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West Point – The story is starting to become cliché. Wisconsinites overwhelmingly support a proposal that benefits our state, Republican leadership cries “partisanship”, and blocks action until an undetermined future date. We saw this happen with funding to combat homelessness,
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s latest projection suggests the state will take in $818.2 million more in tax revenue through mid-2021. Of that, $409.1 million is slated for the rainy day fund, which is now expected to have a balance just
Liberal elites do not trust parents to make the right choice for their children’s education.
The state Constitution says people shouldn’t be compelled to pay for places of worship — it’s time to start living up to that standard.
Not content to let others celebrate a good thing like National School Choice Week, opponents of school choice used this week to roll out their latest attack on the voucher program.
When the polite niceties that cost us nothing–such as a handshake and a greeting–are tossed aside for what has to assume are due to the most base of reasons then perhaps it is time to really get dispirited about our politics.
Catastrophe after catastrophe caused by climate disruption is happening right before our eyes, but Republicans, besotted with oil and coal money, are choosing to ignore reality.
Elected officials such as Sen. Ron Johnson question climate change fears.
Great news except… it’s still higher than in 49 other states.
After five days on the road in Iowa, PolitiFact reporters reflect on what they saw.
Even if Mike Pence hadn’t reached out to Gov. Tony Evers, isn’t it kind of customary for the governor to at least acknowledge a vice president when he comes to the Capitol — a special occasion that hasn’t occurred in more than 60 years?
During the 2016 campaign, Trump himself blistered Obama’s “free spending,” especially for golfing excursions. Rest assured, Americans were promised, a President Trump would spend most of his time right where he should — in the White House taking care of business “because there’s so much work to be done.”
This should be considered as an opportunity for Sanders, his supporters and Democratic primary voters to hold Rogan and his listeners accountable. If they support a progressive candidate, they ought to support progressive values.
Despite promises by leaders of both political parties, drug prices have been the nemesis of employer health plans, of taxpayer-supported plans in the public sector and of family budgets.
Gov. Tony Evers’ creation of a so-called “People’s Maps Commission” is a deliberate attempt by the governor to usurp the will of the people as expressed in their elected legislators.
When you’re facing an already stressful health emergency, you shouldn’t be expected to worry if a physician is covered by your insurance or any other hidden costs are involved in your care.
As much as the impeachment trial does, the nearly two year old recording of Donald Trump at a hotel dinner party reveals his modus operandi — perhaps more than the public yet realizes.
Gov. Evers was able to deliver on promises and move the needle on many of the issues that Wisconsinites care about by raising the bar for what Wisconsinites deserve.
West Point – The story is starting to become cliché. Wisconsinites overwhelmingly support a proposal that benefits our state, Republican leadership cries “partisanship”, and blocks action until an undetermined future date. We saw this happen with funding to combat homelessness,
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s latest projection suggests the state will take in $818.2 million more in tax revenue through mid-2021. Of that, $409.1 million is slated for the rainy day fund, which is now expected to have a balance just
Liberal elites do not trust parents to make the right choice for their children’s education.
The state Constitution says people shouldn’t be compelled to pay for places of worship — it’s time to start living up to that standard.
Not content to let others celebrate a good thing like National School Choice Week, opponents of school choice used this week to roll out their latest attack on the voucher program.
When the polite niceties that cost us nothing–such as a handshake and a greeting–are tossed aside for what has to assume are due to the most base of reasons then perhaps it is time to really get dispirited about our politics.
Catastrophe after catastrophe caused by climate disruption is happening right before our eyes, but Republicans, besotted with oil and coal money, are choosing to ignore reality.
Elected officials such as Sen. Ron Johnson question climate change fears.
Great news except… it’s still higher than in 49 other states.
After five days on the road in Iowa, PolitiFact reporters reflect on what they saw.
Even if Mike Pence hadn’t reached out to Gov. Tony Evers, isn’t it kind of customary for the governor to at least acknowledge a vice president when he comes to the Capitol — a special occasion that hasn’t occurred in more than 60 years?
During the 2016 campaign, Trump himself blistered Obama’s “free spending,” especially for golfing excursions. Rest assured, Americans were promised, a President Trump would spend most of his time right where he should — in the White House taking care of business “because there’s so much work to be done.”
This should be considered as an opportunity for Sanders, his supporters and Democratic primary voters to hold Rogan and his listeners accountable. If they support a progressive candidate, they ought to support progressive values.
Despite promises by leaders of both political parties, drug prices have been the nemesis of employer health plans, of taxpayer-supported plans in the public sector and of family budgets.
Gov. Tony Evers’ creation of a so-called “People’s Maps Commission” is a deliberate attempt by the governor to usurp the will of the people as expressed in their elected legislators.
When you’re facing an already stressful health emergency, you shouldn’t be expected to worry if a physician is covered by your insurance or any other hidden costs are involved in your care.
As much as the impeachment trial does, the nearly two year old recording of Donald Trump at a hotel dinner party reveals his modus operandi — perhaps more than the public yet realizes.
Gov. Evers was able to deliver on promises and move the needle on many of the issues that Wisconsinites care about by raising the bar for what Wisconsinites deserve.
