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Trump’s approval rating in Wisconsin is already a couple points higher than it is nationally, and there’s reason to suspect that some of his voters just sat out the 2018 midterms as opposed to being won over by the Democrats.
As many state pension plans struggle with severe underfunding, the Wisconsin Retirement System stands out with a funded ratio above 100 percent.
While there surely are examples of government bungling — our immigration crisis is one of them — the truth is government programs typically work for all Americans.
Wisconsin is a state with a growing tech-based economy, something people outside its borders enthusiastically grasp once they see and touch it.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, predict which budget issues will figure in the 2020 legislative elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Liberal and very liberal Democrats would do well not to stereotype moderate Democrats who fear an election debacle as timid and too willing to accept the status quo just because they prefer a non-radical agenda most focused on jobs.
The USMCA is good economic policy, and it would fuel our industry forward for decades to come.
The current policy of transparency, officials say, helps protect the lottery’s integrity. In other words, it helps assure the public that the system isn’t rigged.
Fully legal cannabis has far more economic, social and health benefits.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has spent the past few months desperately trying to get the Milwaukee Common Council to approve a $52 million expansion of the streetcar route to the Fiserv Forum in time for next summer’s Democratic National Convention.
The costly “Cardinal-Hickory Creek” transmission line is not needed for reliability, is not economically justified, and should be rejected by Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission.
The ethanol industry’s latest demand is for the president to eliminate lifelines used to help small refineries that experience disproportionate economic hardship from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Using rigorous research methods, a new study found that students in Milwaukee’s school choice program are more likely to enroll in, and graduate from, four year colleges.
That’s how admirers view Rep. Mike Gallagher. Can Democrat Amanda Stuck beat him?
President Trump has made reducing the price of prescription drugs a cornerstone of his presidency, and that effort continues to fly largely under the radar in Washington. It’s a worthwhile effort, but Trump and Congress should be wary of embracing the type of inhumane, socialist-style price controls adopted in other countries.
Following years of turmoil and gridlock in many states, newly elected governors are getting a lot done.
Some economists predict that health costs will start to soar well about the 4% inflation rate starting in 2020. If they are right, the $60 trillion projection for the cost of Medicare for All over 10 years will be way low.
The truth is that since prevailing wage was repealed in Wisconsin, apprenticeship numbers are at a ten-year high, construction wages continue to increase faster than inflation, and virtually every construction union contract was renegotiated with a wage increase. All occurred without prevailing wage.
Once again Vos and Fitzgerald try to scapegoat Milwaukee.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is extending his party’s assault on Gov. Evers’ veto powers by targeting money that might be spent on Milwaukee city rail, which Republicans have been sand-bagging forever.
Trump’s approval rating in Wisconsin is already a couple points higher than it is nationally, and there’s reason to suspect that some of his voters just sat out the 2018 midterms as opposed to being won over by the Democrats.
As many state pension plans struggle with severe underfunding, the Wisconsin Retirement System stands out with a funded ratio above 100 percent.
While there surely are examples of government bungling — our immigration crisis is one of them — the truth is government programs typically work for all Americans.
Wisconsin is a state with a growing tech-based economy, something people outside its borders enthusiastically grasp once they see and touch it.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, predict which budget issues will figure in the 2020 legislative elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Liberal and very liberal Democrats would do well not to stereotype moderate Democrats who fear an election debacle as timid and too willing to accept the status quo just because they prefer a non-radical agenda most focused on jobs.
The USMCA is good economic policy, and it would fuel our industry forward for decades to come.
The current policy of transparency, officials say, helps protect the lottery’s integrity. In other words, it helps assure the public that the system isn’t rigged.
Fully legal cannabis has far more economic, social and health benefits.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has spent the past few months desperately trying to get the Milwaukee Common Council to approve a $52 million expansion of the streetcar route to the Fiserv Forum in time for next summer’s Democratic National Convention.
The costly “Cardinal-Hickory Creek” transmission line is not needed for reliability, is not economically justified, and should be rejected by Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission.
The ethanol industry’s latest demand is for the president to eliminate lifelines used to help small refineries that experience disproportionate economic hardship from the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Using rigorous research methods, a new study found that students in Milwaukee’s school choice program are more likely to enroll in, and graduate from, four year colleges.
That’s how admirers view Rep. Mike Gallagher. Can Democrat Amanda Stuck beat him?
President Trump has made reducing the price of prescription drugs a cornerstone of his presidency, and that effort continues to fly largely under the radar in Washington. It’s a worthwhile effort, but Trump and Congress should be wary of embracing the type of inhumane, socialist-style price controls adopted in other countries.
Following years of turmoil and gridlock in many states, newly elected governors are getting a lot done.
Some economists predict that health costs will start to soar well about the 4% inflation rate starting in 2020. If they are right, the $60 trillion projection for the cost of Medicare for All over 10 years will be way low.
The truth is that since prevailing wage was repealed in Wisconsin, apprenticeship numbers are at a ten-year high, construction wages continue to increase faster than inflation, and virtually every construction union contract was renegotiated with a wage increase. All occurred without prevailing wage.
Once again Vos and Fitzgerald try to scapegoat Milwaukee.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is extending his party’s assault on Gov. Evers’ veto powers by targeting money that might be spent on Milwaukee city rail, which Republicans have been sand-bagging forever.
