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M.D. Kittle: Tone Deaf Tony worsens worker shortage

Gov. Tony Evers said over the weekend that he is leaning toward vetoing a Republican bill that would end the $300 weekly unemployment bonus payment subsidized by federal taxpayers. With the generous benefit, many unemployed in the Badger State are earning nearly $17 an hour not to work — as Wisconsin employers face a crippling worker shortage.

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Dave Zweifel: Thanks to Vos, you can kiss those tax dollars goodbye

Now that Wisconsin’s budget projection shows a big surplus in the coming biennium, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos isn’t interested in using some of the money for more aid to schools and broadband expansion, arguing instead that it should be returned to the taxpayers because they’re the hardworking people who made the surplus possible.

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Dave Cieslewicz: Refund the police

Biden should couple increased police funding with all kinds of reform requirements, so that departments could only get the money if they met a set of standards and got certified by the Justice Department.

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M.D. Kittle: Tone Deaf Tony worsens worker shortage

Gov. Tony Evers said over the weekend that he is leaning toward vetoing a Republican bill that would end the $300 weekly unemployment bonus payment subsidized by federal taxpayers. With the generous benefit, many unemployed in the Badger State are earning nearly $17 an hour not to work — as Wisconsin employers face a crippling worker shortage.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Thanks to Vos, you can kiss those tax dollars goodbye

Now that Wisconsin’s budget projection shows a big surplus in the coming biennium, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos isn’t interested in using some of the money for more aid to schools and broadband expansion, arguing instead that it should be returned to the taxpayers because they’re the hardworking people who made the surplus possible.

Read More »

Dave Cieslewicz: Refund the police

Biden should couple increased police funding with all kinds of reform requirements, so that departments could only get the money if they met a set of standards and got certified by the Justice Department.

Read More »

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