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Regardless of how one feels about Baldwin’s record, calling her pro-terrorist is irresponsible and will cause voters to tune Vukmir out should she be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in the November election.
Leah Vukmir has proven that she has the backbone and resolve to make a real difference in Wisconsin.
The Great Recession’s huge impact on employment shows why trickle down doesn’t work.
Until it can be shown that Trump committed serious acts—such as colluding with a hostile foreign power to help him win the 2016 election—and moderate Republicans accept the evidence, impeachment and removal from office is just not going to happen. However, what will happen if people keep pushing for impeachment prematurely is that the president’s base will get more fired up and will work harder to keep the Republicans in control of Congress so they can continue to protect the president.
Important information was left out of the guest column “UW loses big when it tries to keep secrets,” by USA Today Network-Wisconsin reporter Jonathan Anderson and UW-Milwaukee journalism professor David Pritchard.
Passage of the farm bill would cause an estimated 2 million Americans to lose food stamp benefits and threaten the health and well-being of Wisconsin’s children, families, and communities.
Perhaps instead of agonizing over how Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt is milking taxpayers to live high off the hog in luxury condos, use fancy limos and buy expensive office furniture, we ought to be paying more attention to how he’s really abusing our country.
Democrats have a problem. Since House Speaker Paul Ryan decided not to run for re-election, Wisconsin’s first congressional district should be something of a competitive election. However, it may not be, and that’s causing some Democrats buyer’s remorse.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization helping to build better lives for those affected by mental illness.
Debt was Ron Johnson’s obsession — until he helped Trump create the biggest deficit in 75 years.
Now a fixture on national news programs, including MSNBC, Sykes reflects on his first year away from his Milwaukee radio talk show and reacts to his numerous, and vocal, critics in an interview with Edge Messaging’s Brian Fraley.
The Legislature should fix the complex process that benefits developers and politicians at the expense of taxpayers.
Issue is critical to small businesses, who create most new jobs in the state.
In an election year, the governor has called for things he should have been doing since he took office.
EPA head overrules his staff to deliver victory for Walker, Trump and deadly pollution for Racine.
Because we must never lose sight of our strengths, I am calling for an increase in tourism funding in the next state budget.
It would be nice to say last week was anomalous. It wasn’t. But if more of us would focus attention on news that matters, well, that would be a good step.
Our state government has no interest in making Wisconsin a leader any longer. Racing toward the bottom is just fine.
Weak disclosure requirements could allow foreign powers to set up PACs or corporations to influence U.S. elections.
It is true that in the fall of 2018, it will be voters who pick their new senators and representatives. But it is also true that the candidates they have to choose from will be the byproduct of a primary process distorted by large donors who bet too big, too soon.
Regardless of how one feels about Baldwin’s record, calling her pro-terrorist is irresponsible and will cause voters to tune Vukmir out should she be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in the November election.
Leah Vukmir has proven that she has the backbone and resolve to make a real difference in Wisconsin.
The Great Recession’s huge impact on employment shows why trickle down doesn’t work.
Until it can be shown that Trump committed serious acts—such as colluding with a hostile foreign power to help him win the 2016 election—and moderate Republicans accept the evidence, impeachment and removal from office is just not going to happen. However, what will happen if people keep pushing for impeachment prematurely is that the president’s base will get more fired up and will work harder to keep the Republicans in control of Congress so they can continue to protect the president.
Important information was left out of the guest column “UW loses big when it tries to keep secrets,” by USA Today Network-Wisconsin reporter Jonathan Anderson and UW-Milwaukee journalism professor David Pritchard.
Passage of the farm bill would cause an estimated 2 million Americans to lose food stamp benefits and threaten the health and well-being of Wisconsin’s children, families, and communities.
Perhaps instead of agonizing over how Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt is milking taxpayers to live high off the hog in luxury condos, use fancy limos and buy expensive office furniture, we ought to be paying more attention to how he’s really abusing our country.
Democrats have a problem. Since House Speaker Paul Ryan decided not to run for re-election, Wisconsin’s first congressional district should be something of a competitive election. However, it may not be, and that’s causing some Democrats buyer’s remorse.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization helping to build better lives for those affected by mental illness.
Debt was Ron Johnson’s obsession — until he helped Trump create the biggest deficit in 75 years.
Now a fixture on national news programs, including MSNBC, Sykes reflects on his first year away from his Milwaukee radio talk show and reacts to his numerous, and vocal, critics in an interview with Edge Messaging’s Brian Fraley.
The Legislature should fix the complex process that benefits developers and politicians at the expense of taxpayers.
Issue is critical to small businesses, who create most new jobs in the state.
In an election year, the governor has called for things he should have been doing since he took office.
EPA head overrules his staff to deliver victory for Walker, Trump and deadly pollution for Racine.
Because we must never lose sight of our strengths, I am calling for an increase in tourism funding in the next state budget.
It would be nice to say last week was anomalous. It wasn’t. But if more of us would focus attention on news that matters, well, that would be a good step.
Our state government has no interest in making Wisconsin a leader any longer. Racing toward the bottom is just fine.
Weak disclosure requirements could allow foreign powers to set up PACs or corporations to influence U.S. elections.
It is true that in the fall of 2018, it will be voters who pick their new senators and representatives. But it is also true that the candidates they have to choose from will be the byproduct of a primary process distorted by large donors who bet too big, too soon.