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We were warned that our UI system was outdated and incapable of handling a huge spike in volume. In fact, many of the very same Republican legislators who were so quick to point the finger of blame at Governor Tony Evers were the same Republican legislators controlling the state’s purse strings for the last decade and failing to act on that warning.
Despite the best intentions of many who work within our institutions of public service, education, economic, health care and criminal justice, the outcomes produced by these systems are too often plagued by racial inequalities that we need to confront and fix.
Applying Act 10 to police unions is the right policy, but it’s in neither party’s political interest. We’re betting the policy change has no chance but we hope to be surprised.
We live in a country where civilian control over the military is enshrined in our Constitution. It follows that cities should recognize the importance of clearly defining, and maintaining, civilian control of the police.
If homicides, and violent crime in general, are rapidly rising now in Milwaukee, what would happen to public safety if the city’s police force lost 200, 300 or more officers?
If elected, he would be the first black man to represent Dane County in the state Legislature, and only the second black person to do so, following the election of Rep. Shelia Stubbs in 2018. He’s also a police officer.
All evidence suggests state is doing well. But there may be danger from other states.
Authors debate whether a proposed mandate to teach cursive writing in Wisconsin elementary schools is prudent and whether high school students should be required to learn coding.
The Madison PFC hasn’t ruled against an officer based on a citizen complaint since 1959 — and that was when the citizen was the mayor and the officer was the chief of police.
Ray Cross can manage in the interim if a new search for president is not launched until spring.
Leftist bomb thrower Scot Ross marked his first day at the Wisconsin Ethics Commission by characteristically spewing incendiary comments about Republican leadership.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul objects to an anti-lynching bill.
Players union demands financial records from Brewers, all MLB teams.
Decision in Pride Month protects 8.1 million LGBTQ workers from discrimination.
DWD’s dysfunctional Unemployment Insurance division may be of little help to thousands of displaced Wisconsin workers running out of money and hope, but at least there’s a place frustrated filers can go to vent.
We need to tell the truth and be honest about the inequities that continue to exist for African Americans in our country. Floyd’s death has put everything on the table: police and corrections reform, education restructuring, access to employment and livable wages, housing and healthcare.
What justification can there possibly be for flying the flag of an army that sought to destroy our nation in order to continue human enslavement?
Marsy’s Law, the recently passed constitutional amendment to strengthen crime victim rights in Wisconsin, was endorsed by 145 chiefs of police, 57 county sheriffs, and the state’s most prominent law enforcement associations. But how will the law be applied to victims of police brutality?
They’re definitely up since state Supreme Court ruling, and a faster rate than the nation.
Time to face reality and expand Medicaid. Circumstances have changed.
We were warned that our UI system was outdated and incapable of handling a huge spike in volume. In fact, many of the very same Republican legislators who were so quick to point the finger of blame at Governor Tony Evers were the same Republican legislators controlling the state’s purse strings for the last decade and failing to act on that warning.
Despite the best intentions of many who work within our institutions of public service, education, economic, health care and criminal justice, the outcomes produced by these systems are too often plagued by racial inequalities that we need to confront and fix.
Applying Act 10 to police unions is the right policy, but it’s in neither party’s political interest. We’re betting the policy change has no chance but we hope to be surprised.
We live in a country where civilian control over the military is enshrined in our Constitution. It follows that cities should recognize the importance of clearly defining, and maintaining, civilian control of the police.
If homicides, and violent crime in general, are rapidly rising now in Milwaukee, what would happen to public safety if the city’s police force lost 200, 300 or more officers?
If elected, he would be the first black man to represent Dane County in the state Legislature, and only the second black person to do so, following the election of Rep. Shelia Stubbs in 2018. He’s also a police officer.
All evidence suggests state is doing well. But there may be danger from other states.
Authors debate whether a proposed mandate to teach cursive writing in Wisconsin elementary schools is prudent and whether high school students should be required to learn coding.
The Madison PFC hasn’t ruled against an officer based on a citizen complaint since 1959 — and that was when the citizen was the mayor and the officer was the chief of police.
Ray Cross can manage in the interim if a new search for president is not launched until spring.
Leftist bomb thrower Scot Ross marked his first day at the Wisconsin Ethics Commission by characteristically spewing incendiary comments about Republican leadership.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul objects to an anti-lynching bill.
Players union demands financial records from Brewers, all MLB teams.
Decision in Pride Month protects 8.1 million LGBTQ workers from discrimination.
DWD’s dysfunctional Unemployment Insurance division may be of little help to thousands of displaced Wisconsin workers running out of money and hope, but at least there’s a place frustrated filers can go to vent.
We need to tell the truth and be honest about the inequities that continue to exist for African Americans in our country. Floyd’s death has put everything on the table: police and corrections reform, education restructuring, access to employment and livable wages, housing and healthcare.
What justification can there possibly be for flying the flag of an army that sought to destroy our nation in order to continue human enslavement?
Marsy’s Law, the recently passed constitutional amendment to strengthen crime victim rights in Wisconsin, was endorsed by 145 chiefs of police, 57 county sheriffs, and the state’s most prominent law enforcement associations. But how will the law be applied to victims of police brutality?
They’re definitely up since state Supreme Court ruling, and a faster rate than the nation.
Time to face reality and expand Medicaid. Circumstances have changed.
