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The price of not having an independent third-party perform Metro’s equity analysis may be far greater than the $50,000 Metro saved by performing it in-house.
The once proud state of Wisconsin begins yet another year looking up at most of the rest of the country.
Republican ads targeted Black and Hispanic voters to discourage voting. Did they work?
The decade-long effort by Republicans has resulted in a systemic shift of the tax burden from individual income and property taxes to consumption and corporate taxes. This has also resulted in record tax collections and annual state budget surpluses.
Wisconsin’s two top elected officials identify policy priorities to cement career
Just days into the new session it looks like Gov. Tony Evers’ has ripped off his compromise disguise.
Breaking down remarks from the candidates, with a particularly close eye on the redistricting responses.
Judge Janet Protasiewicz appears to be the only Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate who holds that the Wisconsin Supreme Court must cease to act as a political body and insist that our government play by the rules.
A recent United Nations report showed progress in recovery of the ozone layer.
January 6th has become a date that is seared into the American consciousness. Depending on a variety of factors, including personal political beliefs, the day represents significantly different things to different people.
A pair of democratic socialists have formed the state’s first socialist caucus since the 1930s.
Walker, in his lucrative foundation job, is continuing a long pattern of building his resume and cashing in by tearing down educators and education systems.
Every pro-life governor who ran for reelection in November won by a large margin.
PSC wrongly approves price gouging that will increase Wisconsin income disparities.
This time it’s the almighty Consumer Protection Safety Commission
The state has a huge surplus. We’re a public institution. Either we believe in public higher education or we don’t. If we cannot ask for restoring public funding now, when will we?
He is precisely what we need on the bench. An even tempered, thoughtful, jurist who does not view the law in a linear fashion.
Let’s celebrate the decline, give the cops some credit, and be somewhat skeptical about any one simple explanation for what happened.
Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Saturday got it backwards when he thanked former President Donald Trump for helping win the speakership.
The pervasive nature of illegal immigration will continue to be a challenge unless Biden and his team wake up.
The price of not having an independent third-party perform Metro’s equity analysis may be far greater than the $50,000 Metro saved by performing it in-house.
The once proud state of Wisconsin begins yet another year looking up at most of the rest of the country.
Republican ads targeted Black and Hispanic voters to discourage voting. Did they work?
The decade-long effort by Republicans has resulted in a systemic shift of the tax burden from individual income and property taxes to consumption and corporate taxes. This has also resulted in record tax collections and annual state budget surpluses.
Wisconsin’s two top elected officials identify policy priorities to cement career
Just days into the new session it looks like Gov. Tony Evers’ has ripped off his compromise disguise.
Breaking down remarks from the candidates, with a particularly close eye on the redistricting responses.
Judge Janet Protasiewicz appears to be the only Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate who holds that the Wisconsin Supreme Court must cease to act as a political body and insist that our government play by the rules.
A recent United Nations report showed progress in recovery of the ozone layer.
January 6th has become a date that is seared into the American consciousness. Depending on a variety of factors, including personal political beliefs, the day represents significantly different things to different people.
A pair of democratic socialists have formed the state’s first socialist caucus since the 1930s.
Walker, in his lucrative foundation job, is continuing a long pattern of building his resume and cashing in by tearing down educators and education systems.
Every pro-life governor who ran for reelection in November won by a large margin.
PSC wrongly approves price gouging that will increase Wisconsin income disparities.
This time it’s the almighty Consumer Protection Safety Commission
The state has a huge surplus. We’re a public institution. Either we believe in public higher education or we don’t. If we cannot ask for restoring public funding now, when will we?
He is precisely what we need on the bench. An even tempered, thoughtful, jurist who does not view the law in a linear fashion.
Let’s celebrate the decline, give the cops some credit, and be somewhat skeptical about any one simple explanation for what happened.
Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Saturday got it backwards when he thanked former President Donald Trump for helping win the speakership.
The pervasive nature of illegal immigration will continue to be a challenge unless Biden and his team wake up.