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Despite the coast-to-coast glut of well-paid jobs in tech professions such as coding, cybersecurity and network management, the pipeline of potential workers is much smaller than what observers would prefer.
Democrat Tony Evers is the first governor in Wisconsin history to include a nonpartisan plan to draw new boundaries for legislative and Congressional districts in his proposed state budget.
Wisconsin’s policymakers should strongly consider a policy that allows private businesses, technical schools or the University of Wisconsin System to work with correctional facilities to train soon-to-be-released offenders.
November 2018 brought the nectar of what progressive energy could look like in Wisconsin. But will that energy dissipate on April 2? There is so little attention in the media that citizens have to motivate themselves for these so-called nonpartisan spring elections.
The Fund for Wisconsin Scholars helps fulfill the mission of the UW System: to increase higher education access and affordability, to improve lives and enrich communities, and to advance knowledge throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Shame on Trump and the GOP. Their budget betrays rural Wisconsin, including farmers and all that is good in America.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the manufacturer of the AR-15 used in the Sandy Hook massacre can be sued by families of the victims and the survivors of the attack.
As budget deliberations get started at the State Capitol, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, navigate the possible routes for creating a bipartisan transportation budget. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
As was the case with Clinton, mere physical presence likely won’t be enough to win Wisconsin voters over. Taking precedence will be what their candidate stands for.
The city’s selection for Democratic National Convention is symbolic. But of what?
Gov. Tony Evers can speak about his support of the Latino community, but his appointments reflect a disregard for Latinos, one of the critical populations for the future of Wisconsin and his re-election.
The fight over the once-progressive state.
Judge Hagedorn’s detractors — who, ironically, attack him in the name of advancing “equality” — are guilty of applying a religious test that’s discriminatory and at odds with Article VI of the U.S. Constitution.
When campaigning for governor Tony Evers promised to reduce the prison population, do something about chronic wasting disease, and fix the controversial WEDC. None of those proposals are in his first budget.
Without meaningful research, the debate won’t move beyond soundbites about how hundreds/thousands of offenders are returned to prison for “technical” violations of parole or probation.
Their policies helped fuel a dairy crisis.
Gov. Tony Evers, in conjunction with AG Josh Kaul, made it known Wednesday Wisconsin will participate with other states in a lawsuit regarding the attempt to divert federal monies under the guise of a national emergency.
Taxpayers can’t afford to pump millions and billions into profitable private companies without harming their own economies.
None raised any doubts about a deal that always seemed suspect.
Despite the coast-to-coast glut of well-paid jobs in tech professions such as coding, cybersecurity and network management, the pipeline of potential workers is much smaller than what observers would prefer.
Democrat Tony Evers is the first governor in Wisconsin history to include a nonpartisan plan to draw new boundaries for legislative and Congressional districts in his proposed state budget.
Wisconsin’s policymakers should strongly consider a policy that allows private businesses, technical schools or the University of Wisconsin System to work with correctional facilities to train soon-to-be-released offenders.
November 2018 brought the nectar of what progressive energy could look like in Wisconsin. But will that energy dissipate on April 2? There is so little attention in the media that citizens have to motivate themselves for these so-called nonpartisan spring elections.
The Fund for Wisconsin Scholars helps fulfill the mission of the UW System: to increase higher education access and affordability, to improve lives and enrich communities, and to advance knowledge throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Shame on Trump and the GOP. Their budget betrays rural Wisconsin, including farmers and all that is good in America.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the manufacturer of the AR-15 used in the Sandy Hook massacre can be sued by families of the victims and the survivors of the attack.
As budget deliberations get started at the State Capitol, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, navigate the possible routes for creating a bipartisan transportation budget. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
As was the case with Clinton, mere physical presence likely won’t be enough to win Wisconsin voters over. Taking precedence will be what their candidate stands for.
The city’s selection for Democratic National Convention is symbolic. But of what?
Gov. Tony Evers can speak about his support of the Latino community, but his appointments reflect a disregard for Latinos, one of the critical populations for the future of Wisconsin and his re-election.
The fight over the once-progressive state.
Judge Hagedorn’s detractors — who, ironically, attack him in the name of advancing “equality” — are guilty of applying a religious test that’s discriminatory and at odds with Article VI of the U.S. Constitution.
When campaigning for governor Tony Evers promised to reduce the prison population, do something about chronic wasting disease, and fix the controversial WEDC. None of those proposals are in his first budget.
Without meaningful research, the debate won’t move beyond soundbites about how hundreds/thousands of offenders are returned to prison for “technical” violations of parole or probation.
Their policies helped fuel a dairy crisis.
Gov. Tony Evers, in conjunction with AG Josh Kaul, made it known Wednesday Wisconsin will participate with other states in a lawsuit regarding the attempt to divert federal monies under the guise of a national emergency.
Taxpayers can’t afford to pump millions and billions into profitable private companies without harming their own economies.
None raised any doubts about a deal that always seemed suspect.
