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They’re a devious scheme by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and his cohorts to divide us and distract us so they can stay in power and keep rewarding their donors like Diane Hendricks, Richard Uihlein, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce rather than serve the people of Wisconsin.
Modern society and medical professionals have solidly rebuked conversion therapy, but Wisconsin Republicans embraced it Wednesday in the State Senate.
For the 17th consecutive year, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council has named its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees, in honor of national Sunshine Week, March 12-18.
After pushback, major credit card companies pause implementation of gun codes.
Not only is a shortage of mental health professionals a barrier for treatment for communities of color, the lack of Black or Hispanic therapists has major implications for them to find a practitioner they feel comfortable enough to share race-related trauma.
Whether through legislation or through the budget bill, the legislature should allow out-of-state mental health professionals to help people in Wisconsin now and for the foreseeable future.
The Wisconsin secretary of state resigned just months into his new term.
When former Gov. Scott Walker’s vengeful assault on Wisconsin workers and their unions seemed to be unstoppable in March of 2011, Secretary of State Doug La Follette pulled the brakes.
But Republican bill to overturn bad decision attracts only 2 Democratic co-sponsors; 32 Republicans push bill to strengthen transparency laws.
Depending on the outcome of the current Supreme Court election the chief justice position may well swing to Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025.
I strongly urge CMS to rethink its decision to cut such a program that is vital to so many Wisconsin seniors.
By the end of February, the U.S. had already recorded 70 mass shootings in 2023 — more than two a day. In each of the last three years there have been more than 600 mass shootings.
How can it be that Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee are chopped liver in Gov. Ever’s massive building budget for 2023-25?
The MacIver Institute for Public Policy seeks through free markets and open government to make it possible for everyone to succeed. That is a goal, we hope, John MacIver would have found worthy of his name.
The EPA is responsible for protecting people, and if they are to follow that mission, they must adhere to science-backed recommendations for setting stricter safety limits on soot pollution, both for long-term and 24-hour exposure.
A collaboration between the Kenosha chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Kenosha law enforcement is providing a blueprint for other communities to follow.
But his sudden retirement as Secretary of State has been blasted by Republicans.
In what was truly a surprising headline, and one that equals with shameful, Wisconsin’s Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette abruptly resigned.
Daniel Kelly would keep the Wisconsin Supreme Court on its constitutionally humble and conservative path. Janet Protasiewicz has already trumpeted the kind of activism she would wage to turn the high court into a political weapon for leftist causes.
Rather than dealing with myriad problems presented by judicial elections, Wisconsin should switch to a merit selection model to tamp down polarization in such a sharply divided state.
They’re a devious scheme by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and his cohorts to divide us and distract us so they can stay in power and keep rewarding their donors like Diane Hendricks, Richard Uihlein, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce rather than serve the people of Wisconsin.
Modern society and medical professionals have solidly rebuked conversion therapy, but Wisconsin Republicans embraced it Wednesday in the State Senate.
For the 17th consecutive year, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council has named its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees, in honor of national Sunshine Week, March 12-18.
After pushback, major credit card companies pause implementation of gun codes.
Not only is a shortage of mental health professionals a barrier for treatment for communities of color, the lack of Black or Hispanic therapists has major implications for them to find a practitioner they feel comfortable enough to share race-related trauma.
Whether through legislation or through the budget bill, the legislature should allow out-of-state mental health professionals to help people in Wisconsin now and for the foreseeable future.
The Wisconsin secretary of state resigned just months into his new term.
When former Gov. Scott Walker’s vengeful assault on Wisconsin workers and their unions seemed to be unstoppable in March of 2011, Secretary of State Doug La Follette pulled the brakes.
But Republican bill to overturn bad decision attracts only 2 Democratic co-sponsors; 32 Republicans push bill to strengthen transparency laws.
Depending on the outcome of the current Supreme Court election the chief justice position may well swing to Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025.
I strongly urge CMS to rethink its decision to cut such a program that is vital to so many Wisconsin seniors.
By the end of February, the U.S. had already recorded 70 mass shootings in 2023 — more than two a day. In each of the last three years there have been more than 600 mass shootings.
How can it be that Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee are chopped liver in Gov. Ever’s massive building budget for 2023-25?
The MacIver Institute for Public Policy seeks through free markets and open government to make it possible for everyone to succeed. That is a goal, we hope, John MacIver would have found worthy of his name.
The EPA is responsible for protecting people, and if they are to follow that mission, they must adhere to science-backed recommendations for setting stricter safety limits on soot pollution, both for long-term and 24-hour exposure.
A collaboration between the Kenosha chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Kenosha law enforcement is providing a blueprint for other communities to follow.
But his sudden retirement as Secretary of State has been blasted by Republicans.
In what was truly a surprising headline, and one that equals with shameful, Wisconsin’s Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette abruptly resigned.
Daniel Kelly would keep the Wisconsin Supreme Court on its constitutionally humble and conservative path. Janet Protasiewicz has already trumpeted the kind of activism she would wage to turn the high court into a political weapon for leftist causes.
Rather than dealing with myriad problems presented by judicial elections, Wisconsin should switch to a merit selection model to tamp down polarization in such a sharply divided state.
