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They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.
This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a lame-duck session, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, draw on their own experiences in divided government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Cramer, author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker,” is undertaking a new project.
Attorneys may sue, but urge Evers and Kaul to pursue a suit to overturn contract.
The fact is Wisconsin’s economy is thriving and the best evidence of this is our increased tax revenues despite tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on changes Republicans might make during the lame-duck legislative session before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles.
Questions about what exactly happened at the prom shoot in Baraboo and what it all means remain unresolved. But toxic social media reaction has not helped matters.
WEDC needs to change, but eliminating the organization and returning the functions to the even more bureaucratic departments of Commerce and Administration would be a mistake.
Tony Evers’ election as governor will provide a shot-in-the-arm for the school choice movement.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on how Wisconsin Republicans’ lame-duck maneuvers could affect Gov.-elect Tony Evers.
Killing city’s restaurant rating system could increase food-borne illness in Milwaukee.
Elected officials should begin by working on a series of issues in desperate need of reform. These include criminal justice reform, transportation reform, and energy reform. Not only are these worth pursuing on policy grounds, they will provide political dividends.
Somebody has to reject the tribalism that has come to define our politics and start trying again to define a common, unifying vision for what it means to be an American or a Wisconsinite. Ironically, rebuilding the center is the only way for progressives to make progress.
After years of enjoying a solid advantage over the Democrats’ finance and field operations, Republicans are now at a point where we need to reconnoiter and retool.
WMC’s current CEO, former banking lobbyist Kurt Bauer, is probably right that his organization and Gov. Scott Walker did damage the state’s long history of progressiveness. Where Bob La Follette and his crew drove out the special interests and removed their chokehold on lawmakers and judges, WMC and its allies have bought and bullied their way back into control. Perhaps he shouldn’t forget what happened when they began abusing their power and insisting everything go their way. Those progressives are far from dead.
27 women Democrats running for Assembly lost, women leaders point to gerrymandering.
Many in the state’s business community are skeptical that Gov. Scott Walker’s replacement, state schools superintendent Tony Evers, can do a better job for the Wisconsin economy.
Increasing the tax assessment on a property based on occupancy or based on financing does not reflect economic reality.
They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.
This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a lame-duck session, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, draw on their own experiences in divided government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Cramer, author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker,” is undertaking a new project.
Attorneys may sue, but urge Evers and Kaul to pursue a suit to overturn contract.
The fact is Wisconsin’s economy is thriving and the best evidence of this is our increased tax revenues despite tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on changes Republicans might make during the lame-duck legislative session before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles.
Questions about what exactly happened at the prom shoot in Baraboo and what it all means remain unresolved. But toxic social media reaction has not helped matters.
WEDC needs to change, but eliminating the organization and returning the functions to the even more bureaucratic departments of Commerce and Administration would be a mistake.
Tony Evers’ election as governor will provide a shot-in-the-arm for the school choice movement.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on how Wisconsin Republicans’ lame-duck maneuvers could affect Gov.-elect Tony Evers.
Killing city’s restaurant rating system could increase food-borne illness in Milwaukee.
Elected officials should begin by working on a series of issues in desperate need of reform. These include criminal justice reform, transportation reform, and energy reform. Not only are these worth pursuing on policy grounds, they will provide political dividends.
Somebody has to reject the tribalism that has come to define our politics and start trying again to define a common, unifying vision for what it means to be an American or a Wisconsinite. Ironically, rebuilding the center is the only way for progressives to make progress.
After years of enjoying a solid advantage over the Democrats’ finance and field operations, Republicans are now at a point where we need to reconnoiter and retool.
WMC’s current CEO, former banking lobbyist Kurt Bauer, is probably right that his organization and Gov. Scott Walker did damage the state’s long history of progressiveness. Where Bob La Follette and his crew drove out the special interests and removed their chokehold on lawmakers and judges, WMC and its allies have bought and bullied their way back into control. Perhaps he shouldn’t forget what happened when they began abusing their power and insisting everything go their way. Those progressives are far from dead.
27 women Democrats running for Assembly lost, women leaders point to gerrymandering.
Many in the state’s business community are skeptical that Gov. Scott Walker’s replacement, state schools superintendent Tony Evers, can do a better job for the Wisconsin economy.
Increasing the tax assessment on a property based on occupancy or based on financing does not reflect economic reality.
