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If prescription meds were the gateway drug to an opiate addiction, there’s a medical response that’s being advocated. However, if one’s addiction stems from another kind of abuse, the response is generally criminal in nature. Shouldn’t all drug abuse be treated the same? And, shouldn’t there be a concerted effort to provide treatment instead of prison?
In addition, voters give 24 districts permission to exceed state-imposed spending limits.
One thing all observers seem to agree on is that the decision by Republicans to employ the “nuclear option” to secure the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has forever changed the Senate. The question now is how much?
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents about last week’s missile strike against Syria.
Kind shouldn’t expect a different health care outcome from Medicaid expansion than from the sprawling Veterans Affairs hospital system, which Kind is familiar with now, and neither should taxpayers.
Congress must authorize President Trump’s use of force against Syria.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice.
All gun stores should be required to to place all firearms in a safe or vault during after hours to prevent theft.
Some things to think about the next time you buy a gallon of milk or turn on your kitchen tap.
Sen. Duey Stroebel constantly harps about awful big government and how it’s an ogre that hamstrings the independence of American citizens, but he’s telling local property taxpayers the state government knows what’s best for them.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Ted Kanavas, tackle the difficulties of Dems vs. Walker and Ryan and Priebus on health care along with the state schools superintendent race in the “lightning round.” Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the
Nothing has befuddled me quite as much as Trump voters who stand by him even when he moves to kill government programs that have greatly helped them.
One of the few legislators with the courage to stick his neck out for open government in Wisconsin is likely to be leaving soon and that will be a loss for state government.
Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union suffered a decline in revenue of more than $3 million between 2014 and 2015, the largest decline in the country, according to a new study by the Education Intelligence Agency.
Iowa Republicans rolled back collective bargaining rights for public employees and lowered the minimum wage in four counties that had raised it. Now no county can have a minimum wage above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
The Legislature’s joint audit committee is calling for the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Board to audit the relationship between all UW System campuses and their legally separate, affiliated foundations. That’s an excellent idea.
Medicine in the post-AHCA era.
To the tune of a single sheet of paper in the mailbox, a farm’s legacy – maybe even generations of sweat and tears – could come to a close.
I have no grand answers as to how this should be handled. But I think this is a good time to have a sober discussion about the role of government.
This week, just shy of 100 Wisconsin dairy farmers who produce for Grassland were notified they would need to find somewhere else to sell their milk.
If prescription meds were the gateway drug to an opiate addiction, there’s a medical response that’s being advocated. However, if one’s addiction stems from another kind of abuse, the response is generally criminal in nature. Shouldn’t all drug abuse be treated the same? And, shouldn’t there be a concerted effort to provide treatment instead of prison?
In addition, voters give 24 districts permission to exceed state-imposed spending limits.
One thing all observers seem to agree on is that the decision by Republicans to employ the “nuclear option” to secure the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has forever changed the Senate. The question now is how much?
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents about last week’s missile strike against Syria.
Kind shouldn’t expect a different health care outcome from Medicaid expansion than from the sprawling Veterans Affairs hospital system, which Kind is familiar with now, and neither should taxpayers.
Congress must authorize President Trump’s use of force against Syria.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice.
All gun stores should be required to to place all firearms in a safe or vault during after hours to prevent theft.
Some things to think about the next time you buy a gallon of milk or turn on your kitchen tap.
Sen. Duey Stroebel constantly harps about awful big government and how it’s an ogre that hamstrings the independence of American citizens, but he’s telling local property taxpayers the state government knows what’s best for them.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Ted Kanavas, tackle the difficulties of Dems vs. Walker and Ryan and Priebus on health care along with the state schools superintendent race in the “lightning round.” Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the
Nothing has befuddled me quite as much as Trump voters who stand by him even when he moves to kill government programs that have greatly helped them.
One of the few legislators with the courage to stick his neck out for open government in Wisconsin is likely to be leaving soon and that will be a loss for state government.
Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union suffered a decline in revenue of more than $3 million between 2014 and 2015, the largest decline in the country, according to a new study by the Education Intelligence Agency.
Iowa Republicans rolled back collective bargaining rights for public employees and lowered the minimum wage in four counties that had raised it. Now no county can have a minimum wage above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
The Legislature’s joint audit committee is calling for the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Board to audit the relationship between all UW System campuses and their legally separate, affiliated foundations. That’s an excellent idea.
Medicine in the post-AHCA era.
To the tune of a single sheet of paper in the mailbox, a farm’s legacy – maybe even generations of sweat and tears – could come to a close.
I have no grand answers as to how this should be handled. But I think this is a good time to have a sober discussion about the role of government.
This week, just shy of 100 Wisconsin dairy farmers who produce for Grassland were notified they would need to find somewhere else to sell their milk.
