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As the rich get richer and the poor poorer, the Ubers and Lyfts of the world are giving us another lesson in why that’s so.

With Paul Soglin leaving office this week, WisOpinion Insiders Jensen & Chvala reflect on the legacy of the capital city’s longtime mayor. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Some analysts are saying both sides of the political aisle are responsible for an increase in political hate, but if it’s rage we’re talking about, that’s coming from Trump supporters.

The Mueller report is definitive as in “case closed” — there was no collusion with Russia.

Liberal proponents of expansion are attempting to muddy the waters and undermine the common sense notion that there is no free lunch, even in healthcare.

It’s time for Wisconsin to accept federal dollars to expand Medicaid eligibility.

There are bigger questions raised by the Foxconn project than what devices the company may build on disappearing farmland in Mt. Pleasant and how many human workers will eventually he hired in subsidized production there.

The suicide of a young woman in Colorado this week demonstrates that 48-hour waiting periods for gun purchases can save lives.

Mining company’s proposed tailings dam could cause massive pollution of Lake Michigan.

Supporters of Brian Hagedorn knew that they had to wake up a lot of dormant Trump voters and turn them out to vote.

The FDA just issued draft guidance that would expedite the development of groundbreaking cures by empowering drug makers to utilize “adaptive trial designs.”

Gov. Tony Evers 2019-21 budget makes expansion one of its centerpieces, addressing the health care needs of Wisconsin while maximizing taxpayer dollars to fund other important priorities such as education.

Democrats constantly remind us that “it’s the top one percent vs. the bottom 99 percent” and “the rich don’t pay their fair share.” So effective is this manipulation that it wholly obscures the truth – the rich don’t just pay their fair share. They pay everyone’s share.

Republicans continue to claim that the tax law changes benefit all Americans and boost the broader economy. However, the mounting evidence demonstrates the critics were right all along: the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a de facto massive giveaway to large corporations and the top one percent.

Economic development that works.

Evers needs to understand that repeal of any element of the minimum markup law isn’t good for many small family businesses that still exist in Wisconsin, but awfully good for those who want to put them out of business.

Wisconsin’s tax burden is not good, but it has been improving for the last eight years. Republicans should fight hard to maintain that trajectory for the benefit of all Wisconsinites.

Forbes sees huge growth in value of franchises since taxpayer-financed stadiums built.

Wisconsin lawmakers are seeking to amend the expungement law so that if a person does not ask for expungement at the time of sentencing, he or she can still come back to the judge and request it at a later date if the person successfully completes his or her sentence. Lawmakers are also seeking to allow people 25 years old or older at the time of the offense to request expungement.

Time will tell how Wisconsin will fare, perhaps sooner than we think.

As the rich get richer and the poor poorer, the Ubers and Lyfts of the world are giving us another lesson in why that’s so.

With Paul Soglin leaving office this week, WisOpinion Insiders Jensen & Chvala reflect on the legacy of the capital city’s longtime mayor. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Some analysts are saying both sides of the political aisle are responsible for an increase in political hate, but if it’s rage we’re talking about, that’s coming from Trump supporters.

The Mueller report is definitive as in “case closed” — there was no collusion with Russia.

Liberal proponents of expansion are attempting to muddy the waters and undermine the common sense notion that there is no free lunch, even in healthcare.

It’s time for Wisconsin to accept federal dollars to expand Medicaid eligibility.

There are bigger questions raised by the Foxconn project than what devices the company may build on disappearing farmland in Mt. Pleasant and how many human workers will eventually he hired in subsidized production there.

The suicide of a young woman in Colorado this week demonstrates that 48-hour waiting periods for gun purchases can save lives.

Mining company’s proposed tailings dam could cause massive pollution of Lake Michigan.

Supporters of Brian Hagedorn knew that they had to wake up a lot of dormant Trump voters and turn them out to vote.

The FDA just issued draft guidance that would expedite the development of groundbreaking cures by empowering drug makers to utilize “adaptive trial designs.”

Gov. Tony Evers 2019-21 budget makes expansion one of its centerpieces, addressing the health care needs of Wisconsin while maximizing taxpayer dollars to fund other important priorities such as education.

Democrats constantly remind us that “it’s the top one percent vs. the bottom 99 percent” and “the rich don’t pay their fair share.” So effective is this manipulation that it wholly obscures the truth – the rich don’t just pay their fair share. They pay everyone’s share.

Republicans continue to claim that the tax law changes benefit all Americans and boost the broader economy. However, the mounting evidence demonstrates the critics were right all along: the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a de facto massive giveaway to large corporations and the top one percent.

Economic development that works.

Evers needs to understand that repeal of any element of the minimum markup law isn’t good for many small family businesses that still exist in Wisconsin, but awfully good for those who want to put them out of business.

Wisconsin’s tax burden is not good, but it has been improving for the last eight years. Republicans should fight hard to maintain that trajectory for the benefit of all Wisconsinites.

Forbes sees huge growth in value of franchises since taxpayer-financed stadiums built.

Wisconsin lawmakers are seeking to amend the expungement law so that if a person does not ask for expungement at the time of sentencing, he or she can still come back to the judge and request it at a later date if the person successfully completes his or her sentence. Lawmakers are also seeking to allow people 25 years old or older at the time of the offense to request expungement.

Time will tell how Wisconsin will fare, perhaps sooner than we think.