
Kathleen Vinehout: What choices would you make?
Every dollar spent in our state budget is a choice, which makes the budget a reflection of our values.
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Every dollar spent in our state budget is a choice, which makes the budget a reflection of our values.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s possible run for governor of Wisconsin.
Bill allowing concealed carry without a permit only serves to put more people in the crosshairs of random gun violence.
Top Wisconsin CEO earned 1,237 times more than average worker.
If Medicaid disappeared, most children’s hospitals would see such a significant drop in their revenue that smaller ones would close and major institutions would be forced to scale back immensely. This would stifle their ability to train high-quality health care providers, gain expertise in new procedures, and develop innovations.
The pejorative use of “mainstream media” has been one aspect of a multi-decade campaign by right-wing interests to undercut and discredit objective reporting.
Joint Finance Democrats raise issues that could be used against Walker.
3,776. That’s the number of manufacturing jobs lost in Wisconsin in 2016. Not gained, lost. While the U.S. economy added hundreds of thousands of jobs monthly, Wisconsin averaged less than a thousand.
Weak 2016 job numbers could point to recession in Wisconsin as nation saw growth.
Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson is actually trying to fundraise off of his embarrassing confrontation with Governor Scott Walker.
For Pete’s sake, we stopped talking about #Covfefe so we could complain a shock comic was shocking.
Trying to protect free speech by quashing free speech is an awful idea.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Kanavas and Chvala, preview the state Democratic convention. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The outcome of the state Dem Party chair vote likely will determine the significance of the liberal Our Wisconsin Revolution gathering three weeks later in Steven’s Point.
On June 1 Trump announced something he really can’t do overnight – pull out of the Paris Accord – and he dumped a ton of erroneous statistics on listeners that came from a front group for the coal industry.
The United States can still easily abide by the terms of the Paris Climate Accord without actually being a part of it.
A growing trend threatens transparency — and good government — in Wisconsin. Some legislative committees are using “mail ballots” to vote, instead of voting during public meetings.
But in his less inclusive, more political way, he may be just as successful.
I applaud my colleagues who want to get rid of the personal property tax. However, we must have an honest discussion about how we are going to pay for local services upon which people depend.
The numbers tell a significant story about the value of Wisconsin’s historic tax credit program, both in terms of economic development and return on investment to the state.
Every dollar spent in our state budget is a choice, which makes the budget a reflection of our values.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s possible run for governor of Wisconsin.
Bill allowing concealed carry without a permit only serves to put more people in the crosshairs of random gun violence.
Top Wisconsin CEO earned 1,237 times more than average worker.
If Medicaid disappeared, most children’s hospitals would see such a significant drop in their revenue that smaller ones would close and major institutions would be forced to scale back immensely. This would stifle their ability to train high-quality health care providers, gain expertise in new procedures, and develop innovations.
The pejorative use of “mainstream media” has been one aspect of a multi-decade campaign by right-wing interests to undercut and discredit objective reporting.
Joint Finance Democrats raise issues that could be used against Walker.
3,776. That’s the number of manufacturing jobs lost in Wisconsin in 2016. Not gained, lost. While the U.S. economy added hundreds of thousands of jobs monthly, Wisconsin averaged less than a thousand.
Weak 2016 job numbers could point to recession in Wisconsin as nation saw growth.
Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson is actually trying to fundraise off of his embarrassing confrontation with Governor Scott Walker.
For Pete’s sake, we stopped talking about #Covfefe so we could complain a shock comic was shocking.
Trying to protect free speech by quashing free speech is an awful idea.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Kanavas and Chvala, preview the state Democratic convention. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The outcome of the state Dem Party chair vote likely will determine the significance of the liberal Our Wisconsin Revolution gathering three weeks later in Steven’s Point.
On June 1 Trump announced something he really can’t do overnight – pull out of the Paris Accord – and he dumped a ton of erroneous statistics on listeners that came from a front group for the coal industry.
The United States can still easily abide by the terms of the Paris Climate Accord without actually being a part of it.
A growing trend threatens transparency — and good government — in Wisconsin. Some legislative committees are using “mail ballots” to vote, instead of voting during public meetings.
But in his less inclusive, more political way, he may be just as successful.
I applaud my colleagues who want to get rid of the personal property tax. However, we must have an honest discussion about how we are going to pay for local services upon which people depend.
The numbers tell a significant story about the value of Wisconsin’s historic tax credit program, both in terms of economic development and return on investment to the state.