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While the Republicans put forth seemingly high-minded rationales for continuing to deprive these Americans of their right to be represented in Congress, the real reason is they fear that the good people of Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico may not choose to elect Republicans.
Under Biden’s order, transgender service members will now receive the medical treatment they need to transition, and they cannot be discharged based on their gender identity.
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the utter mess that the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission has become, little progress was made during 2020 in the efforts to reform the MPD.
There is no reason for Evers to issue new public health emergencies every 61 days except to circumvent the requirement of a joint resolution, and the Senate is thus right to finally put an end to the lawless usurpation of legislative authority by the executive branch of state government.
The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday passed a joint resolution that aims to end Gov. Tony Evers’ endless emergency declaration and his statewide mask mandate.
Bad Yemen policy predates the outgoing administration, but things got worse under Trump.
It is high time to create a statewide eligibility standard. Sen. Dale Kooyenga’s bill does just that by raising the eligibility standard to 300% of the federal poverty limit for the WPCP, matching the programs in Milwaukee and Racine.
His choice of Joe Biden was decisive and may have been the only Democrat who could beat Trump.
Immediately after the ceremonies, Biden went about the business of dismantling as much of his predecessor’s legacy as he could with a series of executive orders.
On day one, Biden signed a number of executive orders to reverse many Trump era policies. However, we can’t continue to be a nation governed by executive order ensuring that our policies change with each election. We have to do the work.
It is the duty of the party that created the damage to aid in repairing our institutional foundations.
Without a more democratic America we will not win health care for all, decent wages and jobs for all workers, meaningful action to fight climate change, or real policies to dismantle the systemic racism that plagues our nation.
I don’t have a problem with Belichick or anyone else – like his former quarterback Tom Brady and team owner Robert Kraft – being friends with Trump. People are free to have their own choice in choosing their politics and their friends. But let’s not act like this riot and attempted coup, fomented by Trump, is somehow waking you up coach.
Michael Ferris joined the Thompson Center on Public Leadership to discuss a data-based planning tool called “Wisconsin Expansion of Renewable Electricity with Optimization under Long-term Forecasts” (WEREWOLF) he developed with Thompson Center faculty research funding.
While a once unfathomable global pandemic continues to affect how we approach nearly every area of our lives, hope helps us realize much better days are within reach.
Gov. Tony Evers recently extended his mask mandate, which originally went into place in July, through March 20.
Everyone, regardless of political persuasion, should be gravely troubled by a governor who steadfastly refuses to recognize limits on his authority.
Biden has issued public health executive orders: Mask wearing on federal property and interstate travel, using the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of PPE and vaccine, more testing, steps to assure health equity, guidelines on reopening schools and research on treatments.
When educational options are limited, Wisconsin loses. Conversely, when parents are trusted with the educational direction and choices for their children, Wisconsin Wins.
That describes the Republican-inspired contention that the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was essentially the same as the protests at Wisconsin’s state Capitol over the union-destroying Act 10 back in 2011. What rubbish.
While the Republicans put forth seemingly high-minded rationales for continuing to deprive these Americans of their right to be represented in Congress, the real reason is they fear that the good people of Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico may not choose to elect Republicans.
Under Biden’s order, transgender service members will now receive the medical treatment they need to transition, and they cannot be discharged based on their gender identity.
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the utter mess that the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission has become, little progress was made during 2020 in the efforts to reform the MPD.
There is no reason for Evers to issue new public health emergencies every 61 days except to circumvent the requirement of a joint resolution, and the Senate is thus right to finally put an end to the lawless usurpation of legislative authority by the executive branch of state government.
The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday passed a joint resolution that aims to end Gov. Tony Evers’ endless emergency declaration and his statewide mask mandate.
Bad Yemen policy predates the outgoing administration, but things got worse under Trump.
It is high time to create a statewide eligibility standard. Sen. Dale Kooyenga’s bill does just that by raising the eligibility standard to 300% of the federal poverty limit for the WPCP, matching the programs in Milwaukee and Racine.
His choice of Joe Biden was decisive and may have been the only Democrat who could beat Trump.
Immediately after the ceremonies, Biden went about the business of dismantling as much of his predecessor’s legacy as he could with a series of executive orders.
On day one, Biden signed a number of executive orders to reverse many Trump era policies. However, we can’t continue to be a nation governed by executive order ensuring that our policies change with each election. We have to do the work.
It is the duty of the party that created the damage to aid in repairing our institutional foundations.
Without a more democratic America we will not win health care for all, decent wages and jobs for all workers, meaningful action to fight climate change, or real policies to dismantle the systemic racism that plagues our nation.
I don’t have a problem with Belichick or anyone else – like his former quarterback Tom Brady and team owner Robert Kraft – being friends with Trump. People are free to have their own choice in choosing their politics and their friends. But let’s not act like this riot and attempted coup, fomented by Trump, is somehow waking you up coach.
Michael Ferris joined the Thompson Center on Public Leadership to discuss a data-based planning tool called “Wisconsin Expansion of Renewable Electricity with Optimization under Long-term Forecasts” (WEREWOLF) he developed with Thompson Center faculty research funding.
While a once unfathomable global pandemic continues to affect how we approach nearly every area of our lives, hope helps us realize much better days are within reach.
Gov. Tony Evers recently extended his mask mandate, which originally went into place in July, through March 20.
Everyone, regardless of political persuasion, should be gravely troubled by a governor who steadfastly refuses to recognize limits on his authority.
Biden has issued public health executive orders: Mask wearing on federal property and interstate travel, using the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of PPE and vaccine, more testing, steps to assure health equity, guidelines on reopening schools and research on treatments.
When educational options are limited, Wisconsin loses. Conversely, when parents are trusted with the educational direction and choices for their children, Wisconsin Wins.
That describes the Republican-inspired contention that the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was essentially the same as the protests at Wisconsin’s state Capitol over the union-destroying Act 10 back in 2011. What rubbish.
