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Those with closed minds belittle Universal Basic Income as free money. It’s actually about freeing people to make a better life for themselves and a more prosperous economy for everyone.
I urge Wisconsin Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin to co-sponsor the bi-partisan Stop Surprise Medical Bills Act. It’s the right bill to solve the issue of surprise bills because it protects patients and doctors, not big health insurance companies.
40,000 Wisconsin students from 134 zip codes have no high-performing school options within ten miles of their homes.
Wisconsin parents and teachers are consumed with how to keep students safe and learning as a new school year approaches.
According to analysis by the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, Congress’ failure to extend a pandemic-related eviction moratorium places more than 29 million Americans at risk of homelessness by the end of the year.
It’s understandable teachers and staff, particularly those in the more vulnerable categories, are concerned about being in classes while the pandemic goes on. But if it’s really about the kids (and science), then perhaps the educators pushing for all virtual learning should consider the latest Centers for Disease Control & Prevention guidance.
Light-touch regulation in the rail sector has long benefited consumers and the economy at large, something that Sen. Johnson understands. The government now and in the future should steer clear of broad regulations that would hinder this private infrastructure mode.
Johnson, chair of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee, has morphed into one of the most vocal Trump defenders at a time when many GOP senators are lying low. But, what’s been disturbing is that he appears to be using his committee to concoct a false narrative of what was behind Trump’s Russia-Ukraine involvements that can be used in the upcoming presidential election.
Melissa Sargent has for a number of years now been Wisconsin’s most outspoken legislative advocate for legalization of marijuana.
Wisconsin citizens are getting the “You can’t handle the truth” treatment from some officials over information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin now joins 31 other states and the District of Columbia in doing the right thing for public health. It looks to me like Evers has done the right thing for Democrats’ political health as well.
Hans Rosling was a physician, academic, and researcher that shocked the “educated” world by revealing that our leaders in education, business, government, journalism—and most consumers of news—were drastically wrong about the state of the world and the global population.
Should the Legislature come back in extraordinary session to overturn Evers’ mask mandate? Let us know via our new WisOpinion poll.
Donald Trump now claims that he’s in favor of American citizens wearing masks. But, as we saw once again last week, he and his pitiful son, Donald Trump Jr., continue to stoke people’s animosity to the idea.
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales is under fire for protecting the rights of all citizens of Milwaukee.
Real change comes about when people do all the right things. Those who are woke know what these things are now. There are no more acceptable, polite excuses. Are people willing to make real change happen or will they wait for someone else?
Even with ground-level GOP leaders pushing the faithful to send in their mail ballots, President Trump has repeatedly labeled the mail-in voting as rigged or corrupt.
Assembly Republicans are hearing an earful from constituents who want the Legislature to get back to business and overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate.
It’s time for the governor to start playing some offense and force Vos, Fitzgerald and the Wisconsin GOP to defend their egregious abdication of responsibility at a time of genuine crisis.
The Madison Police Department may not be the shining national model many of us believed it was for decades, but neither is it as deeply flawed as its fiercest critics would have us believe.
Those with closed minds belittle Universal Basic Income as free money. It’s actually about freeing people to make a better life for themselves and a more prosperous economy for everyone.
I urge Wisconsin Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin to co-sponsor the bi-partisan Stop Surprise Medical Bills Act. It’s the right bill to solve the issue of surprise bills because it protects patients and doctors, not big health insurance companies.
40,000 Wisconsin students from 134 zip codes have no high-performing school options within ten miles of their homes.
Wisconsin parents and teachers are consumed with how to keep students safe and learning as a new school year approaches.
According to analysis by the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, Congress’ failure to extend a pandemic-related eviction moratorium places more than 29 million Americans at risk of homelessness by the end of the year.
It’s understandable teachers and staff, particularly those in the more vulnerable categories, are concerned about being in classes while the pandemic goes on. But if it’s really about the kids (and science), then perhaps the educators pushing for all virtual learning should consider the latest Centers for Disease Control & Prevention guidance.
Light-touch regulation in the rail sector has long benefited consumers and the economy at large, something that Sen. Johnson understands. The government now and in the future should steer clear of broad regulations that would hinder this private infrastructure mode.
Johnson, chair of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee, has morphed into one of the most vocal Trump defenders at a time when many GOP senators are lying low. But, what’s been disturbing is that he appears to be using his committee to concoct a false narrative of what was behind Trump’s Russia-Ukraine involvements that can be used in the upcoming presidential election.
Melissa Sargent has for a number of years now been Wisconsin’s most outspoken legislative advocate for legalization of marijuana.
Wisconsin citizens are getting the “You can’t handle the truth” treatment from some officials over information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin now joins 31 other states and the District of Columbia in doing the right thing for public health. It looks to me like Evers has done the right thing for Democrats’ political health as well.
Hans Rosling was a physician, academic, and researcher that shocked the “educated” world by revealing that our leaders in education, business, government, journalism—and most consumers of news—were drastically wrong about the state of the world and the global population.
Should the Legislature come back in extraordinary session to overturn Evers’ mask mandate? Let us know via our new WisOpinion poll.
Donald Trump now claims that he’s in favor of American citizens wearing masks. But, as we saw once again last week, he and his pitiful son, Donald Trump Jr., continue to stoke people’s animosity to the idea.
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales is under fire for protecting the rights of all citizens of Milwaukee.
Real change comes about when people do all the right things. Those who are woke know what these things are now. There are no more acceptable, polite excuses. Are people willing to make real change happen or will they wait for someone else?
Even with ground-level GOP leaders pushing the faithful to send in their mail ballots, President Trump has repeatedly labeled the mail-in voting as rigged or corrupt.
Assembly Republicans are hearing an earful from constituents who want the Legislature to get back to business and overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate.
It’s time for the governor to start playing some offense and force Vos, Fitzgerald and the Wisconsin GOP to defend their egregious abdication of responsibility at a time of genuine crisis.
The Madison Police Department may not be the shining national model many of us believed it was for decades, but neither is it as deeply flawed as its fiercest critics would have us believe.