Bruce Thompson: Democrats now the free trade party?
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019
Attitudes of the two parties seem to be flip-flopping on this issue.
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Scott Walker: Wisconsin Dems push for higher taxes while they can’t pay their own
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019
former Gov. Scott Walker talks national and Wisconsin politics in his “You Can’t Recall Courage” podcast.
Thomas Nelson: It’s time for the U.S. to adopt a national industrial strategy
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019
It has been 40 years since we last seriously considered a strategy to grow and support the manufacturing industry and its jobs.
Bruce Murphy: Why GOP opposes federal Medicaid funds
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
It’s cost state taxpayers $1.1 billion. Why won’t Republicans accept the money?
Dan O’Donnell: Ignorance of the law is no excuse
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess Niess’s belief that the judiciary can intervene when it doesn’t like how one of the other branches of government sets its own schedule is simultaneously laughable and terrifying. That three Wisconsin Supreme Court justices agreed with it is downright chilling.
Chris Taylor: Republicans are stuck in the past while Tony Evers moves us forward
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
Throughout the budget process, my Republican colleagues on the Joint Finance Committee repeatedly touted how eight years of Republican rule had “turned the state around.” Yet the facts reveal a starkly different picture.
Howard Marklein: Budget invests in people of Wisconsin
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
The Legislature completed work on the state budget, and I am proud to say it invests in the people of Wisconsin while protecting taxpayers.
Dave Cieslewicz: A budget by Christmas?
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
One house can hold up the whole process and two GOP senators have already said they oppose the budget passed by the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee.
Patrick Testin and Barbara Dittrich: Evers decides that some are more equal than others
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
Earlier this year, we authored a bill that sought to end the practice of discriminatory abortion. The Shield the Vulnerable Act would have protected children targeted on the basis of gender, race, or disability. The bill passed the Assembly and Senate, and needed only the governor’s signature to become law.
Owen Robinson: Evers endorses new era of moral depravity
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
On Friday afternoon, as people all over Wisconsin were getting ready to enjoy the first official weekend of summer, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed four bills relating to abortion.
Lena Taylor: The time is always right to discuss reparations
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
If the rest of the world can look at reparations for slavery, through the lens of collaborative efforts such as the Global Reparations Summit, surely in the U.S. we can agree on the formation of a committee to study the issue.
James Rowen: Evers begins to wash away Walker’s 8-year environmental stain
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
The governor can mesh the work of the DNR, WisDOT, public health, DATCP and the AG’s office to make science and the public interest core drivers to ensure both progress and preservation–necessities that were ignored or sold off for nearly a decade.
Dave Zweifel: Dick Wagner tells us what we didn’t know about Wisconsin’s gay history
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
Wagner was one of Dane County’s first elected officials to come out as gay, and through his work and numerous accomplishments was instrumental in helping explode the pernicious myths and stereotypes so much of the public had ignorantly come to believe.
John Nichols: A lawless court OKs legislative lawbreaking
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
The four justices who sided with the Legislature in the lawsuit over last year’s extraordinary session did not act as “originalists” or “constitutional conservatives.” Rather, they rejected the original intent of the drafters of the state Constitution in order to permit legislative lawbreaking.
George Mitchell: Abrahamson has a secret
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
We learned Friday that Abrahamson has watched quietly throughout her decades-long tenure as Wisconsin legislators acted, time and again in her opinion, outside the limits of the state’s constitution.
David Blaska: Yet another Dane County lower court ruling, overturned
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
Who are the partisans on the court? We nominate Justices Rebecca Dallet, Ann Walsh Bradley and Shirley Abrahamson.
Bill Kaplan: Moore, Pocan mistaken on impeachment
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
There has never been a magic solution to the existential threat that Trump poses. Not impeachment, the Twenty-fifth Amendment or lawsuits. Only winning the 2020 presidential election will work.
Kelly Ruh: Johnson is right, Mexican border deal is a brilliant victory for Trump
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is right: the deal the Trump administration inked with Mexico is a brilliant win, made possible only by the President’s promise to take real action.
Gregory Humphrey: Pacing of Wisconsin Legislature is concerning
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
While over time stricter laws have passed, there is one measure that seems unable to muster its way to a touchdown. Wisconsin remains the only state that does not penalize a first-time drunken-driving offense as a criminal charge.
WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ evaluate funding for schools, special education in the JFC’s budget
Friday, Jun 21, 2019
With GOP legislators poised to pass their version of the biennial budget, WisOpinion Insiders Chvala and Jensen evaluate funding for schools and special education. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Bruce Thompson: Democrats now the free trade party?
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019
Attitudes of the two parties seem to be flip-flopping on this issue.
Scott Walker: Wisconsin Dems push for higher taxes while they can’t pay their own
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019
former Gov. Scott Walker talks national and Wisconsin politics in his “You Can’t Recall Courage” podcast.
Thomas Nelson: It’s time for the U.S. to adopt a national industrial strategy
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019
It has been 40 years since we last seriously considered a strategy to grow and support the manufacturing industry and its jobs.
Bruce Murphy: Why GOP opposes federal Medicaid funds
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
It’s cost state taxpayers $1.1 billion. Why won’t Republicans accept the money?
Dan O’Donnell: Ignorance of the law is no excuse
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess Niess’s belief that the judiciary can intervene when it doesn’t like how one of the other branches of government sets its own schedule is simultaneously laughable and terrifying. That three Wisconsin Supreme Court justices agreed with it is downright chilling.
Chris Taylor: Republicans are stuck in the past while Tony Evers moves us forward
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
Throughout the budget process, my Republican colleagues on the Joint Finance Committee repeatedly touted how eight years of Republican rule had “turned the state around.” Yet the facts reveal a starkly different picture.
Howard Marklein: Budget invests in people of Wisconsin
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019
The Legislature completed work on the state budget, and I am proud to say it invests in the people of Wisconsin while protecting taxpayers.
Dave Cieslewicz: A budget by Christmas?
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
One house can hold up the whole process and two GOP senators have already said they oppose the budget passed by the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee.
Patrick Testin and Barbara Dittrich: Evers decides that some are more equal than others
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
Earlier this year, we authored a bill that sought to end the practice of discriminatory abortion. The Shield the Vulnerable Act would have protected children targeted on the basis of gender, race, or disability. The bill passed the Assembly and Senate, and needed only the governor’s signature to become law.
Owen Robinson: Evers endorses new era of moral depravity
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
On Friday afternoon, as people all over Wisconsin were getting ready to enjoy the first official weekend of summer, Gov. Tony Evers vetoed four bills relating to abortion.
Lena Taylor: The time is always right to discuss reparations
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
If the rest of the world can look at reparations for slavery, through the lens of collaborative efforts such as the Global Reparations Summit, surely in the U.S. we can agree on the formation of a committee to study the issue.
James Rowen: Evers begins to wash away Walker’s 8-year environmental stain
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
The governor can mesh the work of the DNR, WisDOT, public health, DATCP and the AG’s office to make science and the public interest core drivers to ensure both progress and preservation–necessities that were ignored or sold off for nearly a decade.
Dave Zweifel: Dick Wagner tells us what we didn’t know about Wisconsin’s gay history
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019
Wagner was one of Dane County’s first elected officials to come out as gay, and through his work and numerous accomplishments was instrumental in helping explode the pernicious myths and stereotypes so much of the public had ignorantly come to believe.
John Nichols: A lawless court OKs legislative lawbreaking
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
The four justices who sided with the Legislature in the lawsuit over last year’s extraordinary session did not act as “originalists” or “constitutional conservatives.” Rather, they rejected the original intent of the drafters of the state Constitution in order to permit legislative lawbreaking.
George Mitchell: Abrahamson has a secret
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
We learned Friday that Abrahamson has watched quietly throughout her decades-long tenure as Wisconsin legislators acted, time and again in her opinion, outside the limits of the state’s constitution.
David Blaska: Yet another Dane County lower court ruling, overturned
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
Who are the partisans on the court? We nominate Justices Rebecca Dallet, Ann Walsh Bradley and Shirley Abrahamson.
Bill Kaplan: Moore, Pocan mistaken on impeachment
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
There has never been a magic solution to the existential threat that Trump poses. Not impeachment, the Twenty-fifth Amendment or lawsuits. Only winning the 2020 presidential election will work.
Kelly Ruh: Johnson is right, Mexican border deal is a brilliant victory for Trump
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is right: the deal the Trump administration inked with Mexico is a brilliant win, made possible only by the President’s promise to take real action.
Gregory Humphrey: Pacing of Wisconsin Legislature is concerning
Monday, Jun 24, 2019
While over time stricter laws have passed, there is one measure that seems unable to muster its way to a touchdown. Wisconsin remains the only state that does not penalize a first-time drunken-driving offense as a criminal charge.
WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ evaluate funding for schools, special education in the JFC’s budget
Friday, Jun 21, 2019
With GOP legislators poised to pass their version of the biennial budget, WisOpinion Insiders Chvala and Jensen evaluate funding for schools and special education. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
