
M.D. Kittle: Evers’ choice: Sign budget or lose federal funding
The Legislature’s Republican majority has beaten Gov. Tony Evers at his own game, effectively taking away the Democrat’s big veto threat with a smart budget maneuver.
Visit WisPolitics-State Affairs for premium content,
keyword notifications, bill tracking and more
Submit columns for consideration to wisopinion@wispolitics.com

The Legislature’s Republican majority has beaten Gov. Tony Evers at his own game, effectively taking away the Democrat’s big veto threat with a smart budget maneuver.

Unless they are felons. But state policies make it difficult for them to vote.

Conservatives understand that lower taxes means more money for people to invest and spend in local communities, creating economic growth and more tax revenue.

Wisconsin Republicans’ groveling to Trump wins national ridicule.

A recent report describes a world in serious trouble as soon as 2040.

If we hadn’t gotten help this year, we would have had to lay everyone off and close our business for good.

Without significant investment, infrastructure gaps will cause major losses to a nation’s GDP.

Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.

The state Legislature is embarking on a plan that thumbs its nose at Wisconsin’s history.

It hurts their own voters in Wisconsin. How do they get away with it?

President Biden was eating ice cream with Wisconsin’s governor and Democrat senator while 200 miles away a city is in crisis because of the disastrous policies the three of them put forth.

To put it plainly, the Republican-controlled state legislature uses Milwaukee County as the state’s personal ATM; and I’m sick of it – you should be too.

It is going to be important for people to get involved in this process as it unfolds over the next year, and it is going to be extremely important for WisDOT and the Evers administration to make good on their pledge to ensure the type of public process that a billion-dollar project like this demands.

On Tuesday, the governor quietly vetoed a bill that would end the $300 weekly unemployment enhancer.

It’s been two years since Cooperative Extension, Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin were formally reincorporated into UW–Madison.

If five Democrats in Washington can’t even find the courage to stand up for defenseless infants, they don’t deserve to be in Congress and must face political consequences in the 2022 midterm elections.

Hair braiding, in a business setting, should have some regulation or requirements.

The top news out of the Wisconsin Republican convention last weekend was Trump’s attack on our state GOP leaders and their groveling response.

Here’s the news flash: Robin Vos isn’t rightwing enough for some in his own caucus.

Given how the majority party in the statehouse handled the array of issues presented to them in the budget Evers has only one path to take.

The Legislature’s Republican majority has beaten Gov. Tony Evers at his own game, effectively taking away the Democrat’s big veto threat with a smart budget maneuver.

Unless they are felons. But state policies make it difficult for them to vote.

Conservatives understand that lower taxes means more money for people to invest and spend in local communities, creating economic growth and more tax revenue.

Wisconsin Republicans’ groveling to Trump wins national ridicule.

A recent report describes a world in serious trouble as soon as 2040.

If we hadn’t gotten help this year, we would have had to lay everyone off and close our business for good.

Without significant investment, infrastructure gaps will cause major losses to a nation’s GDP.

Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.

The state Legislature is embarking on a plan that thumbs its nose at Wisconsin’s history.

It hurts their own voters in Wisconsin. How do they get away with it?

President Biden was eating ice cream with Wisconsin’s governor and Democrat senator while 200 miles away a city is in crisis because of the disastrous policies the three of them put forth.

To put it plainly, the Republican-controlled state legislature uses Milwaukee County as the state’s personal ATM; and I’m sick of it – you should be too.

It is going to be important for people to get involved in this process as it unfolds over the next year, and it is going to be extremely important for WisDOT and the Evers administration to make good on their pledge to ensure the type of public process that a billion-dollar project like this demands.

On Tuesday, the governor quietly vetoed a bill that would end the $300 weekly unemployment enhancer.

It’s been two years since Cooperative Extension, Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin were formally reincorporated into UW–Madison.

If five Democrats in Washington can’t even find the courage to stand up for defenseless infants, they don’t deserve to be in Congress and must face political consequences in the 2022 midterm elections.

Hair braiding, in a business setting, should have some regulation or requirements.

The top news out of the Wisconsin Republican convention last weekend was Trump’s attack on our state GOP leaders and their groveling response.

Here’s the news flash: Robin Vos isn’t rightwing enough for some in his own caucus.

Given how the majority party in the statehouse handled the array of issues presented to them in the budget Evers has only one path to take.