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Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor Tom Tiffany has one of the most anti-worker legislative records from both his time in the State Legislature and U.S. House.
We’re getting another poll on Wednesday from the good folks at the Marquette University Law School. Apparently, they didn’t learn their lesson the last time.
Spiraling costs, scant benefit from rating system suggest it’s time for a new approach.
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the crosshairs of Trump.
Flock cameras have become the subject of controversy, leading many to wonder whether these cameras are truly geared toward public safety or are just another step toward an Orwellian surveillance state.
Whether in Gary, Alabama, or anywhere in between, Black citizens deserve the same light, the same resolution, and the same attention as everybody else.
While the scale of this moment nearly defies imagination, those who approach it with generosity – in whatever form suits their situation – can help ensure it becomes more than a financial transaction. Together, we can build a movement whose benefits are transformational for our region and state.
Duffy stunned the Amtrak board last week by announcing his DOT would be investing $5.3 billion in the passenger rail system’s Midwest network.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the rematch in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District between Dem Rebecca Cooke and Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
What specific policies should Wisconsinites demand from their political leaders on data centers?
Wisconsin’s citizen voters must be assured that their votes count. Central Count continues to be the core problem behind Wisconsin’s chronic election night delays, technical failures, and eroded public confidence.
None of them were very accurate. Yet more pollsters keep popping up.
Wisconsin has an opportunity to address both a massive taxpayer burden and one of the state’s most difficult ethical questions.
Development-spurring TIF has consequences in Wisconsin’s taxpayer-protecting levy limits, but there’s a way around the tradeoff.
His death was a consequence of a single agency in charge of every crisis. As a society we must ask ourselves: Why are the police often our only resource?
By receiving financial support through a named family legacy fund, independent journalists and policy makers can be free to report on the important issues of the day and help sustain our democracy.
President Ronald Reagan made history 45 years ago when he signed the largest tax cuts ever at his beloved California Rancho del Cielo.
Our national parks preserve the most stunning natural and historic places for everyone, rich or poor, forever. We can’t allow an uncaring, childlike wannabe dictator ruin what generations of Americans have built.
Drivers of racecars will speed around the Smithsonian buildings. No pedestrians are allowed to wander these grand places of history, culture and art that belong to the American people for free. Tickets went on sale.
The former Verso plant is symbolic of how the words “data center” have become politically radioactive in Wisconsin – even when that industrial-zoned site is undergoing a brownfield cleanup that would scare away most developers.
Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor Tom Tiffany has one of the most anti-worker legislative records from both his time in the State Legislature and U.S. House.
We’re getting another poll on Wednesday from the good folks at the Marquette University Law School. Apparently, they didn’t learn their lesson the last time.
Spiraling costs, scant benefit from rating system suggest it’s time for a new approach.
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the crosshairs of Trump.
Flock cameras have become the subject of controversy, leading many to wonder whether these cameras are truly geared toward public safety or are just another step toward an Orwellian surveillance state.
Whether in Gary, Alabama, or anywhere in between, Black citizens deserve the same light, the same resolution, and the same attention as everybody else.
While the scale of this moment nearly defies imagination, those who approach it with generosity – in whatever form suits their situation – can help ensure it becomes more than a financial transaction. Together, we can build a movement whose benefits are transformational for our region and state.
Duffy stunned the Amtrak board last week by announcing his DOT would be investing $5.3 billion in the passenger rail system’s Midwest network.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the rematch in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District between Dem Rebecca Cooke and Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
What specific policies should Wisconsinites demand from their political leaders on data centers?
Wisconsin’s citizen voters must be assured that their votes count. Central Count continues to be the core problem behind Wisconsin’s chronic election night delays, technical failures, and eroded public confidence.
None of them were very accurate. Yet more pollsters keep popping up.
Wisconsin has an opportunity to address both a massive taxpayer burden and one of the state’s most difficult ethical questions.
Development-spurring TIF has consequences in Wisconsin’s taxpayer-protecting levy limits, but there’s a way around the tradeoff.
His death was a consequence of a single agency in charge of every crisis. As a society we must ask ourselves: Why are the police often our only resource?
By receiving financial support through a named family legacy fund, independent journalists and policy makers can be free to report on the important issues of the day and help sustain our democracy.
President Ronald Reagan made history 45 years ago when he signed the largest tax cuts ever at his beloved California Rancho del Cielo.
Our national parks preserve the most stunning natural and historic places for everyone, rich or poor, forever. We can’t allow an uncaring, childlike wannabe dictator ruin what generations of Americans have built.
Drivers of racecars will speed around the Smithsonian buildings. No pedestrians are allowed to wander these grand places of history, culture and art that belong to the American people for free. Tickets went on sale.
The former Verso plant is symbolic of how the words “data center” have become politically radioactive in Wisconsin – even when that industrial-zoned site is undergoing a brownfield cleanup that would scare away most developers.
