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Mike Gallagher left Congress Saturday as a traditional Republican after his pivotal vote to support Ukraine against Vladimir Putin. He was a hawk during his eight years in Washington, in contrast to the rest of the Wisconsin GOP delegation that has gone soft on Putin.
The hard-right Freedom Caucus may have finally been put in its place and SCOTUS might reject an extreme state anti-abortion law while unrealistic hard-left ideas about how to fight crime are being ended in places that once embraced them, DEI may be improved through a needed pushback, and even the very heart of hard-left media may be undergoing a change back toward fairness. It’s springtime for moderation.
The kind of transformation underway in Wisconsin and elsewhere today has a chance to alter the carbon-based footprint of the industry through new fuels, new engines and new ways to move people and cargo through airports.
This week’s Solar for All Announcement expands access for solar, creates options for low- and moderate-income families in Wisconsin
Residents facing environmental contamination, economic disinvestment, racial discrimination, and political marginalization for organizing to save their families from harm, have to this day continue to face these same injustices they faced when they first exposed the lead in water crisis.
He was 85, but the news business was just as alive in him as it was back in college at Michigan State more than 60 years ago.
Women and girls don’t need protection from fellow women and girls who just want to play sports and experience the various benefits that come with it. Women and girls and non-binary people need equal access, equal funding, robust protections against sexual assault and harassment, and the dignity of being taken just as seriously as men in sports.
Unions scoring notable victories, not in manufacturing but in the service industry.
Despite all these protests, Congress passed military aid to Israel (as well as humanitarian aid for Gaza) on overwhelming votes. So, not only do the protests appear to be ineffectual, I think there’s a fair chance that they’re pushing the American public the other way.
It is very likely that every single voter who chooses Trump will also pick Hovde and whoever votes for Biden will pick Baldwin. In other words, if Trump wins the state, so does Hovde. Baldwin brings no residual strength at all.
Evers is wrong, just like Walker was wrong several years ago. By misusing the extensive veto authority granted to Wisconsin governors, chief executives are making the argument for rolling back the powers.
Gov. Tony Evers turned constitutional limitations against taxation without representation on their head when he unilaterally increased property taxes on Wisconsinites for the next 400 years.
Democrats will have you believe House Republicans are running a sham impeachment inquiry — but that could not be further from the truth. House Republicans are following the facts and we will let the truth speak for itself. If that worries the president, then you need to ask yourself “why?”
As a young woman in university studying politics, I am inspired by women who hold political office, but it becomes obvious that female candidates must prove themselves to a further extent than male candidates.
Finally, a few correct court decisions. It’s about time.
There was a time when we Americans were pretty sure democracy was invented here and saw it as our duty to share our creation with the rest of the world. Today, we treat democracy the way we treat immigrants. With suspicion. As an intruder. An imposition.
Trump may be guilty, but not of this.
We did not need more proof that Donald Trump tells lies, that Fox News is a national joke, or that the base of the Republican Party eats up right-wing media and is deeply and sickly involved in a partisan cult. Yet, this week we are being treated to more examples of why all three statements are fact-based.
Since the beginning of the Governor Walker era, Wisconsin Republicans have prioritized cutting taxes, fiscal responsibility, and growing our economy. Since 2011, over $31 billion in tax cuts have been returned to Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin’s property tax system is complex with many moving parts. Our report sheds some light on two of the most misunderstood parts of the system: How and why property taxes are affected by revaluation and how they are affected by shifts in property values in surrounding communities.
Mike Gallagher left Congress Saturday as a traditional Republican after his pivotal vote to support Ukraine against Vladimir Putin. He was a hawk during his eight years in Washington, in contrast to the rest of the Wisconsin GOP delegation that has gone soft on Putin.
The hard-right Freedom Caucus may have finally been put in its place and SCOTUS might reject an extreme state anti-abortion law while unrealistic hard-left ideas about how to fight crime are being ended in places that once embraced them, DEI may be improved through a needed pushback, and even the very heart of hard-left media may be undergoing a change back toward fairness. It’s springtime for moderation.
The kind of transformation underway in Wisconsin and elsewhere today has a chance to alter the carbon-based footprint of the industry through new fuels, new engines and new ways to move people and cargo through airports.
This week’s Solar for All Announcement expands access for solar, creates options for low- and moderate-income families in Wisconsin
Residents facing environmental contamination, economic disinvestment, racial discrimination, and political marginalization for organizing to save their families from harm, have to this day continue to face these same injustices they faced when they first exposed the lead in water crisis.
He was 85, but the news business was just as alive in him as it was back in college at Michigan State more than 60 years ago.
Women and girls don’t need protection from fellow women and girls who just want to play sports and experience the various benefits that come with it. Women and girls and non-binary people need equal access, equal funding, robust protections against sexual assault and harassment, and the dignity of being taken just as seriously as men in sports.
Unions scoring notable victories, not in manufacturing but in the service industry.
Despite all these protests, Congress passed military aid to Israel (as well as humanitarian aid for Gaza) on overwhelming votes. So, not only do the protests appear to be ineffectual, I think there’s a fair chance that they’re pushing the American public the other way.
It is very likely that every single voter who chooses Trump will also pick Hovde and whoever votes for Biden will pick Baldwin. In other words, if Trump wins the state, so does Hovde. Baldwin brings no residual strength at all.
Evers is wrong, just like Walker was wrong several years ago. By misusing the extensive veto authority granted to Wisconsin governors, chief executives are making the argument for rolling back the powers.
Gov. Tony Evers turned constitutional limitations against taxation without representation on their head when he unilaterally increased property taxes on Wisconsinites for the next 400 years.
Democrats will have you believe House Republicans are running a sham impeachment inquiry — but that could not be further from the truth. House Republicans are following the facts and we will let the truth speak for itself. If that worries the president, then you need to ask yourself “why?”
As a young woman in university studying politics, I am inspired by women who hold political office, but it becomes obvious that female candidates must prove themselves to a further extent than male candidates.
Finally, a few correct court decisions. It’s about time.
There was a time when we Americans were pretty sure democracy was invented here and saw it as our duty to share our creation with the rest of the world. Today, we treat democracy the way we treat immigrants. With suspicion. As an intruder. An imposition.
Trump may be guilty, but not of this.
We did not need more proof that Donald Trump tells lies, that Fox News is a national joke, or that the base of the Republican Party eats up right-wing media and is deeply and sickly involved in a partisan cult. Yet, this week we are being treated to more examples of why all three statements are fact-based.
Since the beginning of the Governor Walker era, Wisconsin Republicans have prioritized cutting taxes, fiscal responsibility, and growing our economy. Since 2011, over $31 billion in tax cuts have been returned to Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin’s property tax system is complex with many moving parts. Our report sheds some light on two of the most misunderstood parts of the system: How and why property taxes are affected by revaluation and how they are affected by shifts in property values in surrounding communities.
