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

Inspired by the rush to give it all to Foxconn, the mining rights giveaway bill has passed Tuesday night, and Walker will sign it.

Among other things, it means a much higher taxpayer bill when the inevitable need to rebuild and modernize a critical transportation artery is addressed.

Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50.

The energy marketplace has already embraced renewables as part of a balanced portfolio.

And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage.

Are they incompetent or flouting the law? And how will they oversee Foxconn?

The Foxconn legislation creates special treatment for Foxconn whenever the corporation is sued in Wisconsin courts.

Last week, Governor Walker signed into law my contribution to the HOPE Agenda, AB 335, which cracks down on the distribution of fentanyl analogs.

Currently, In Wisconsin, there is no statutory guidance on how correctional facilities restrain pregnant women. This is out of step with correctional practices nationwide.

The launching of UW-Madison Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy is much needed.

Rep. Pocan has been pressuring his colleagues to do something — anything — to address what is our national embarrassment: the killing and wounding of tens of thousands of mostly innocent people by firearms every single year.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker formally announced his re-election campaign on Sunday. What are his prospects for victory? What are his strengths and vulnerabilities and who is his likely opponent?

Over the last seven years many public educators have acclimated to Walker’s world and maybe even suppressed memories of the initial bomb, but it still stinks what Walker and his GOP cohorts have done to public schools and professional educators in Wisconsin.

The Russian interference investigation overshadows everything: Trump’s trip to Asia, 2018 elections – GOP control of Congress, Trump’s reelection and the GOP legislative agenda.

A bill passed in the State Assembly that allows anyone to go hunting, no matter how young.

As of November 1st, Wisconsin residents and families can apply for a 2018 health plan, renew their current plan or pick a new plan through the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplace.

Despite latest media narrative, Americans know exactly why Obamacare is a mess … and who is at fault.

The consequences are real, unintended or not, and the so-called fixes have built-in problems.

I can’t help but look at the Foxconn deal and wonder what might happen if Wisconsin took the $3 billion it plans to give the Taiwanese-based manufacturer to locate its sprawling plant here, and instead offered that money to entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Favored Republican towns allowed to levy a local sales tax, but not Milwaukee.

Inspired by the rush to give it all to Foxconn, the mining rights giveaway bill has passed Tuesday night, and Walker will sign it.

Among other things, it means a much higher taxpayer bill when the inevitable need to rebuild and modernize a critical transportation artery is addressed.

Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50.

The energy marketplace has already embraced renewables as part of a balanced portfolio.

And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage.

Are they incompetent or flouting the law? And how will they oversee Foxconn?

The Foxconn legislation creates special treatment for Foxconn whenever the corporation is sued in Wisconsin courts.

Last week, Governor Walker signed into law my contribution to the HOPE Agenda, AB 335, which cracks down on the distribution of fentanyl analogs.

Currently, In Wisconsin, there is no statutory guidance on how correctional facilities restrain pregnant women. This is out of step with correctional practices nationwide.

The launching of UW-Madison Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy is much needed.

Rep. Pocan has been pressuring his colleagues to do something — anything — to address what is our national embarrassment: the killing and wounding of tens of thousands of mostly innocent people by firearms every single year.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker formally announced his re-election campaign on Sunday. What are his prospects for victory? What are his strengths and vulnerabilities and who is his likely opponent?

Over the last seven years many public educators have acclimated to Walker’s world and maybe even suppressed memories of the initial bomb, but it still stinks what Walker and his GOP cohorts have done to public schools and professional educators in Wisconsin.

The Russian interference investigation overshadows everything: Trump’s trip to Asia, 2018 elections – GOP control of Congress, Trump’s reelection and the GOP legislative agenda.

A bill passed in the State Assembly that allows anyone to go hunting, no matter how young.

As of November 1st, Wisconsin residents and families can apply for a 2018 health plan, renew their current plan or pick a new plan through the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplace.

Despite latest media narrative, Americans know exactly why Obamacare is a mess … and who is at fault.

The consequences are real, unintended or not, and the so-called fixes have built-in problems.

I can’t help but look at the Foxconn deal and wonder what might happen if Wisconsin took the $3 billion it plans to give the Taiwanese-based manufacturer to locate its sprawling plant here, and instead offered that money to entrepreneurs and start-ups.