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Leaving aside the younger Bernie Sanders fans, most progressive Democrats are activating for a new generation to take charge of the party in 2020. In the last weeks, however, they have been forced to concede that the vim, savvy and experience most confounding Donald Trump stem from two septuagenarians.
At least ten very old oak trees along the west bank of the Milwaukee River in Glendale’s Kletzsch Park are threatened by the construction of a passage for migrating fish past yet another of those troublesome Milwaukee River dam remnants.
The WisOpinion Insiders debate the lame-duck appointments controversy and the issues before the state Supreme Court after it reinstated Republican appointments nixed by Gov. Tony Evers. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
When Donald Trump comes to Wisconsin and lies in a way that could conceivably provoke violence against innocent people, it’s hard to ignore. But, for the most part, ignore it we should.
Legal cannabis will bring health benefits, racial justice and personal freedom.
The harmful effects on health and society outweigh any potential benefits.
The Sauk County Board voted 15-14 Monday to settle a lawsuit with the Baraboo News Republic over the release of documents.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/05/02/murphys-law-how-walker-wrecked-states-prisons/
While pressure for redevelopment of the 500 block of Mifflin Street grows, the case to designate the block a historic district remains strong.
It’s happening worldwide and in the U.S. with Wisconsin helping lead the way.
Evers is proposing that private schools must complete all the steps of accreditation prior to participating in the choice programs. This change creates a catch 22 for new schools – the school could not accept students on a voucher until they completed the entire accreditation process but they cannot complete accreditation without students in the building.
Democratic Governors and even fair redistricting could return and help rebalance some politics in Wisconsin, but a deeply red State Supreme Court can blot out blue waves here for a generation and leave Walker’s damaging marks indelible.
We need to keep our eyes on the prize and that prize is a new president in January 2021.
Just as the national debate ramps up on a government take-over of the nation’s health care, it looks like employers and market forces have already worked out a business model that is taming previously out-of-control health costs.
There is no need to expand Medicaid coverage since Wisconsinites living just above the poverty line are already eligible for what amounts to essentially no-cost coverage.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. When so much about politics is partisan, one might expect a topic like police body cameras to be contentious, particularly as
And UW-Milwaukee is the poster child for an ever-bigger problem, new study shows.
Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize small amounts of recreational marijuana in Wisconsin is dead on arrival, according to Republicans leaders.
There was a time when Republicans were leading the charge against anyone who dared suggest dealing with Russia or even called for greater cooperation between the two Cold War adversaries. Apparently, times have changed.
Deserving people need a second chance. Unfortunately, Walker, a self-proclaimed devout Christian, didn’t believe in that.
Leaving aside the younger Bernie Sanders fans, most progressive Democrats are activating for a new generation to take charge of the party in 2020. In the last weeks, however, they have been forced to concede that the vim, savvy and experience most confounding Donald Trump stem from two septuagenarians.
At least ten very old oak trees along the west bank of the Milwaukee River in Glendale’s Kletzsch Park are threatened by the construction of a passage for migrating fish past yet another of those troublesome Milwaukee River dam remnants.
The WisOpinion Insiders debate the lame-duck appointments controversy and the issues before the state Supreme Court after it reinstated Republican appointments nixed by Gov. Tony Evers. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
When Donald Trump comes to Wisconsin and lies in a way that could conceivably provoke violence against innocent people, it’s hard to ignore. But, for the most part, ignore it we should.
Legal cannabis will bring health benefits, racial justice and personal freedom.
The harmful effects on health and society outweigh any potential benefits.
The Sauk County Board voted 15-14 Monday to settle a lawsuit with the Baraboo News Republic over the release of documents.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/05/02/murphys-law-how-walker-wrecked-states-prisons/
While pressure for redevelopment of the 500 block of Mifflin Street grows, the case to designate the block a historic district remains strong.
It’s happening worldwide and in the U.S. with Wisconsin helping lead the way.
Evers is proposing that private schools must complete all the steps of accreditation prior to participating in the choice programs. This change creates a catch 22 for new schools – the school could not accept students on a voucher until they completed the entire accreditation process but they cannot complete accreditation without students in the building.
Democratic Governors and even fair redistricting could return and help rebalance some politics in Wisconsin, but a deeply red State Supreme Court can blot out blue waves here for a generation and leave Walker’s damaging marks indelible.
We need to keep our eyes on the prize and that prize is a new president in January 2021.
Just as the national debate ramps up on a government take-over of the nation’s health care, it looks like employers and market forces have already worked out a business model that is taming previously out-of-control health costs.
There is no need to expand Medicaid coverage since Wisconsinites living just above the poverty line are already eligible for what amounts to essentially no-cost coverage.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. When so much about politics is partisan, one might expect a topic like police body cameras to be contentious, particularly as
And UW-Milwaukee is the poster child for an ever-bigger problem, new study shows.
Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize small amounts of recreational marijuana in Wisconsin is dead on arrival, according to Republicans leaders.
There was a time when Republicans were leading the charge against anyone who dared suggest dealing with Russia or even called for greater cooperation between the two Cold War adversaries. Apparently, times have changed.
Deserving people need a second chance. Unfortunately, Walker, a self-proclaimed devout Christian, didn’t believe in that.
