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As long as there are so many among us who wish to reside in the Dane County jail based on the absurdity of their actions then we will need to house them, keeping them separate from the ones who do live between the guard rails of law and order.
First Street Foundation, a non-profit research group, recently reported that the world will warm each year in coming decades and that could lead to “catastrophic heat,” including in Wisconsin.
The 2022 midterm elections no longer look like a GOP tsunami.
He needs to be retired, and now that he’s 67, start collecting his own Social Security.
We may have seen the end of the Walker era in Wisconsin politics on Aug. 9, but the era of resentment–stretching back far before Walker–will likely continue to play an insidious role in future elections at the local, state, and national level.
Milwaukee and Racine counties are both moving forward with SRCCYs and are ready to break ground and begin renovations. This is one more way that the Legislature is keeping our promise to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake to provide correctional services closer to home for offenders.
Despite millions of dollars in federal COVID relief and state funding, Gov. Tony Evers’ dysfunctional Department of Safety and Professional Services is still failing Wisconsin’s licensed workers.
Biden administration racking up wins for Americans.
The negotiating provision applies to only a few more costly drugs. A cap on insulin was approved, but it’s still more than three times what the Veterans Administration pays.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate contest between GOP incumbent Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Low- and moderate-income students are at risk of falling behind
If you spend some time with Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, you get to understand why he’s so passionate about building a six-story, 825-bed addition to the downtown Public Safety Building.
The Dane County Board again fails to decide on a plan to improve the county’s jail facilities.
Criminal justice as practiced in our country has created a waste of human potential that has negatively impacted communities of color disproportionately and is difficult to recover. Until we as a nation and as a community recognize, address and reverse this disparity, the outcomes will continue to emphasize the “criminal” and block any possibility of “justice” for any of us.
Early research on gun buybacks, mostly from the 1990s, largely finds these programs ineffective at curbing gun violence, according to the Journalist’s Resource.
Reducing Milwaukeeans’ suffering from crime starts young, and research suggests a means.
Why are Grothman, Johnson, Michels defending Trump’s illegal hoarding of top secret files?
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson suggested on August 2 that Social Security should be stripped of its mandatory spending status, a move that would subject this essential program to yearly political wrangling and jeopardize the benefits on which over a million people in the Badger State rely.
Weakness led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members.
Evers is Wisconsin’s best advocate for restoring our constitutional right to an abortion and expanding our reproductive health freedoms.
As long as there are so many among us who wish to reside in the Dane County jail based on the absurdity of their actions then we will need to house them, keeping them separate from the ones who do live between the guard rails of law and order.
First Street Foundation, a non-profit research group, recently reported that the world will warm each year in coming decades and that could lead to “catastrophic heat,” including in Wisconsin.
The 2022 midterm elections no longer look like a GOP tsunami.
He needs to be retired, and now that he’s 67, start collecting his own Social Security.
We may have seen the end of the Walker era in Wisconsin politics on Aug. 9, but the era of resentment–stretching back far before Walker–will likely continue to play an insidious role in future elections at the local, state, and national level.
Milwaukee and Racine counties are both moving forward with SRCCYs and are ready to break ground and begin renovations. This is one more way that the Legislature is keeping our promise to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake to provide correctional services closer to home for offenders.
Despite millions of dollars in federal COVID relief and state funding, Gov. Tony Evers’ dysfunctional Department of Safety and Professional Services is still failing Wisconsin’s licensed workers.
Biden administration racking up wins for Americans.
The negotiating provision applies to only a few more costly drugs. A cap on insulin was approved, but it’s still more than three times what the Veterans Administration pays.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate contest between GOP incumbent Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Low- and moderate-income students are at risk of falling behind
If you spend some time with Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett, you get to understand why he’s so passionate about building a six-story, 825-bed addition to the downtown Public Safety Building.
The Dane County Board again fails to decide on a plan to improve the county’s jail facilities.
Criminal justice as practiced in our country has created a waste of human potential that has negatively impacted communities of color disproportionately and is difficult to recover. Until we as a nation and as a community recognize, address and reverse this disparity, the outcomes will continue to emphasize the “criminal” and block any possibility of “justice” for any of us.
Early research on gun buybacks, mostly from the 1990s, largely finds these programs ineffective at curbing gun violence, according to the Journalist’s Resource.
Reducing Milwaukeeans’ suffering from crime starts young, and research suggests a means.
Why are Grothman, Johnson, Michels defending Trump’s illegal hoarding of top secret files?
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson suggested on August 2 that Social Security should be stripped of its mandatory spending status, a move that would subject this essential program to yearly political wrangling and jeopardize the benefits on which over a million people in the Badger State rely.
Weakness led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members.
Evers is Wisconsin’s best advocate for restoring our constitutional right to an abortion and expanding our reproductive health freedoms.
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