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James Wigderson: Dallet days ahead

Dallet still has a confused idea of what the Supreme Court does in Wisconsin. She called for more immigration and less incarceration of criminals. Apparently she thinks the Court controls border security and whether or not someone commits a crime.

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Bill Berry: Renewable Fuel Standard is a well-intended law gone awry

There’s trouble in farmland: low prices, Trump tariffs, the continued loss of small and medium dairy farms. Despite these concerns, Wisconsin farmers are growing about 4 million acres of corn and more than 2 million acres of soybeans this year. That’s in part because farmers are long on hope. It’s also because of government programs that mitigate loss and encourage production.

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Dominique Paul Noth: Laughter and apprehension as Wisconsin’s Walker seeks third term

As he seeks a third term as Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker’s campaign strategy has evoked laughter and apprehension – laughter because he is so shamelessly contradicts his own past in seeking to make nice with the progressive forces lined up against him, yet apprehension because his 10-1 money advantage and slippery history raise worries he can deceive enough voters with another change of skin.

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Gordon Hintz: The ever changing Foxconn deal

The project that was awarded to Wisconsin, approved by the legislature, and signed into contract by WEDC has fundamentally changed in ways that impact the project cost, investment, employment, and tax subsidy. Yet very little has been shared with the public about the impacts of these changes.

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James Wigderson: Dallet days ahead

Dallet still has a confused idea of what the Supreme Court does in Wisconsin. She called for more immigration and less incarceration of criminals. Apparently she thinks the Court controls border security and whether or not someone commits a crime.

Read More »

Bill Berry: Renewable Fuel Standard is a well-intended law gone awry

There’s trouble in farmland: low prices, Trump tariffs, the continued loss of small and medium dairy farms. Despite these concerns, Wisconsin farmers are growing about 4 million acres of corn and more than 2 million acres of soybeans this year. That’s in part because farmers are long on hope. It’s also because of government programs that mitigate loss and encourage production.

Read More »

Dominique Paul Noth: Laughter and apprehension as Wisconsin’s Walker seeks third term

As he seeks a third term as Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker’s campaign strategy has evoked laughter and apprehension – laughter because he is so shamelessly contradicts his own past in seeking to make nice with the progressive forces lined up against him, yet apprehension because his 10-1 money advantage and slippery history raise worries he can deceive enough voters with another change of skin.

Read More »

Gordon Hintz: The ever changing Foxconn deal

The project that was awarded to Wisconsin, approved by the legislature, and signed into contract by WEDC has fundamentally changed in ways that impact the project cost, investment, employment, and tax subsidy. Yet very little has been shared with the public about the impacts of these changes.

Read More »

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