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A couple of pictures tell the story: Soft-on-crime Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett and the far left governor who appointed him smiling in photos with a convicted pedophile wanted by the FBI. These are the people who have turned their backs on public safety in the name of liberal politics.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. President Biden inherited a nation, an economy, and a democracy struggling to cope with the disasters of the Trump years. Despite
Republicans better watch out, they better not cry, better not pout, and I’m gonna tell you why.
Wisconsin’s open records law is most often used by requesters seeking to obtain records from a government agency. But occasionally it works in reverse, allowing someone to block the release of records to a requester. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has recently affirmed important limits on such efforts.
There’s good news, and murky news, for Wisconsin borrowers.
Evers doles out federal funds as Republicans block state support.
They’ve now stooped so low as to attack my wife and me for donating to religious organizations.
GOP candidate for governor has supported anti-LGBT, anti-abortion, anti-contraception groups.
A new DOJ court filing outlines “multiple sources of evidence” against the former president that could take him off the campaign trail–permanently.
In recent years that he’s become one of the few Republicans willing to take on the tyrannical Covid regime, big tech censorship, lack of vetting for Afghanistan refugees, Spygate, and the FBI’s laundry list of malfeasance.
His disapproval rate is way high in Wisconsin, yet Michels, Johnson have embraced him.
Following the 2020 elections, too many Republicans wanted to keep their arms around Donald Trump, further undermine democracy, and thwart the will of women to make their own health care choices. Well, the nation has been watching and is about to send a message this fall.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson shouldn’t be desperate for issues on which to attack his Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. But he sure looks desperate now.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 made student loans guaranteed by taxpayers, which essentially eliminated the risk banks assumed in granting them. As a result, the number of student loans issued increased exponentially.
This year, we authored the Healthy School Meals for All Act. This bill would ensure that every student in Wisconsin has breakfast and lunch at no cost to their family.
After the U.S. Department of Agriculture found the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) in Superior would have no significant impact on the environment, President Joe Biden’s power-grabbing Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and said the proposed natural gas plant had failed to account for climate change and emissions. It’s the latest in the left’s war on American energy independence.
California Air Resources Board last week voted to mandate that all new cars and light trucks sold must be zero-emission—mostly, that would mean electric—by 2035.
Anti-vaxxers are opening the door for polio.
Nurses have a right to take action to demand union recognition and a fair contract. That includes a right to strike, and UW Health nurses have voted overwhelmingly to launch a job action from 7 a.m. on Sept. 13 through 7 a.m. on Sept. 16.
Is the biggest issue inflation or climate change? Depends on who you ask.
A couple of pictures tell the story: Soft-on-crime Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett and the far left governor who appointed him smiling in photos with a convicted pedophile wanted by the FBI. These are the people who have turned their backs on public safety in the name of liberal politics.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. President Biden inherited a nation, an economy, and a democracy struggling to cope with the disasters of the Trump years. Despite
Republicans better watch out, they better not cry, better not pout, and I’m gonna tell you why.
Wisconsin’s open records law is most often used by requesters seeking to obtain records from a government agency. But occasionally it works in reverse, allowing someone to block the release of records to a requester. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has recently affirmed important limits on such efforts.
There’s good news, and murky news, for Wisconsin borrowers.
Evers doles out federal funds as Republicans block state support.
They’ve now stooped so low as to attack my wife and me for donating to religious organizations.
GOP candidate for governor has supported anti-LGBT, anti-abortion, anti-contraception groups.
A new DOJ court filing outlines “multiple sources of evidence” against the former president that could take him off the campaign trail–permanently.
In recent years that he’s become one of the few Republicans willing to take on the tyrannical Covid regime, big tech censorship, lack of vetting for Afghanistan refugees, Spygate, and the FBI’s laundry list of malfeasance.
His disapproval rate is way high in Wisconsin, yet Michels, Johnson have embraced him.
Following the 2020 elections, too many Republicans wanted to keep their arms around Donald Trump, further undermine democracy, and thwart the will of women to make their own health care choices. Well, the nation has been watching and is about to send a message this fall.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson shouldn’t be desperate for issues on which to attack his Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. But he sure looks desperate now.
The Higher Education Act of 1965 made student loans guaranteed by taxpayers, which essentially eliminated the risk banks assumed in granting them. As a result, the number of student loans issued increased exponentially.
This year, we authored the Healthy School Meals for All Act. This bill would ensure that every student in Wisconsin has breakfast and lunch at no cost to their family.
After the U.S. Department of Agriculture found the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) in Superior would have no significant impact on the environment, President Joe Biden’s power-grabbing Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and said the proposed natural gas plant had failed to account for climate change and emissions. It’s the latest in the left’s war on American energy independence.
California Air Resources Board last week voted to mandate that all new cars and light trucks sold must be zero-emission—mostly, that would mean electric—by 2035.
Anti-vaxxers are opening the door for polio.
Nurses have a right to take action to demand union recognition and a fair contract. That includes a right to strike, and UW Health nurses have voted overwhelmingly to launch a job action from 7 a.m. on Sept. 13 through 7 a.m. on Sept. 16.
Is the biggest issue inflation or climate change? Depends on who you ask.