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Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in the Dobbs decision called for the U.S. Supreme Court to “reconsider” the right to contraception, established by Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. Soon after, 195 House Republicans voted against the “Right to Contraception Act,” a bill that sought to codify this fundamental health care right into federal law.
As a student and an educator, I have seen the boom and bust of for-profit education. Very few for-profit schools operate “above board”; many rely on predatory lending practices through the federal financial aid program and the GI Bill; they overpromise on what they can deliver by way of student experiences, faculty expertise, and clinical placements.
Century-old protection raises costs for anything shipped to or from state — but not enough to overcome shipbuilding industry’s interest.
If the final plans to bring Amtrak to Madison requires even a smidgen of state money, the GOP boss, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, has made it clear the state will refuse to help.
Long before Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Bernie Sanders, Paine anticipated a social welfare state that provided retirement security, health care and education for all. Indeed, he suggested that it was essential to the realization of the promise of the American experiment.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Who filed second gerrymandering lawsuit and why? Nine questions the case raises.
As the election year proceeds, many of us are already tired of being told how we need to not just “hear” members in Trump’s base, but to “listen” to them. We’re told to do this even as many Trump backers don’t seem to care what the rest of us think.
Don’t pull the straight lever. Pull for the right candidate regardless of the party.
Education, work, marriage, then kids — still the best, though not only, sequence.
For many a generation, Wisconsin was America’s weather vane. If you wanted to know which direction our nation was headed, my home state would tell you. Wisconsin blazed the trail. Then the state stopped leading the way.
With a solid budget outlook and once-in-a-decade opportunities at hand, Wisconsin is a good bet for business growth in coming years.
Milwaukee County residents deserve a balls to the wall, tough on crime, victim and law-abiding, people supporting prosecutor as district attorney. That doesn’t describe what we can expect from Kent Lovern. He will be Chisholm 2.0.
A campaign to write in the word “cease-fire” seeks to pressure the administration to shift its policy.
7 redistricting maps were submitted to state Supreme Court. Which is best and why?
Evers’ maps attempt to roll back racial progress in the Wisconsin Legislature.
Why Evers, an honest guy who is doing a good job running state government, has found it necessary to make appointments to the PSC that had such obvious conflicts, when he has plenty of much better alternatives, has been a mystery to me. But now he has a chance to make a fresh start.
Combined with a nationwide shortage of school librarians, these escalating attacks are creating a dangerous culture of censorship. Instead of walling off students from new and unique perspectives, we should be encouraging them to explore our world more widely through books.
Two GOP senators question requirement for state-owned dispensaries.
Members of the World Trade Organization in Geneva are considering a waiver that would remove intellectual property protections from all therapeutics and diagnostics developed in response to Covid-19. This unparalleled giveaway would be a fast-acting poison in the American ecosystem for innovation.
Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in the Dobbs decision called for the U.S. Supreme Court to “reconsider” the right to contraception, established by Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. Soon after, 195 House Republicans voted against the “Right to Contraception Act,” a bill that sought to codify this fundamental health care right into federal law.
As a student and an educator, I have seen the boom and bust of for-profit education. Very few for-profit schools operate “above board”; many rely on predatory lending practices through the federal financial aid program and the GI Bill; they overpromise on what they can deliver by way of student experiences, faculty expertise, and clinical placements.
Century-old protection raises costs for anything shipped to or from state — but not enough to overcome shipbuilding industry’s interest.
If the final plans to bring Amtrak to Madison requires even a smidgen of state money, the GOP boss, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, has made it clear the state will refuse to help.
Long before Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Bernie Sanders, Paine anticipated a social welfare state that provided retirement security, health care and education for all. Indeed, he suggested that it was essential to the realization of the promise of the American experiment.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss efforts to keep former President Trump off state primary election ballots, including a lawsuit in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Who filed second gerrymandering lawsuit and why? Nine questions the case raises.
As the election year proceeds, many of us are already tired of being told how we need to not just “hear” members in Trump’s base, but to “listen” to them. We’re told to do this even as many Trump backers don’t seem to care what the rest of us think.
Don’t pull the straight lever. Pull for the right candidate regardless of the party.
Education, work, marriage, then kids — still the best, though not only, sequence.
For many a generation, Wisconsin was America’s weather vane. If you wanted to know which direction our nation was headed, my home state would tell you. Wisconsin blazed the trail. Then the state stopped leading the way.
With a solid budget outlook and once-in-a-decade opportunities at hand, Wisconsin is a good bet for business growth in coming years.
Milwaukee County residents deserve a balls to the wall, tough on crime, victim and law-abiding, people supporting prosecutor as district attorney. That doesn’t describe what we can expect from Kent Lovern. He will be Chisholm 2.0.
A campaign to write in the word “cease-fire” seeks to pressure the administration to shift its policy.
7 redistricting maps were submitted to state Supreme Court. Which is best and why?
Evers’ maps attempt to roll back racial progress in the Wisconsin Legislature.
Why Evers, an honest guy who is doing a good job running state government, has found it necessary to make appointments to the PSC that had such obvious conflicts, when he has plenty of much better alternatives, has been a mystery to me. But now he has a chance to make a fresh start.
Combined with a nationwide shortage of school librarians, these escalating attacks are creating a dangerous culture of censorship. Instead of walling off students from new and unique perspectives, we should be encouraging them to explore our world more widely through books.
Two GOP senators question requirement for state-owned dispensaries.
Members of the World Trade Organization in Geneva are considering a waiver that would remove intellectual property protections from all therapeutics and diagnostics developed in response to Covid-19. This unparalleled giveaway would be a fast-acting poison in the American ecosystem for innovation.
