.

Rather than help these campuses with even a modicum of funding, they’d use the state’s healthy surplus to give wealthy taxpayers several thousands of dollars in tax cuts when they could be helping young people attend campuses in their districts.

First declared a month of recognition in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, Native American Heritage month celebrates Indigenous Peoples in the United States.

The Affordable Connectivity Program funding is set to expire in the next few months if Congress and the White House do not extend its funding.

We don’t need another layer of regulation or bureaucracy making it difficult for teens to get jobs.

Wisconsin Maps Assessment Project has done its shopping early. Here is a gift that we would like to present to SCOWIS courtesy of Dave’s Redistricting App (DRA) – WIMAP23; a strictly contiguous, higher performing Assembly district map.

The danger of economic chaos and misery for regular folks from House Republican instigated shutdowns early in 2024 is real. Closer to home, hardline GOP representatives’ opposition has prevented a House-passed farm bill. Throw the GOP bums out.

The man may be an insurrectionist but Americans should be able to choose him anyway.

According to Forbes, he has mixed up President Biden and former President Obama at least seven times in recent months. He has accused Biden, who just turned 81, of slipping into senility, but it looks he has aged faster upstairs than the current president, who is constantly on stage in challenging circumstances.

Democracy survived the Trump 2017-2021 presidency, and the January 2021 Trump-incited insurrection. Would America similarly hold its democratic tradition through a second Trump term of office?

Of the nine Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Milwaukee in 1983, Rockwell Automation is the only one that remains on the list in 2023.

The Great Lakes are the world’s most dangerously fabulous inland freshwater seas.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District and Dems seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

All these millions upon millions of wasted dollars have for the most part been the result of unnecessary political gamesmanship.

The bottom-line is that this is a good deal for Wisconsin. We are not “giving rich guys money”. Our investments in our facility maintain the income and sales tax revenues that result from a team using the stadium that we own as taxpayers. In the end, the state of Wisconsin could generate approximately $330 million in additional revenue that would not exist without the team’s presence.

Bill to license mid-level providers could make its biggest splash in underserved parts of state — and open up opportunities for young people.

Republican Everett Dirksen served senate minority leader from 1959 until his death in 1969. What differentiates Dirksen from today’s harsh, unprincipled and highly disruptive minority faction of the House Republican membership is that Dirksen placed patriotism over partisanship.

A great way to call out the nonsense of the left is to ask questions. Here is a list of some they should be required to answer.