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As the Assembly checked out of the short-lived legislative session last week, some bad bills mercifully died with their departure. Unfortunately, some good bills that should have been passed also perished in the mad dash out.
Revoking supervision for ex-offenders accused of new crimes would cost taxpayers without improving public safety.
Hmong-Americans are an important part of Wisconsin. They’re here because they fought alongside us during the Vietnam War era and, were they to return to their native land, they’d face the worst kind of persecution.
There might be a far bigger Republican turnout than some expect.
With more wind turbine retirements impending, momentum to achieve fully recyclable turbines is growing.
The Independent Women’s Forum is a pay-to-play special interest group that launched in 1991 to help secure the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual harassment that threatened to end his nomination by President George H.W. Bush.
This tax cut will save the average filer $106, and a portion of the surplus will be used to pay down the state’s debts. By law, a portion of this surplus will also go the state’s rainy day fund, which is projected to approach $1 billion this year.
Kelly vs Karofsky will test the organizing, fundraising abilities of both parties.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, ignoring doctors and public health, lobbied Trump for a public relations regulation of vaping.
Wisconsin is playing a leading role in the Great American Comeback taking place under President Donald Trump.
It doesn’t require a stretch of the imagination to visualize Trump and Barr making a deal: Barr can claim Trump is making it impossible for him to do his job, the president can push back and after a couple of days, everything returns to normal —with Barr temporarily saving face, but doing Trump’s bidding as he’s done all along.
By all accounts, the sentencing hearing was incredibly sad, not only because of the focus on the tragic death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child, but also because of the tragedy of Nygren’s story that culminated in a lengthy prison sentence and the reality that her own young child will grow up without his mother.
With results in hand from the February primary, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look ahead to the Supreme Court race, Milwaukee-area contests, and the Dem presidential primary on April 7. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
For those who suffer every day from Donald Trump’s influence on our once recognizable nation, there is this solace. Trump appears even more miserable than we are. That was my central takeaway from the meticulous chronological account of his presidency by a pair of Pulitzer-winning Washington Post reporters. Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker talked to more than 200 sources for their book, “A Very Stable Genius,” playing off Trump’s revealing self-description.
Rather than use a larger than expected surplus to restore some of the funding they took away from Wisconsin public schools during Scott Walker’s reign, they decided to give $250 million back to the taxpayers who, they insisted, would know better how to spend the money than the government.
The State Senate and the Assembly were both in session this week. Collectively, we considered 236 legislative proposals related to topics that span the gambit of issues in Wisconsin. Twenty two of my bills were voted on throughout the week.
If there was one thing that the voters who flipped Wisconsin for Donald Trump in 2016 were hoping for above all else, it would be the “Blue Collar Boom” the president heralded at his State of the Union address.
Conservative Justice Daniel Kelly and liberal Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky advance to the April 7 general election to decide a 10-year term on the state’s highest court after Tuesday’s primary. Kelly led the field with 50.1 percent, while Karofsky
Beyond the ballot totals, behind the scenes, who were the other election winners and losers?
A Karofsky win could bode well for Democrats retaking the state from Republicans, and Trump, in November.
As the Assembly checked out of the short-lived legislative session last week, some bad bills mercifully died with their departure. Unfortunately, some good bills that should have been passed also perished in the mad dash out.
Revoking supervision for ex-offenders accused of new crimes would cost taxpayers without improving public safety.
Hmong-Americans are an important part of Wisconsin. They’re here because they fought alongside us during the Vietnam War era and, were they to return to their native land, they’d face the worst kind of persecution.
There might be a far bigger Republican turnout than some expect.
With more wind turbine retirements impending, momentum to achieve fully recyclable turbines is growing.
The Independent Women’s Forum is a pay-to-play special interest group that launched in 1991 to help secure the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual harassment that threatened to end his nomination by President George H.W. Bush.
This tax cut will save the average filer $106, and a portion of the surplus will be used to pay down the state’s debts. By law, a portion of this surplus will also go the state’s rainy day fund, which is projected to approach $1 billion this year.
Kelly vs Karofsky will test the organizing, fundraising abilities of both parties.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, ignoring doctors and public health, lobbied Trump for a public relations regulation of vaping.
Wisconsin is playing a leading role in the Great American Comeback taking place under President Donald Trump.
It doesn’t require a stretch of the imagination to visualize Trump and Barr making a deal: Barr can claim Trump is making it impossible for him to do his job, the president can push back and after a couple of days, everything returns to normal —with Barr temporarily saving face, but doing Trump’s bidding as he’s done all along.
By all accounts, the sentencing hearing was incredibly sad, not only because of the focus on the tragic death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child, but also because of the tragedy of Nygren’s story that culminated in a lengthy prison sentence and the reality that her own young child will grow up without his mother.
With results in hand from the February primary, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look ahead to the Supreme Court race, Milwaukee-area contests, and the Dem presidential primary on April 7. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
For those who suffer every day from Donald Trump’s influence on our once recognizable nation, there is this solace. Trump appears even more miserable than we are. That was my central takeaway from the meticulous chronological account of his presidency by a pair of Pulitzer-winning Washington Post reporters. Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker talked to more than 200 sources for their book, “A Very Stable Genius,” playing off Trump’s revealing self-description.
Rather than use a larger than expected surplus to restore some of the funding they took away from Wisconsin public schools during Scott Walker’s reign, they decided to give $250 million back to the taxpayers who, they insisted, would know better how to spend the money than the government.
The State Senate and the Assembly were both in session this week. Collectively, we considered 236 legislative proposals related to topics that span the gambit of issues in Wisconsin. Twenty two of my bills were voted on throughout the week.
If there was one thing that the voters who flipped Wisconsin for Donald Trump in 2016 were hoping for above all else, it would be the “Blue Collar Boom” the president heralded at his State of the Union address.
Conservative Justice Daniel Kelly and liberal Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky advance to the April 7 general election to decide a 10-year term on the state’s highest court after Tuesday’s primary. Kelly led the field with 50.1 percent, while Karofsky
Beyond the ballot totals, behind the scenes, who were the other election winners and losers?
A Karofsky win could bode well for Democrats retaking the state from Republicans, and Trump, in November.
