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Even now, as another presidential race takes shape, the former senator continues to raise issues that need to be added to the agenda, and to frame debates in broader and more dynamic terms than those who usually compete for the nation’s top job.
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press reported, “U.S. adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal.” The announcement of the deployment of this destabilizing weapon — the first new nuclear weapon in decades — was anticipated. It is a main reason the Doomsday Clock was moved closer to midnight — meaning the risk of nuclear war has increased.
The Legislature is in the final weeks of its two-year session. It’s the ready-fire-aim stage of the process. It isn’t pretty or rational. It’s the “stuff the sausage” phase of lawmaking.
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? More Americans today say the answer is “yes” than at any point since pollsters began posing that classic query nearly three decades ago.
If we value our allies — and their safety — we cannot let this go unopposed.
Trump’s Pentagon issued a “reprogramming” notice that says it will shift $3.8 billion in funding away from planned projects in order to build additional sections of the border wall.
Wendell Potter’s book, “Deadly Spin,” specifically described how the health insurance industry has been able to demonize any plan to improve health coverage for Americans, including Obamacare.
Do candidates campaign as being tough on crime, any more? Even candidates for judgeships? Not if they’re from Dane County, apparently.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, analyze big races in Tuesday’s elections, including the 7th Congressional District GOP primary and races that will narrow the field for state Supreme Court and Milwaukee mayor. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the
Popular culture of the past seemed to have a greater sense of proportion, civility and basic decency about the deaths of famous people than our own social media-driven era.
The American public and the cable news stations are totally misguided on where they are putting their focus. Dogfights and who’s up and who’s down may seem important for ratings but they are nonsense so early in the primary game against Donald Trump.
No amount of your tax money will ever be enough to fund the Democrat’s bigger-government agenda.
The governor has announced that he’s appointing a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative maps. Unfortunately, the Republican Legislature will do everything it can to undermine a fair process.
Pridemore’s early announcement should not discourage a competitive primary in the district. His announcement highlights a desperate need for competition.
The people of Wisconsin have said loud and clear that we need real reform that lifts up workers. That is why I am proud to introduce legislation to increase Wisconsin’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, and to tie the minimum wage to inflation.
Shane was one of the original members of a hugely popular folk singing group of my era, “The Kingston Trio.”
The Democratic candidate for president should make the tremendous damage that Donald Trump’s administration is doing to our outdoors one of their three or four top issues.
Most think MPS needs more funding and would back it in April referendum, poll shows.
This proposed crime victims’ constitutional amendment will appear on Wisconsin’s April ballot, and, if approved by Wisconsin voters, will strengthen the rights of Wisconsin crime victims.
The odds heavily favor Tiffany in the GOP district. No one would knock Johnson for putting a hand on the shoulder of Church and provide the ‘favorite son’ endorsement.
Even now, as another presidential race takes shape, the former senator continues to raise issues that need to be added to the agenda, and to frame debates in broader and more dynamic terms than those who usually compete for the nation’s top job.
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press reported, “U.S. adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal.” The announcement of the deployment of this destabilizing weapon — the first new nuclear weapon in decades — was anticipated. It is a main reason the Doomsday Clock was moved closer to midnight — meaning the risk of nuclear war has increased.
The Legislature is in the final weeks of its two-year session. It’s the ready-fire-aim stage of the process. It isn’t pretty or rational. It’s the “stuff the sausage” phase of lawmaking.
Are you better off now than you were four years ago? More Americans today say the answer is “yes” than at any point since pollsters began posing that classic query nearly three decades ago.
If we value our allies — and their safety — we cannot let this go unopposed.
Trump’s Pentagon issued a “reprogramming” notice that says it will shift $3.8 billion in funding away from planned projects in order to build additional sections of the border wall.
Wendell Potter’s book, “Deadly Spin,” specifically described how the health insurance industry has been able to demonize any plan to improve health coverage for Americans, including Obamacare.
Do candidates campaign as being tough on crime, any more? Even candidates for judgeships? Not if they’re from Dane County, apparently.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, analyze big races in Tuesday’s elections, including the 7th Congressional District GOP primary and races that will narrow the field for state Supreme Court and Milwaukee mayor. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the
Popular culture of the past seemed to have a greater sense of proportion, civility and basic decency about the deaths of famous people than our own social media-driven era.
The American public and the cable news stations are totally misguided on where they are putting their focus. Dogfights and who’s up and who’s down may seem important for ratings but they are nonsense so early in the primary game against Donald Trump.
No amount of your tax money will ever be enough to fund the Democrat’s bigger-government agenda.
The governor has announced that he’s appointing a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative maps. Unfortunately, the Republican Legislature will do everything it can to undermine a fair process.
Pridemore’s early announcement should not discourage a competitive primary in the district. His announcement highlights a desperate need for competition.
The people of Wisconsin have said loud and clear that we need real reform that lifts up workers. That is why I am proud to introduce legislation to increase Wisconsin’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, and to tie the minimum wage to inflation.
Shane was one of the original members of a hugely popular folk singing group of my era, “The Kingston Trio.”
The Democratic candidate for president should make the tremendous damage that Donald Trump’s administration is doing to our outdoors one of their three or four top issues.
Most think MPS needs more funding and would back it in April referendum, poll shows.
This proposed crime victims’ constitutional amendment will appear on Wisconsin’s April ballot, and, if approved by Wisconsin voters, will strengthen the rights of Wisconsin crime victims.
The odds heavily favor Tiffany in the GOP district. No one would knock Johnson for putting a hand on the shoulder of Church and provide the ‘favorite son’ endorsement.
