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Since the fall elections a strange thing has been happening in Wisconsin politics. Gov. Tony Evers and Speaker Robin Vos have sought a reset on their relationship. … That progress continued in Evers’ state of the state speech last night.
The word? Crime.
Both candidates for state Supreme Court got legal training from mediocre Bible-oriented school.
Democrats say boosting the April 4 turnout is why Republican legislators put a constitutional change and a non-binding advisory referendum before voters.
Suddenly, the state of Illinois has become one of our Republican legislators’ favorite places. Illinois, you see, has a “flat” income tax.
Hesselbein has emerged as an outspoken champion of working Wisconsinites — and the truth.
Democratic voters in Milwaukee are turning away from the feel-good do-nothing rhetoric of progressive elected officials and that scares the Democratic Party, and rightly so.
We have witnessed 39 times this far what more guns, easily bought with few limitations, has brought upon our country.
I’m hardly the first to observe that if wealth and hard work truly went hand in hand, every African woman would be a millionaire.
In his recent column in this newspaper, Mark Belling says Justice Kelly “seem(s) mostly motivated to avenge an unfair defeat” and is “likely to lose again.” Mr. Belling is wrong on both counts.
I’ve been talking with politically knowledgeable folks around the state about this race. Their unanimous opinion is that Protasiewicz is far and away the strongest progressive candidate.
Judicial appointments and elections do, too.
Medicare Advantage is part of the solution.
Not so well, say doctors.
Flat tax proposal would hurt education, roads, public safety
The battle for leadership of Dane County’s Republican party is a microcosm of the civil war Republicans are waging nationally within itself.
The agriculture sector, including dairy farms, is still a crown jewel for Wisconsin’s economy. But the future looks grim for small dairy farms.
Republicans are merely taking a page from the Democratic Party’s playbook.
It’s all led to hundreds of unnecessary changes in election laws.
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has introduced a plan to transition the state over four years to a flat 3.25% individual income tax from the current four-bracket structure with a top rate of 7.65%.
Since the fall elections a strange thing has been happening in Wisconsin politics. Gov. Tony Evers and Speaker Robin Vos have sought a reset on their relationship. … That progress continued in Evers’ state of the state speech last night.
The word? Crime.
Both candidates for state Supreme Court got legal training from mediocre Bible-oriented school.
Democrats say boosting the April 4 turnout is why Republican legislators put a constitutional change and a non-binding advisory referendum before voters.
Suddenly, the state of Illinois has become one of our Republican legislators’ favorite places. Illinois, you see, has a “flat” income tax.
Hesselbein has emerged as an outspoken champion of working Wisconsinites — and the truth.
Democratic voters in Milwaukee are turning away from the feel-good do-nothing rhetoric of progressive elected officials and that scares the Democratic Party, and rightly so.
We have witnessed 39 times this far what more guns, easily bought with few limitations, has brought upon our country.
I’m hardly the first to observe that if wealth and hard work truly went hand in hand, every African woman would be a millionaire.
In his recent column in this newspaper, Mark Belling says Justice Kelly “seem(s) mostly motivated to avenge an unfair defeat” and is “likely to lose again.” Mr. Belling is wrong on both counts.
I’ve been talking with politically knowledgeable folks around the state about this race. Their unanimous opinion is that Protasiewicz is far and away the strongest progressive candidate.
Judicial appointments and elections do, too.
Medicare Advantage is part of the solution.
Not so well, say doctors.
Flat tax proposal would hurt education, roads, public safety
The battle for leadership of Dane County’s Republican party is a microcosm of the civil war Republicans are waging nationally within itself.
The agriculture sector, including dairy farms, is still a crown jewel for Wisconsin’s economy. But the future looks grim for small dairy farms.
Republicans are merely taking a page from the Democratic Party’s playbook.
It’s all led to hundreds of unnecessary changes in election laws.
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has introduced a plan to transition the state over four years to a flat 3.25% individual income tax from the current four-bracket structure with a top rate of 7.65%.
