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The recent example of North Carolina provides an opportunity to reignite the conversation about how we can get a similar deal done in Wisconsin. If we fail to do so, we are leaving too much on the table.
CEO Marty Brooks agrees to compromise to save installation.
The drinking party that has been a yearly spectacle for this city, and a continuing embarrassment, must come to an end.
GOP brinksmanship in not raising the debt ceiling without conditions will cause a train wreck.
Whether the federal debt ceiling or the state shared revenue discussions, it is clear that much needed resources for our citizens and communities are nothing more than political bargaining chips.
The debate over what famous UW-Madison alum Matt Desmond calls “scarcity diversion” will start in the Capitol when legislators begin drafting the next two-year state budget.
Why extreme risk protection orders are egregiously unconstitutional
A couple of weeks ago Dane County Executive Joe Parisi appointed former Supervisor and current State Rep. Shelia Stubbs to lead the county’s human services agency. On paper, Stubbs looked like a good choice, but she has managed to disqualify herself with her actions since the appointment.
In my lifetime, there were rural voters in many communities who were electing Democrats to represent them. I bet if enough politicians with a D behind their names ever figure out that rural folks want more for their communities than reasons to be resentful, they’d do it again.
Schools do need to be wary of legal risks, but it can be easy to put too much focus on the risk of transgender students seeking special accommodations.
Last week Fitzgerald issued a press release announcing that he has joined ranks with other House Republicans to damage the 12-year-old Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
Along with a bipartisan group of House members that includes some of the chamber’s most progressive and most conservative members, Pocan on Thursday introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act, a proposal to require transparency and accountability in a Department of Defense budget that is growing so rapidly that it will soon pass the $1 trillion-a-year mark.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political future of Sarah Godlewski, who was recently appointed secretary of state by Gov. Tony Evers. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association.
His name does not adorn any building in town, but for half a century Gordon Derzon’s impact on this city has been historic.
Rewards for good teaching, wins for kids.
Simply put, it’s not a matter of “if” marijuana” will be legalized in Wisconsin but “when.” It’s time we do this in a manner that honors Wisconsin businesses, rights the past wrongs in our criminal justice system, and brings revenue back into our state that is currently flooding across our borders to neighboring states.
I hope this isn’t a back door into funding the Brewers’ stadium costs, but even if it is the good it will do for every local government in the state and the fact that it was negotiated on a bipartisan basis are reasons to cheer.
With discussions happening about how to keep the lights on in Milwaukee, this is the wrong time to be talking about hundreds of millions of dollars for a Brewers stadium deal.
The debate in America is no longer about left or right. It is fundamentally about right or wrong. Freedom of speech. Love of country. Belief in God.
As we address gun deaths, we must also recognize the death that occurs due to the failure to support and pass public policies that address healthcare, living wages and voter suppression.
The recent example of North Carolina provides an opportunity to reignite the conversation about how we can get a similar deal done in Wisconsin. If we fail to do so, we are leaving too much on the table.
CEO Marty Brooks agrees to compromise to save installation.
The drinking party that has been a yearly spectacle for this city, and a continuing embarrassment, must come to an end.
GOP brinksmanship in not raising the debt ceiling without conditions will cause a train wreck.
Whether the federal debt ceiling or the state shared revenue discussions, it is clear that much needed resources for our citizens and communities are nothing more than political bargaining chips.
The debate over what famous UW-Madison alum Matt Desmond calls “scarcity diversion” will start in the Capitol when legislators begin drafting the next two-year state budget.
Why extreme risk protection orders are egregiously unconstitutional
A couple of weeks ago Dane County Executive Joe Parisi appointed former Supervisor and current State Rep. Shelia Stubbs to lead the county’s human services agency. On paper, Stubbs looked like a good choice, but she has managed to disqualify herself with her actions since the appointment.
In my lifetime, there were rural voters in many communities who were electing Democrats to represent them. I bet if enough politicians with a D behind their names ever figure out that rural folks want more for their communities than reasons to be resentful, they’d do it again.
Schools do need to be wary of legal risks, but it can be easy to put too much focus on the risk of transgender students seeking special accommodations.
Last week Fitzgerald issued a press release announcing that he has joined ranks with other House Republicans to damage the 12-year-old Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
Along with a bipartisan group of House members that includes some of the chamber’s most progressive and most conservative members, Pocan on Thursday introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act, a proposal to require transparency and accountability in a Department of Defense budget that is growing so rapidly that it will soon pass the $1 trillion-a-year mark.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political future of Sarah Godlewski, who was recently appointed secretary of state by Gov. Tony Evers. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association.
His name does not adorn any building in town, but for half a century Gordon Derzon’s impact on this city has been historic.
Rewards for good teaching, wins for kids.
Simply put, it’s not a matter of “if” marijuana” will be legalized in Wisconsin but “when.” It’s time we do this in a manner that honors Wisconsin businesses, rights the past wrongs in our criminal justice system, and brings revenue back into our state that is currently flooding across our borders to neighboring states.
I hope this isn’t a back door into funding the Brewers’ stadium costs, but even if it is the good it will do for every local government in the state and the fact that it was negotiated on a bipartisan basis are reasons to cheer.
With discussions happening about how to keep the lights on in Milwaukee, this is the wrong time to be talking about hundreds of millions of dollars for a Brewers stadium deal.
The debate in America is no longer about left or right. It is fundamentally about right or wrong. Freedom of speech. Love of country. Belief in God.
As we address gun deaths, we must also recognize the death that occurs due to the failure to support and pass public policies that address healthcare, living wages and voter suppression.
