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The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate Gov. Scott Walker’s recent health, education, and rural funding proposals in light of his re-election candidacy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Wouldn’t it be something if the nightmarish 2016 Trump election reverberated two years later in Wisconsin by sweeping Walker and other male Republicans with their “Mad Men”-era sensibilities out of office?
With Republican leadership, women are empowered and succeeding. To say otherwise is false, and I won’t let my Democrat colleagues perpetuate these lies.
Tax cuts bring about healthy economic growth with better pay and greater opportunity for workers. Hyperbole doesn’t have quite the same payoff.
Record numbers of passengers are using rail these days and it’s time for the government, through the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railway Agency, and the major railroad corporations to get their act together.
Over the years it is clear the popular vote method for selecting a judge has become a process far removed from civics books. The races are now endless accusations and special-interest money piled higher than the chairs a justice sits in at the bench.
The squealing tires you heard yesterday came from the campaign bus of Judge Rebecca Dallet as she swerved out of the far left lane to a more central position in her race against Judge Michael Screnock.
Brennan is the wrong nominee for a lifetime court appointment, and Trump and his Senate Republican enablers are using the wrong process in ramming through Brennan’s nomination.
The East-West reconstruction is not just another local road project: it’s an economic development program for the entire state of Wisconsin.
Although it is well-intentioned, the Republican bill to give paper company Kimberly-Clark the same tax credit package as offered to electronics manufacturer Foxconn is simply bad economics and sets a troubling, if not unsustainable, precedent for economic development.
GOP are vulnerable in 2018, but nothing is assured.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after Tim Burns lost to Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary.
For the next six weeks, Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet needs to take 100 percent ownership of her gaffe about the single issue that explains Judge Michael Screnock’s victory in Tuesday’s primary.
Limiting access and securing entrances in our local schools will keep our kids safer. It’s worked before in other situations and will work now.
Last week, the Assembly Committee on Local Government held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 748, which takes away the ability of local communities to enact ordinances regarding employment discrimination, workforce protections, and other measures that ensure fairness in the workplace.
Instead of building a real economy, Walker is trying to buy one.
One of the most dangerous of many Donald Trump deplorables who have been appointed to high-ranking offices in his administration is former South Carolina Congressman Mick Mulvaney, long a loyal friend of special interests.
With people starting to see more money in their monthly paychecks, middle-class workers are beginning to realize the tax cut’s benefits.
The state Democratic Party and top Democratic candidates have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years from Madison businessman Mark Bakken, who’s caught up in a sexual harassment dispute.
Radio personality Mitch Henck discusses the gun debate.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate Gov. Scott Walker’s recent health, education, and rural funding proposals in light of his re-election candidacy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Wouldn’t it be something if the nightmarish 2016 Trump election reverberated two years later in Wisconsin by sweeping Walker and other male Republicans with their “Mad Men”-era sensibilities out of office?
With Republican leadership, women are empowered and succeeding. To say otherwise is false, and I won’t let my Democrat colleagues perpetuate these lies.
Tax cuts bring about healthy economic growth with better pay and greater opportunity for workers. Hyperbole doesn’t have quite the same payoff.
Record numbers of passengers are using rail these days and it’s time for the government, through the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railway Agency, and the major railroad corporations to get their act together.
Over the years it is clear the popular vote method for selecting a judge has become a process far removed from civics books. The races are now endless accusations and special-interest money piled higher than the chairs a justice sits in at the bench.
The squealing tires you heard yesterday came from the campaign bus of Judge Rebecca Dallet as she swerved out of the far left lane to a more central position in her race against Judge Michael Screnock.
Brennan is the wrong nominee for a lifetime court appointment, and Trump and his Senate Republican enablers are using the wrong process in ramming through Brennan’s nomination.
The East-West reconstruction is not just another local road project: it’s an economic development program for the entire state of Wisconsin.
Although it is well-intentioned, the Republican bill to give paper company Kimberly-Clark the same tax credit package as offered to electronics manufacturer Foxconn is simply bad economics and sets a troubling, if not unsustainable, precedent for economic development.
GOP are vulnerable in 2018, but nothing is assured.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after Tim Burns lost to Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary.
For the next six weeks, Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet needs to take 100 percent ownership of her gaffe about the single issue that explains Judge Michael Screnock’s victory in Tuesday’s primary.
Limiting access and securing entrances in our local schools will keep our kids safer. It’s worked before in other situations and will work now.
Last week, the Assembly Committee on Local Government held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 748, which takes away the ability of local communities to enact ordinances regarding employment discrimination, workforce protections, and other measures that ensure fairness in the workplace.
Instead of building a real economy, Walker is trying to buy one.
One of the most dangerous of many Donald Trump deplorables who have been appointed to high-ranking offices in his administration is former South Carolina Congressman Mick Mulvaney, long a loyal friend of special interests.
With people starting to see more money in their monthly paychecks, middle-class workers are beginning to realize the tax cut’s benefits.
The state Democratic Party and top Democratic candidates have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years from Madison businessman Mark Bakken, who’s caught up in a sexual harassment dispute.
Radio personality Mitch Henck discusses the gun debate.