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Ezra Klein, in a recent New York Times essay, explains that polarization in America takes vastly different forms depending on the party. His main thesis? Democrats still need the center. Republicans don’t.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission quite literally believes that the law doesn’t apply to it.
New trade agreement with Canada, Mexico will benefits Wisconsin’s dairy industry.
The film “RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook” outlines the “fork-in-the-road decision” that Republicans made in dealing with the changing American voter demographic.
The state Legislature could make a simple change and make Wisconsin’s vehicle registration fee more progressive by using a sliding scale based on vehicle value, as is done in other states.
Why Milwaukeeans should support MPS’ referendum.
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.”
Ezra Klein, in a recent New York Times essay, explains that polarization in America takes vastly different forms depending on the party. His main thesis? Democrats still need the center. Republicans don’t.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission quite literally believes that the law doesn’t apply to it.
New trade agreement with Canada, Mexico will benefits Wisconsin’s dairy industry.
The film “RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook” outlines the “fork-in-the-road decision” that Republicans made in dealing with the changing American voter demographic.
The state Legislature could make a simple change and make Wisconsin’s vehicle registration fee more progressive by using a sliding scale based on vehicle value, as is done in other states.
Why Milwaukeeans should support MPS’ referendum.
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.”
