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There are nearly 68,000 staff employed across often overlapping state agencies. What is worse is the fact the Evers administration increasingly no longer requires the state’s workforce to report physically to work.
Governor Tony Evers’ culture of secrecy is antithetical to good government.
While Baldwin is temperamentally more careful and judicious in her speech, which upsets peace activists who are beside themselves about what is happening in Gaza, she and Pocan articulate the same basic goals and similar ideas about how to get there.
The holidays are always a time of gratitude and generosity. It is also the perfect opportunity for scammers, who capitalize on the good cheer spread by hardworking people.
The urban-rural divide ranks as one of our nation’s biggest splits. Some tips to inspire goodwill this Christmas season.
When it was released in 1946, it was a box office failure that came under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a subversive film that supposedly displayed evidence of Communist Party infiltration of the film industry.
The 6-lane alternatives are far cleaner and safer, as state analysis shows.
You would think the attempt to overturn a Presidential election would be enough for Spindell to lose his seat on the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
The disparity between the Republican Party of Wisconsin and the conservative voter is growing at what seems to be an exponential rate.
Republicans are condemning themselves to perpetually losing elections if they ignore Wisconsin’s blue cities.
Unforced errors and weak defense in the face of an aggressive, triumphant right wing.
Being aware of the majority views in the land but at the same time helping to lead that majority to higher expectations for themselves and the nation as a whole has left liberals with a solid list of proven accomplishments.
Baldwin, Pocan and leaders in Congress need to continue to sound the alarm and urge the FDA to crack down on the unauthorized e-cigarettes that remain on the market and highly accessible to our kids
Now, every other disabled group — the medically fragile, the physically disabled, the developmentally disabled, the frail elderly — qualifies for long-term care, but not the mentally ill. Why?
As we often do this time of year, my team and I are reviewing our performance and work for you in 2023. I am proud of everything we accomplished, the foundations that are set for 2024 and our ongoing service to the people of the 17th Senate District.
Perhaps our alders deserve a modest raise, but let’s not fall in the trap that would put the city on the road to a full-time City Council.
The WisOpinion insiders, Chvala and Jensen, share the top political stories of 2023. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Regents so desperately wanted Vos to quit blocking budgeted UW pay raises and building projects that they handed Republicans an alarming and deeply symbolic triumph — emasculating UW’s efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion.
How about some real diversity instead of the DEI sham that demonstrably does not help Black students?
This fight still isn’t over, given there may be lawsuits challenging parts of the deal or the process itself, and there may be enough disappointed GOP senators to block passage once the 17-part deal comes back to the full Legislature for approval – most likely in January or February.
There are nearly 68,000 staff employed across often overlapping state agencies. What is worse is the fact the Evers administration increasingly no longer requires the state’s workforce to report physically to work.
Governor Tony Evers’ culture of secrecy is antithetical to good government.
While Baldwin is temperamentally more careful and judicious in her speech, which upsets peace activists who are beside themselves about what is happening in Gaza, she and Pocan articulate the same basic goals and similar ideas about how to get there.
The holidays are always a time of gratitude and generosity. It is also the perfect opportunity for scammers, who capitalize on the good cheer spread by hardworking people.
The urban-rural divide ranks as one of our nation’s biggest splits. Some tips to inspire goodwill this Christmas season.
When it was released in 1946, it was a box office failure that came under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a subversive film that supposedly displayed evidence of Communist Party infiltration of the film industry.
The 6-lane alternatives are far cleaner and safer, as state analysis shows.
You would think the attempt to overturn a Presidential election would be enough for Spindell to lose his seat on the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
The disparity between the Republican Party of Wisconsin and the conservative voter is growing at what seems to be an exponential rate.
Republicans are condemning themselves to perpetually losing elections if they ignore Wisconsin’s blue cities.
Unforced errors and weak defense in the face of an aggressive, triumphant right wing.
Being aware of the majority views in the land but at the same time helping to lead that majority to higher expectations for themselves and the nation as a whole has left liberals with a solid list of proven accomplishments.
Baldwin, Pocan and leaders in Congress need to continue to sound the alarm and urge the FDA to crack down on the unauthorized e-cigarettes that remain on the market and highly accessible to our kids
Now, every other disabled group — the medically fragile, the physically disabled, the developmentally disabled, the frail elderly — qualifies for long-term care, but not the mentally ill. Why?
As we often do this time of year, my team and I are reviewing our performance and work for you in 2023. I am proud of everything we accomplished, the foundations that are set for 2024 and our ongoing service to the people of the 17th Senate District.
Perhaps our alders deserve a modest raise, but let’s not fall in the trap that would put the city on the road to a full-time City Council.
The WisOpinion insiders, Chvala and Jensen, share the top political stories of 2023. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Regents so desperately wanted Vos to quit blocking budgeted UW pay raises and building projects that they handed Republicans an alarming and deeply symbolic triumph — emasculating UW’s efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion.
How about some real diversity instead of the DEI sham that demonstrably does not help Black students?
This fight still isn’t over, given there may be lawsuits challenging parts of the deal or the process itself, and there may be enough disappointed GOP senators to block passage once the 17-part deal comes back to the full Legislature for approval – most likely in January or February.
