
George Mitchell: Thompson’s challenges at the Department of Transportation
Time for a real discussion of Wisconsin transportation facts.
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Time for a real discussion of Wisconsin transportation facts.
Hiring talented people, appointing expert advisors, who knew you could govern that way?
The Isthmus delivers its Cheap Shots for 2018
Rothschild shares his top 10 stories of the year.
His last-minute deal with Kimberly-Clark is not real economic development.
Trump has now torn himself loose from all anchors the nation once respected, leaving us with the likes of John Bolton and Stephen Miller to advise him.
Progressives were on the move this year, and they weren’t just resisting Trump—they were outlining the alternative to Trumpism.
In its earlier years, the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest tended to have more entries from the Madison area and, as a result, more Dane County finalists. It’s a testimony to progress of Wisconsin’s startup support system that the contest has steadily become more statewide in its geographic mix of entries, as well as those who advance to the final rounds.
My least favorite complaint from the Democrats, their lefty allies, and the media is that Republicans are somehow interfering with the “peaceful transfer of power” from Walker to Governor-elect Tony Evers.
Citizens overwhelmingly opposed long list of legislation passed by Republicans.
Rather than challenge the new law on its own merits, the liberal groups are asking the judge in Madison to determine that his rulings back in 2016 on the previous statute somehow apply to the new statute.
The next two high court elections could swing power to liberals.
As secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, I had five officers commit suicide in three-and-a- half years. These events alarmed me and I dove deeper into those numbers and found that at that time, the department had lost 39 officers to suicide in less than 18 years. It was that sobering realization that drove me to start the DOC suicide awareness and intervention program with the help of very devoted staff who had suffered the effects of suicides in their lives.
Voting is now open for WisPolitics.com’s annual Dem and Republican “WisPolitico of the Year” and “Ad of the Year.”
Suits by governor, legislature, citizens coming on lame duck laws, gerrymandering.
RightWisconsin Editor James Wigderson and WTMJ-AM’s Steve Scaffidi look back at 2018.
My guess is that the Wisconsin Legislature’s Republicans had no idea what kind of public relations blunder they had committed when they decided to pass a bunch of laws to make the jobs of the governor and attorney general the people of Wisconsin had just elected a little more difficult.
Every election loser knows the drill: you take the stage, speak into the microphone, concede to the winner, tough it all out and move on, because the people had spoken and that’s how that game is played and completed. Refusing to do so, and then changing the rules and the import of the result out of spite, and in service to your often secret financial backers, is a serious and dangerous thing to do.
We have very few living reminders of how our political culture once was in this state. Perhaps no one characterized that better than Kraus.
Over the last 50 years, the United States has passed legislation outlawing discrimination based on religion, race, gender, sexual orientation and political affiliation. Yet, as the racial and ethnic composition of the country continues to change, and the disruptive business landscape requires new skills and unique perspectives in the workforce, it’s no longer enough for companies to simply remain within the laws.
Time for a real discussion of Wisconsin transportation facts.
Hiring talented people, appointing expert advisors, who knew you could govern that way?
The Isthmus delivers its Cheap Shots for 2018
Rothschild shares his top 10 stories of the year.
His last-minute deal with Kimberly-Clark is not real economic development.
Trump has now torn himself loose from all anchors the nation once respected, leaving us with the likes of John Bolton and Stephen Miller to advise him.
Progressives were on the move this year, and they weren’t just resisting Trump—they were outlining the alternative to Trumpism.
In its earlier years, the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest tended to have more entries from the Madison area and, as a result, more Dane County finalists. It’s a testimony to progress of Wisconsin’s startup support system that the contest has steadily become more statewide in its geographic mix of entries, as well as those who advance to the final rounds.
My least favorite complaint from the Democrats, their lefty allies, and the media is that Republicans are somehow interfering with the “peaceful transfer of power” from Walker to Governor-elect Tony Evers.
Citizens overwhelmingly opposed long list of legislation passed by Republicans.
Rather than challenge the new law on its own merits, the liberal groups are asking the judge in Madison to determine that his rulings back in 2016 on the previous statute somehow apply to the new statute.
The next two high court elections could swing power to liberals.
As secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, I had five officers commit suicide in three-and-a- half years. These events alarmed me and I dove deeper into those numbers and found that at that time, the department had lost 39 officers to suicide in less than 18 years. It was that sobering realization that drove me to start the DOC suicide awareness and intervention program with the help of very devoted staff who had suffered the effects of suicides in their lives.
Voting is now open for WisPolitics.com’s annual Dem and Republican “WisPolitico of the Year” and “Ad of the Year.”
Suits by governor, legislature, citizens coming on lame duck laws, gerrymandering.
RightWisconsin Editor James Wigderson and WTMJ-AM’s Steve Scaffidi look back at 2018.
My guess is that the Wisconsin Legislature’s Republicans had no idea what kind of public relations blunder they had committed when they decided to pass a bunch of laws to make the jobs of the governor and attorney general the people of Wisconsin had just elected a little more difficult.
Every election loser knows the drill: you take the stage, speak into the microphone, concede to the winner, tough it all out and move on, because the people had spoken and that’s how that game is played and completed. Refusing to do so, and then changing the rules and the import of the result out of spite, and in service to your often secret financial backers, is a serious and dangerous thing to do.
We have very few living reminders of how our political culture once was in this state. Perhaps no one characterized that better than Kraus.
Over the last 50 years, the United States has passed legislation outlawing discrimination based on religion, race, gender, sexual orientation and political affiliation. Yet, as the racial and ethnic composition of the country continues to change, and the disruptive business landscape requires new skills and unique perspectives in the workforce, it’s no longer enough for companies to simply remain within the laws.