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Reince Priebus: Why I think the GOP tax plan could be historic
We have finally reached a point, with majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives and a White House willing to take bold steps, where we can create this heightened economic growth for all Americans.

Joel McNally: Tax cuts expose the biggest lie of Paul Ryan’s career
Ryan has abandoned the biggest lie of his career about the urgency of reducing the nightmare of U.S. budget deficits, but his new lies about Republican tax cuts benefitting the middle class will create a brand-new American nightmare.

Dominique Paul Noth: Trump returning to a balanced America
The timing was impossible to ignore. Exactly a year after Trump took office, the US electorate awoke.

Tom Loftus: Open letter to UW System President Cross about proposed system merger
Your proposal may be a good idea or a bad idea, but it is not a new idea. Change course and pledge to go on a listening tour and visit every two year college and hear them out. That is the Wisconsin Idea.

Spencer Black: Scott Walker’s re-election bid is no slam dunk
Walker’s re-election is anything but assured. A recent poll by a respected national survey firm found that Walker trails a generic Democratic opponent for re-election by 48 percent to 43 percent.

Christian Schneider: Trump will help Scott Walker in 2018
The Trump Effect in Wisconsin likely will help Walker. After all, Wisconsin voters knew full well who Trump was when they went to the polls, and they voted for him anyway. If there’s evidence that associating with Trump hurts Republican politicians in the state, I haven’t seen it.

Dave Zweifel: Long past time to give up on trickle down
Instead of reform, the GOP federal tax plan is really yet another attempt to foist the “trickle-down” theory on an unsuspecting public — you know, the theory that has failed time and again since it was first introduced by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

John Macco: A time for big ideas on taxes
This past week we announced a restructure of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. The committee will be charged with researching our tax code and developing a new, low, fair and simple plan.

Bruce Murphy: The GOP sales tax hypocrisy
Favored Republican towns allowed to levy a local sales tax, but not Milwaukee.

James Rowen: Sweetheart metals’-mining bill racing to Walker’s desk
Inspired by the rush to give it all to Foxconn, the mining rights giveaway bill has passed Tuesday night, and Walker will sign it.

George Mitchell: East-West 94 officially dead for now, but freeway costs will just keep building
Among other things, it means a much higher taxpayer bill when the inevitable need to rebuild and modernize a critical transportation artery is addressed.

Leon Young: Is a public health emergency enough?
Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50.

Tom Still: Government rollbacks aside, renewable energy here to stay
The energy marketplace has already embraced renewables as part of a balanced portfolio.

Jay Miller: The festering mess that is Illinois
And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage.

Kathleen Vinehout: WEDC admits they don’t follow the law
Are they incompetent or flouting the law? And how will they oversee Foxconn?

Ed Fallone: Foxconn deal tips scales of justice in Wisconsin
The Foxconn legislation creates special treatment for Foxconn whenever the corporation is sued in Wisconsin courts.

Patrick Testin: Fighting back against the opiate crisis
Last week, Governor Walker signed into law my contribution to the HOPE Agenda, AB 335, which cracks down on the distribution of fentanyl analogs.

Lena Taylor: Shackling of pregnant women: Unsafe and inhumane
Currently, In Wisconsin, there is no statutory guidance on how correctional facilities restrain pregnant women. This is out of step with correctional practices nationwide.

John Torinus: How CROWE can help state economy
The launching of UW-Madison Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy is much needed.

David D. Haynes: Outrageous secrecy, but a better Foxconn contract

Reince Priebus: Why I think the GOP tax plan could be historic
We have finally reached a point, with majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives and a White House willing to take bold steps, where we can create this heightened economic growth for all Americans.

Joel McNally: Tax cuts expose the biggest lie of Paul Ryan’s career
Ryan has abandoned the biggest lie of his career about the urgency of reducing the nightmare of U.S. budget deficits, but his new lies about Republican tax cuts benefitting the middle class will create a brand-new American nightmare.

Dominique Paul Noth: Trump returning to a balanced America
The timing was impossible to ignore. Exactly a year after Trump took office, the US electorate awoke.

Tom Loftus: Open letter to UW System President Cross about proposed system merger
Your proposal may be a good idea or a bad idea, but it is not a new idea. Change course and pledge to go on a listening tour and visit every two year college and hear them out. That is the Wisconsin Idea.

Spencer Black: Scott Walker’s re-election bid is no slam dunk
Walker’s re-election is anything but assured. A recent poll by a respected national survey firm found that Walker trails a generic Democratic opponent for re-election by 48 percent to 43 percent.

Christian Schneider: Trump will help Scott Walker in 2018
The Trump Effect in Wisconsin likely will help Walker. After all, Wisconsin voters knew full well who Trump was when they went to the polls, and they voted for him anyway. If there’s evidence that associating with Trump hurts Republican politicians in the state, I haven’t seen it.

Dave Zweifel: Long past time to give up on trickle down
Instead of reform, the GOP federal tax plan is really yet another attempt to foist the “trickle-down” theory on an unsuspecting public — you know, the theory that has failed time and again since it was first introduced by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

John Macco: A time for big ideas on taxes
This past week we announced a restructure of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. The committee will be charged with researching our tax code and developing a new, low, fair and simple plan.

Bruce Murphy: The GOP sales tax hypocrisy
Favored Republican towns allowed to levy a local sales tax, but not Milwaukee.

James Rowen: Sweetheart metals’-mining bill racing to Walker’s desk
Inspired by the rush to give it all to Foxconn, the mining rights giveaway bill has passed Tuesday night, and Walker will sign it.

George Mitchell: East-West 94 officially dead for now, but freeway costs will just keep building
Among other things, it means a much higher taxpayer bill when the inevitable need to rebuild and modernize a critical transportation artery is addressed.

Leon Young: Is a public health emergency enough?
Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50.

Tom Still: Government rollbacks aside, renewable energy here to stay
The energy marketplace has already embraced renewables as part of a balanced portfolio.

Jay Miller: The festering mess that is Illinois
And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage.

Kathleen Vinehout: WEDC admits they don’t follow the law
Are they incompetent or flouting the law? And how will they oversee Foxconn?

Ed Fallone: Foxconn deal tips scales of justice in Wisconsin
The Foxconn legislation creates special treatment for Foxconn whenever the corporation is sued in Wisconsin courts.

Patrick Testin: Fighting back against the opiate crisis
Last week, Governor Walker signed into law my contribution to the HOPE Agenda, AB 335, which cracks down on the distribution of fentanyl analogs.

Lena Taylor: Shackling of pregnant women: Unsafe and inhumane
Currently, In Wisconsin, there is no statutory guidance on how correctional facilities restrain pregnant women. This is out of step with correctional practices nationwide.

John Torinus: How CROWE can help state economy
The launching of UW-Madison Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy is much needed.