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The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. This is the time of year when we each take a hard look at our recent history and set goals for
I’m looking forward to meeting more advocates and introducing new bills to support Wisconsinites in 2020. However, we won’t be able to address the most critical issues or have meaningful accomplishments without nonpartisan redistricting reform.
From 2009 to 2019, state tax credits that offset property taxes went up by 41%–from $938 million to $1.32 billion.
Offering another excuse to give state employees the day off at taxpayer expense, liberal lawmakers have proposed a bill that would establish “Democracy Day” in Wisconsin.
With the arrival of the new year 2020, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take a look back at the biggest political stories from Wisconsin in 2019. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
What seems clear to me is that Americans across generations who share a revulsion at this obscene Trump era should look beyond intergenerational grievances and slogans. Because confronting Donald Trump is the only conflict that really matters.
One of the stories that has flown under the radar during the past year is how much taxpayer money the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is spending for just plain political spite.
There’s a lot of taking from the poor and giving to the rich these days. If I have one wish for 2020, it’s that it will be a year when we return to our senses.
A RightWisconsin’s pundit panel looks ahead to 2020.
This entire session, I’ve tried to say we have shared government to acknowledge the need for bipartisanship, but it feels more like divided government. Despite setbacks in 2019, I will renew my optimism for the good government concept of cooperation in 2020.
A “permanent progressive field program” is working on it.
The real abuse of power, the abuse of power that should terrify everyone regardless of their opinions of Trump, came from an FBI so hell bent on influencing American politics that it has undone centuries of trust in American jurisprudence.
The Republican has showed his independence in the past. But not this time, not on impeachment.
With nearly 700,000 people potentially being cut from the federal program comes a consequence that deserves national attention.
The Thompson Center’s Ryan Owens discusses the work of the Speaker’s Taskforce on Suicide Prevention and more with Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Just shy of two years ago, this column explored the heightened importance of open government when public health is at risk.
The poorly-considered decision to not enjoin education stakeholders in the selection process is a step backwards, not forward, in finding and selecting a new Wisconsin system president.
As 2019 comes to an end, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen pick their political winners and losers of 2019. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The minimum-markup law holds our state’s economy back, punishes consumers with higher prices, and makes shopping for the holidays, back-to-school, or any other time of year more expensive.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. This is the time of year when we each take a hard look at our recent history and set goals for
I’m looking forward to meeting more advocates and introducing new bills to support Wisconsinites in 2020. However, we won’t be able to address the most critical issues or have meaningful accomplishments without nonpartisan redistricting reform.
From 2009 to 2019, state tax credits that offset property taxes went up by 41%–from $938 million to $1.32 billion.
Offering another excuse to give state employees the day off at taxpayer expense, liberal lawmakers have proposed a bill that would establish “Democracy Day” in Wisconsin.
With the arrival of the new year 2020, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take a look back at the biggest political stories from Wisconsin in 2019. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
What seems clear to me is that Americans across generations who share a revulsion at this obscene Trump era should look beyond intergenerational grievances and slogans. Because confronting Donald Trump is the only conflict that really matters.
One of the stories that has flown under the radar during the past year is how much taxpayer money the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is spending for just plain political spite.
There’s a lot of taking from the poor and giving to the rich these days. If I have one wish for 2020, it’s that it will be a year when we return to our senses.
A RightWisconsin’s pundit panel looks ahead to 2020.
This entire session, I’ve tried to say we have shared government to acknowledge the need for bipartisanship, but it feels more like divided government. Despite setbacks in 2019, I will renew my optimism for the good government concept of cooperation in 2020.
A “permanent progressive field program” is working on it.
The real abuse of power, the abuse of power that should terrify everyone regardless of their opinions of Trump, came from an FBI so hell bent on influencing American politics that it has undone centuries of trust in American jurisprudence.
The Republican has showed his independence in the past. But not this time, not on impeachment.
With nearly 700,000 people potentially being cut from the federal program comes a consequence that deserves national attention.
The Thompson Center’s Ryan Owens discusses the work of the Speaker’s Taskforce on Suicide Prevention and more with Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Just shy of two years ago, this column explored the heightened importance of open government when public health is at risk.
The poorly-considered decision to not enjoin education stakeholders in the selection process is a step backwards, not forward, in finding and selecting a new Wisconsin system president.
As 2019 comes to an end, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen pick their political winners and losers of 2019. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The minimum-markup law holds our state’s economy back, punishes consumers with higher prices, and makes shopping for the holidays, back-to-school, or any other time of year more expensive.