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Wisconsin law only allows for a measly amount of up to $5,000 per year in state compensation for each year of imprisonment in a wrongfully convicted person’s life, capped at $25,000 in total for all years wrongfully imprisoned.
Lawmakers’ exemption from the retention rules in place for everyone else should be eliminated.
The Russians have invaded Ukraine; Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas had imposed an increased inspection processes at the border with Mexico, halting truck traffic; and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared war on Walt Disney World.
Wisconsin congressional Republicans continue blasting negative partisan press releases accusing Biden of being “weak”, not doing more and attacking him with an unrelated laundry list of complaints.
The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.
I was the Walker-appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. I was the one who flagged this urgent problem just three weeks into the administration, only to be rejected.
Pipelines are easily the safest and most environmentally friendly methods to transport oil across land.
I’d counsel against the punditry that suggests this is becoming a Barnes-Lasry race that pits two Milwaukeeans against one another.
After spending $4.4 million of his personal wealth on media ads, Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has moved up in the Marquette University Law School poll.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway made a not-too-brilliant proposal last week to replace some of the flower beds in Madison street median strips with artfully colored concrete.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk inflation from the gas pump to the political stump and gauge its impact on the fall elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The ex-mayor is as worried as many of us are about the future of American democracy.
Neither secret or unprecedented, business dispute docket helps all Wisconsinites.
State sales tax collections are up, but so is inflation.
Could it be an issue in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate?
Plus: Alex Lasry is on the rise in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, why Republicans are beholden to election truthers, immigration, education and more.
Good news for Tony Evers. Bad news for RoJo. Uncertain news for Dem Senate candidates.
Cavalier Johnson blends both change and tradition.
For the sake of Wisconsin’s future, please support expanding voting rights to strengthen our democracy and ensure a more sustainable economy.
Wisconsin law only allows for a measly amount of up to $5,000 per year in state compensation for each year of imprisonment in a wrongfully convicted person’s life, capped at $25,000 in total for all years wrongfully imprisoned.
Lawmakers’ exemption from the retention rules in place for everyone else should be eliminated.
The Russians have invaded Ukraine; Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas had imposed an increased inspection processes at the border with Mexico, halting truck traffic; and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared war on Walt Disney World.
Wisconsin congressional Republicans continue blasting negative partisan press releases accusing Biden of being “weak”, not doing more and attacking him with an unrelated laundry list of complaints.
The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.
I was the Walker-appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. I was the one who flagged this urgent problem just three weeks into the administration, only to be rejected.
Pipelines are easily the safest and most environmentally friendly methods to transport oil across land.
I’d counsel against the punditry that suggests this is becoming a Barnes-Lasry race that pits two Milwaukeeans against one another.
After spending $4.4 million of his personal wealth on media ads, Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has moved up in the Marquette University Law School poll.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway made a not-too-brilliant proposal last week to replace some of the flower beds in Madison street median strips with artfully colored concrete.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk inflation from the gas pump to the political stump and gauge its impact on the fall elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The ex-mayor is as worried as many of us are about the future of American democracy.
Neither secret or unprecedented, business dispute docket helps all Wisconsinites.
State sales tax collections are up, but so is inflation.
Could it be an issue in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate?
Plus: Alex Lasry is on the rise in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, why Republicans are beholden to election truthers, immigration, education and more.
Good news for Tony Evers. Bad news for RoJo. Uncertain news for Dem Senate candidates.
Cavalier Johnson blends both change and tradition.
For the sake of Wisconsin’s future, please support expanding voting rights to strengthen our democracy and ensure a more sustainable economy.
