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U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman said the $2 trillion-plus congress spent on pandemic relief was higher than it needed to be as the U.S. debt climbs to $26.5 trillion. He said another spending bill would be irresponsible.
As we enter what is sure to be a contentious election season, what will you do to infuse your disagreements with civility and kindness?
Alderwoman will collect second full-time salary as state legislator for eight months.
With redistricting on the horizon, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss which court should take up a likely legal challenge to redrawn Wisconsin congressional and legislative district boundaries.
The never-Trump interests in the GOP do the dirty work by continuing to drive home how Trump has utterly failed the people he promised to lift, while the Biden brain trust can focus on boosting their guy as an unthreatening agent for healing and economic innovation.
Those who insist on liberty from government mandates deny a fact of modern society: when liberties are in conflict, restrictions on individual liberty are required to enhance liberty for all.
As the City of Milwaukee joins Dane County and other municipalities across the state in enacting a mask mandate and Milwaukeeans wonder when (if ever) their children will be allowed to return to school, one might naturally wonder how Wisconsin got to this point so quickly.
Across our country, schools and colleges are making tough decisions about if, when and how to reopen for fall study.
In Wisconsin, we encourage Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans in the state Legislature to work together on reasonable steps that can be taken to fight the virus. In Washington, we encourage the same for President Donald Trump and both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
A lot of bad ideas about coronavirus control are floating round out there unchecked and are hurting the efforts to get the disease under control.
Without second round of pandemic aid there will be more jobs and health insurance lost, more services cut.
The DOJ pits public-school students against private-school students in latest lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education.
Conservative network, including key state operatives, quietly fought solutions other advanced countries pursued.
How state compares to others in testing, rate of positive cases and rate of hospitalization.
President Trump’s refusal to accept responsibility for a national health emergency along with his reluctance to even acknowledge the severity and consequences of COVID-19 has turned the pandemic into a public health crisis and economic devastation that Americans are paying for with their lives and well-being.
Six years after policy began, classrooms are out of control, teachers are afraid and students – black and white – are suffering.
While the CARES Act was an important step, we are now heading into the fifth month of this crisis and further action is needed in Washington to help us back home in Wisconsin.
Each time there is discussion of police violence against unarmed blacks the same tired narrative plays out, attempting to deflect attention from the issue at hand. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
For the tens of thousands of out-of-work Wisconsinites caught in the state Department of Workforce Development’s abysmal Unemployment Insurance claims system, it must be comforting to know that the state Department of Health Services is offering “coping tips.”
The first requirement is that we recognize how unequal we’ve become. Then perhaps we can start doing something about it.
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman said the $2 trillion-plus congress spent on pandemic relief was higher than it needed to be as the U.S. debt climbs to $26.5 trillion. He said another spending bill would be irresponsible.
As we enter what is sure to be a contentious election season, what will you do to infuse your disagreements with civility and kindness?
Alderwoman will collect second full-time salary as state legislator for eight months.
With redistricting on the horizon, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss which court should take up a likely legal challenge to redrawn Wisconsin congressional and legislative district boundaries.
The never-Trump interests in the GOP do the dirty work by continuing to drive home how Trump has utterly failed the people he promised to lift, while the Biden brain trust can focus on boosting their guy as an unthreatening agent for healing and economic innovation.
Those who insist on liberty from government mandates deny a fact of modern society: when liberties are in conflict, restrictions on individual liberty are required to enhance liberty for all.
As the City of Milwaukee joins Dane County and other municipalities across the state in enacting a mask mandate and Milwaukeeans wonder when (if ever) their children will be allowed to return to school, one might naturally wonder how Wisconsin got to this point so quickly.
Across our country, schools and colleges are making tough decisions about if, when and how to reopen for fall study.
In Wisconsin, we encourage Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans in the state Legislature to work together on reasonable steps that can be taken to fight the virus. In Washington, we encourage the same for President Donald Trump and both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
A lot of bad ideas about coronavirus control are floating round out there unchecked and are hurting the efforts to get the disease under control.
Without second round of pandemic aid there will be more jobs and health insurance lost, more services cut.
The DOJ pits public-school students against private-school students in latest lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education.
Conservative network, including key state operatives, quietly fought solutions other advanced countries pursued.
How state compares to others in testing, rate of positive cases and rate of hospitalization.
President Trump’s refusal to accept responsibility for a national health emergency along with his reluctance to even acknowledge the severity and consequences of COVID-19 has turned the pandemic into a public health crisis and economic devastation that Americans are paying for with their lives and well-being.
Six years after policy began, classrooms are out of control, teachers are afraid and students – black and white – are suffering.
While the CARES Act was an important step, we are now heading into the fifth month of this crisis and further action is needed in Washington to help us back home in Wisconsin.
Each time there is discussion of police violence against unarmed blacks the same tired narrative plays out, attempting to deflect attention from the issue at hand. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
For the tens of thousands of out-of-work Wisconsinites caught in the state Department of Workforce Development’s abysmal Unemployment Insurance claims system, it must be comforting to know that the state Department of Health Services is offering “coping tips.”
The first requirement is that we recognize how unequal we’ve become. Then perhaps we can start doing something about it.
