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Wisconsin’s event barn owners and operators are unhappy about the direction of a legislative study committee on the state’s alcohol distribution laws so far. These “wedding barn operators,” as they’re commonly known, have good reason to be concerned.
As the flood waters recede, let’s hope that the plainly obvious significance of public spending and public service so evident in Wisconsin’s flood-ravaged communities doesn’t dry up until the next calamity brings us back to basics.
Although Social Security has never missed a payment in more than 70 years, the constant repetition of such falsehoods as “Social Security is broke” or “the trust fund money was stolen” have led many, particularly the young, to fear that Social Security will not be available when it is their time to retire.
Single-payer advocates have pointed out for years that if Americans pooled all the money that’s paid by businesses and individuals for health care coverage and enact a modest tax like we currently do for Medicare there would be more than enough money to fund our entire health care system and include every American in it from birth to death.
“Medicare for All” is simply a repackaged attempt to revive an old progressive dream of single-payer health care.
When we couple the increasing needs of children with historic budget cuts to schools, we can see through the school room window that challenges cannot be solved by our local school districts alone.
WILL’s latest study, Silent Successes, shows how, over seven years, the tone of the media coverage has been overwhelmingly negative. In fact, only two percent of stories about Act 10 have been positive. With such overwhelmingly one-sided media coverage, it is little wonder that popular support for Act 10 has been waning.
We must ensure that we are staffing our correctional facilities adequately, for the safety of our officers as well as the inmates.
Recent revelations by two of Walker’s former cabinet secretaries, along with other examples of his sorry performance when it comes to openness, make it vital that the FOIC set the record straight.
Decisions by Milwaukee county exec, Journal Sentinel, suppressed news of acting sheriff’s lucrative pension.
Ashland County asks voters for property tax hike to handle costs; referendum defeated.
Republican leaders seem to have two standards — one for union folks, another for corporate kingpins.
Evers and his fellow Democrats want to treat criminal offenders with kid gloves.
Although efforts by the Middleton-Cross Plains school district to fire the teacher were unsuccessful, Evers’ was free to start revocation proceedings. He might not have been successful, but there was a plausible argument in support of revocation. Evers chose not to proceed.
At a workshop of the Convention of States, a project to call an Article V constitutional convention for the purposes of amending the federal Constitution to limit the power of the federal government, right-wing provocateur David Horowitz was a featured panelist.
With the remaining $45 million available, the Department of Justice has initiated a second round of school safety grants focused on bolstering the baseline mental health and security improvements from the first round of funding.
Roe v. Wade is, unfortunately, not a coherent constitutional argument
Trump is the enemy of truth. Journalists are still the best protection of a democratic nation.
Overcoming the deep divisions fostered by Scott Walker’s “divide-and-conquer” approach to governing, and getting state government focused on serving all of Wisconsin, is going to be an all-hands-on-deck project. Tony Evers is a smart enough man to know that he is lucky to have Mandela Barnes at his side.
Following his victory in the Democratic primary for governor Tuesday night, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers made big promises on education but omitted any plans for funding them in his victory speech.
Wisconsin’s event barn owners and operators are unhappy about the direction of a legislative study committee on the state’s alcohol distribution laws so far. These “wedding barn operators,” as they’re commonly known, have good reason to be concerned.
As the flood waters recede, let’s hope that the plainly obvious significance of public spending and public service so evident in Wisconsin’s flood-ravaged communities doesn’t dry up until the next calamity brings us back to basics.
Although Social Security has never missed a payment in more than 70 years, the constant repetition of such falsehoods as “Social Security is broke” or “the trust fund money was stolen” have led many, particularly the young, to fear that Social Security will not be available when it is their time to retire.
Single-payer advocates have pointed out for years that if Americans pooled all the money that’s paid by businesses and individuals for health care coverage and enact a modest tax like we currently do for Medicare there would be more than enough money to fund our entire health care system and include every American in it from birth to death.
“Medicare for All” is simply a repackaged attempt to revive an old progressive dream of single-payer health care.
When we couple the increasing needs of children with historic budget cuts to schools, we can see through the school room window that challenges cannot be solved by our local school districts alone.
WILL’s latest study, Silent Successes, shows how, over seven years, the tone of the media coverage has been overwhelmingly negative. In fact, only two percent of stories about Act 10 have been positive. With such overwhelmingly one-sided media coverage, it is little wonder that popular support for Act 10 has been waning.
We must ensure that we are staffing our correctional facilities adequately, for the safety of our officers as well as the inmates.
Recent revelations by two of Walker’s former cabinet secretaries, along with other examples of his sorry performance when it comes to openness, make it vital that the FOIC set the record straight.
Decisions by Milwaukee county exec, Journal Sentinel, suppressed news of acting sheriff’s lucrative pension.
Ashland County asks voters for property tax hike to handle costs; referendum defeated.
Republican leaders seem to have two standards — one for union folks, another for corporate kingpins.
Evers and his fellow Democrats want to treat criminal offenders with kid gloves.
Although efforts by the Middleton-Cross Plains school district to fire the teacher were unsuccessful, Evers’ was free to start revocation proceedings. He might not have been successful, but there was a plausible argument in support of revocation. Evers chose not to proceed.
At a workshop of the Convention of States, a project to call an Article V constitutional convention for the purposes of amending the federal Constitution to limit the power of the federal government, right-wing provocateur David Horowitz was a featured panelist.
With the remaining $45 million available, the Department of Justice has initiated a second round of school safety grants focused on bolstering the baseline mental health and security improvements from the first round of funding.
Roe v. Wade is, unfortunately, not a coherent constitutional argument
Trump is the enemy of truth. Journalists are still the best protection of a democratic nation.
Overcoming the deep divisions fostered by Scott Walker’s “divide-and-conquer” approach to governing, and getting state government focused on serving all of Wisconsin, is going to be an all-hands-on-deck project. Tony Evers is a smart enough man to know that he is lucky to have Mandela Barnes at his side.
Following his victory in the Democratic primary for governor Tuesday night, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers made big promises on education but omitted any plans for funding them in his victory speech.
