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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.
Along with various local measures and a plethora of municipal races, the April 4 ballot contains statewide ballot questions on pretrial detention and cash bail that aim to alter our state’s founding document.
We need to fund our priorities. However, we will not spend at all of the levels proposed by Governor Evers – this is not a cut.
Or help convince people to move to Wisconsin? What the data tells us.
AB 76/SB 69, which would restrict people with felony convictions from voting until they have “paid all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and have completed any court-ordered community service, imposed in connection with the crime.
When I go back and think about Bobby Caldwell lyrics to “What you won’t do for love”, it reminds me that we all must search within ourselves to find something that we will fight for, even until the death.
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.
Along with various local measures and a plethora of municipal races, the April 4 ballot contains statewide ballot questions on pretrial detention and cash bail that aim to alter our state’s founding document.
We need to fund our priorities. However, we will not spend at all of the levels proposed by Governor Evers – this is not a cut.
Or help convince people to move to Wisconsin? What the data tells us.
AB 76/SB 69, which would restrict people with felony convictions from voting until they have “paid all fines, costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution, and have completed any court-ordered community service, imposed in connection with the crime.
When I go back and think about Bobby Caldwell lyrics to “What you won’t do for love”, it reminds me that we all must search within ourselves to find something that we will fight for, even until the death.