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During a news conference on the Expo grounds, the biggest gathering of dairy farmers and suppliers in the world, Perdue said, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.” And if that wasn’t enough of a downer to those who had banked on a Trump administration to provide some help, Perdue added that in America, no small business should expect a guaranteed income or a profit.
Let’s reframe and reset the debate and move Wisconsin Medicaid expansion forward.
The Republican-led state Legislature has long championed pro-growth tax reform.
Regardless of where students attend school in Wisconsin, these high debt loads will have a significant impact on their lives after graduation, and more should be done by Wisconsin politicians to help reduce student debt in the state so that young Wisconsinites aren’t struggling with repayment.
The president would be well-served to recognize that increasing biofuel volumes to appease ethanol interests would undermine the very communities at the center of his “America First” and “Energy Dominance” agendas.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ muffed call for a special election to fill the northern 7th Congressional District seat once held by Republican Sean Duffy. Evers is now looking at new dates to satisfy federal law. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Can whoever succeeds Koval as Madison police chief succeed in a city so prone to criticism?
Koval’s resignation Sunday was a siren in the night alerting others to take up his battle with the cop-bashers.
Either he can admit that he lied about when state law required him to hold that special election or he can admit that his Administration was too incompetent to read applicable federal law before issuing his executive order.
In an Oct. 1 meeting with reporters at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue tied the current dairy crisis to economies of scale, telling reporters, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.” It might have been refreshing to hear a politician speak so plainly, had the line not been so apathetic that it hit the attending farmers like a kick in the guts.
The Republican state senator, often referred to as Wisconsin’s most anti-environment legislator, is running for the 7th Congressional District seat recently vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy.
Under the leadership of President Trump, we’re working to address systemic trade imbalances that have hurt the agricultural sector.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Early in his administration, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers was asked to produce a letter he’d gotten from departing Gov. Scott Walker,
When its Legislature authorized dental therapists a decade ago, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to license dental therapists. It’s a profession that is new to the US but is common elsewhere in the world.
State GOP leaders mislead as they fight gun control efforts.
Few decisions are more important to terminally ill, mentally capable people than deciding on what terms they will leave this life.
Should a government body have the power to decide if a drug or treatment is too expensive for a sick patient?
Running a small business is extremely difficult, and new digital small business tools have made it easier for me and for many others. The last thing we want is our elected officials to make our businesses or our lives any more difficult, but I’m afraid that will be the result of overregulation of the digital economy.
Kaul announced that Wisconsin was joining a coalition of 28 other attorneys general to push back on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s astonishing new debt collection rules.
The Convention of States resolution that’s before the legislature would curb the federal government’s ability to spend recklessly, impose term limits on politicians who seem to get too comfortable on Capitol Hill, and reassert our 10th Amendment states’ rights.
During a news conference on the Expo grounds, the biggest gathering of dairy farmers and suppliers in the world, Perdue said, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.” And if that wasn’t enough of a downer to those who had banked on a Trump administration to provide some help, Perdue added that in America, no small business should expect a guaranteed income or a profit.
Let’s reframe and reset the debate and move Wisconsin Medicaid expansion forward.
The Republican-led state Legislature has long championed pro-growth tax reform.
Regardless of where students attend school in Wisconsin, these high debt loads will have a significant impact on their lives after graduation, and more should be done by Wisconsin politicians to help reduce student debt in the state so that young Wisconsinites aren’t struggling with repayment.
The president would be well-served to recognize that increasing biofuel volumes to appease ethanol interests would undermine the very communities at the center of his “America First” and “Energy Dominance” agendas.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ muffed call for a special election to fill the northern 7th Congressional District seat once held by Republican Sean Duffy. Evers is now looking at new dates to satisfy federal law. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Can whoever succeeds Koval as Madison police chief succeed in a city so prone to criticism?
Koval’s resignation Sunday was a siren in the night alerting others to take up his battle with the cop-bashers.
Either he can admit that he lied about when state law required him to hold that special election or he can admit that his Administration was too incompetent to read applicable federal law before issuing his executive order.
In an Oct. 1 meeting with reporters at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue tied the current dairy crisis to economies of scale, telling reporters, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.” It might have been refreshing to hear a politician speak so plainly, had the line not been so apathetic that it hit the attending farmers like a kick in the guts.
The Republican state senator, often referred to as Wisconsin’s most anti-environment legislator, is running for the 7th Congressional District seat recently vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy.
Under the leadership of President Trump, we’re working to address systemic trade imbalances that have hurt the agricultural sector.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Early in his administration, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers was asked to produce a letter he’d gotten from departing Gov. Scott Walker,
When its Legislature authorized dental therapists a decade ago, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to license dental therapists. It’s a profession that is new to the US but is common elsewhere in the world.
State GOP leaders mislead as they fight gun control efforts.
Few decisions are more important to terminally ill, mentally capable people than deciding on what terms they will leave this life.
Should a government body have the power to decide if a drug or treatment is too expensive for a sick patient?
Running a small business is extremely difficult, and new digital small business tools have made it easier for me and for many others. The last thing we want is our elected officials to make our businesses or our lives any more difficult, but I’m afraid that will be the result of overregulation of the digital economy.
Kaul announced that Wisconsin was joining a coalition of 28 other attorneys general to push back on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s astonishing new debt collection rules.
The Convention of States resolution that’s before the legislature would curb the federal government’s ability to spend recklessly, impose term limits on politicians who seem to get too comfortable on Capitol Hill, and reassert our 10th Amendment states’ rights.
