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Earth Day: The Next 50 Years WisPolitics.com held a virtual lunchtime event on Tuesday, April 21 entitled “Earth Day: the Next 50 Years.” Headlining the hour-long discussion was Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate
During this year’s Earth Day learning event we will discuss environmental justice and the ways in which our climate challenges are impacting health, education, the economy, and the overall well-being of people around the world.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. MADISON – Spring weather is upon us, field preparation is underway on many Wisconsin farms, and on April 22, we celebrate
A healthier, faster-flowing Milwaukee River
Earth Day was primarily conceived and brought to life by a dedicated public servant: the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.
Thanks to innovations in biology, we have a window of opportunity right now to make transformational progress, especially in agricultural centers like Wisconsin.
Wisconsin’s legislators should invest in long-term savings and help farmers by instituting a cover crops incentive program for Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was a leader twenty years ago in trusting parents over politicians when it comes to education; we should reclaim that mantle now.
Gov. Tony Evers has taken former Gov. Scott Walker’s monumentally bad deal and made it just bad. That’s what counts for progress in the corporate welfare game.
Their extremist policies are costing state taxpayers billions.
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget plan may technically include a very slight property tax cut, but his tax collectors are offering no relief.
Federal court rejects MacIver Institute’s demand for access to governors’s press briefings.
He was my type of Democrat, my type of politician. Correct on the issues with a strong moral character and manners that would be welcome in any home in the nation. He was also the first major politician I had the chance to encounter.
I am not celebrating this as a sign of police reform.
Madison city government has itself tied up in knots with committees studying the issue to death while the mayor is providing no leadership at all.
We cannot say the verdict of guilty on all three counts in the George Floyd trial today is unwarranted. It’s certainly not surprising. But it may be as political as it is judicial.
It has been a very tough year for many professions and groups in Wisconsin as the pandemic raged. Reporters, journalists, and newsrooms of newspapers and print publications were not spared.
Giving a vaccine — and getting a vaccine — are acts of patriotism. They help keep not only ourselves but our fellow Americans safe. It’s the unselfish thing to do.
Could a bill licensing dental therapists finally make the cut in the Wisconsin Legislature?
The sad truth is that many of these pious legislators didn’t run for office to make government work for the state’s citizenry. All too many of them aspired for office so they could impose their ideological grievances on the people instead.
Earth Day: The Next 50 Years WisPolitics.com held a virtual lunchtime event on Tuesday, April 21 entitled “Earth Day: the Next 50 Years.” Headlining the hour-long discussion was Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate
During this year’s Earth Day learning event we will discuss environmental justice and the ways in which our climate challenges are impacting health, education, the economy, and the overall well-being of people around the world.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. MADISON – Spring weather is upon us, field preparation is underway on many Wisconsin farms, and on April 22, we celebrate
A healthier, faster-flowing Milwaukee River
Earth Day was primarily conceived and brought to life by a dedicated public servant: the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.
Thanks to innovations in biology, we have a window of opportunity right now to make transformational progress, especially in agricultural centers like Wisconsin.
Wisconsin’s legislators should invest in long-term savings and help farmers by instituting a cover crops incentive program for Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was a leader twenty years ago in trusting parents over politicians when it comes to education; we should reclaim that mantle now.
Gov. Tony Evers has taken former Gov. Scott Walker’s monumentally bad deal and made it just bad. That’s what counts for progress in the corporate welfare game.
Their extremist policies are costing state taxpayers billions.
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget plan may technically include a very slight property tax cut, but his tax collectors are offering no relief.
Federal court rejects MacIver Institute’s demand for access to governors’s press briefings.
He was my type of Democrat, my type of politician. Correct on the issues with a strong moral character and manners that would be welcome in any home in the nation. He was also the first major politician I had the chance to encounter.
I am not celebrating this as a sign of police reform.
Madison city government has itself tied up in knots with committees studying the issue to death while the mayor is providing no leadership at all.
We cannot say the verdict of guilty on all three counts in the George Floyd trial today is unwarranted. It’s certainly not surprising. But it may be as political as it is judicial.
It has been a very tough year for many professions and groups in Wisconsin as the pandemic raged. Reporters, journalists, and newsrooms of newspapers and print publications were not spared.
Giving a vaccine — and getting a vaccine — are acts of patriotism. They help keep not only ourselves but our fellow Americans safe. It’s the unselfish thing to do.
Could a bill licensing dental therapists finally make the cut in the Wisconsin Legislature?
The sad truth is that many of these pious legislators didn’t run for office to make government work for the state’s citizenry. All too many of them aspired for office so they could impose their ideological grievances on the people instead.
