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Attorney General has been reluctant to pursue opioid manufacturers. Why?

State prisons already overcrowded; bill would add 1,800 inmates, cost $57 million per year.

Wisconsin could lower the drinking age to 19, then charge 19- and 20-year-olds a fee for an addendum to their driver’s license that would allow them to drink legally. To gain this privilege, the applicant would need his or her parents’ permission and to attend a training class on alcohol use. The funds raised by the new license would both pay for the classes and help offset the state’s loss of federal funds.

And what’s the secret — so far — of his success?

Roy Moore is what happens when political parties and religions prioritize power over principles.

A solution to addressing some of the concerns of the faculty could involve slowly testing one or two of the 13 two-year campuses and seeing how they succeed with enrollment rates and budget decreases.

Of all the crazy things Donald Trump has done since he assumed office last January, he needs to be talked out of doing something even crazier, and that’s his pledge to do away with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

If progressives simply stand pat with their current “just say no” to a constitutional convention, we will not even have these discussions to find out what other wonderful ideas might exist to improve a document that was originally written when it was legal to own slaves and women did not have the right to vote.

Last week two amazing advocates and grieving mothers, Bonnie and Bev, brought Faces of Addiction and Hope, a story quilt, to the state Capitol during our last session day of the year. It was a stark reminder we still have more work to do in the opioid crisis.

A law signed by Gov. Scott Walker Saturday will allow children and their parents to do some of the same things my father and I did as a boy. It’s plenty controversial: the legislation allows children of any age to hunt if a trained adult is within arm’s reach.

Let’s stop treating adults like children. Set the drinking age where it belongs; at the age of majority.

There is a surprising 38th parallel in politics that routine candidate ads are not supposed to cross even if third parties do. The line is using legally unproven crimes and scandals from the past against an opponent in last minute ads — despite their availability in news stories.

Millennials — identified as those born roughly between 1980 and 2000 — represent the generation that will be the political, governmental and business leaders of the future.

As President Donald Trump combines threats to unchain the dogs of war with attacks on freedom of the press and on dissent by citizens, it is more important than ever to recall what was said in 1917 by Robert M. La Follette.

While there is still time for other candidates to enter the race, the voters of the 58th Assembly District are already presented with two quality candidates — Steven Stanek and Tiffany Koehler — from which to choose.

Hampered by state revenue limits, counties are often forced into costly borrowing to cover the costs of transporting and housing Wisconsinites caught up in this epidemic in other parts of the state. And property taxpayers are forced to pick up the cost.

Keep a sharp lookout for any and all numbers he throws out on the 2018 campaign trail – – from jobs to Foxconn spending to any data point in between – – because there will be a good chance his numbers are wrong but somehow make him look great again.

Madison has a lot to offer Amazon. But Amazon won’t take it and Madison shouldn’t have bothered.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, handicap Gov. Scott Walker’s chances of re-election as he launches his bid for a third term. The “Two-Minute Take” is sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

When I hear some segment of white voters being maligned as clueless, my first thought runs to backers of Donald Trump, those people who actually believed he intended to help the working class. Author Joan C. Williams sees the opposite: It is college-educated white liberals who are the clueless ones.

Attorney General has been reluctant to pursue opioid manufacturers. Why?

State prisons already overcrowded; bill would add 1,800 inmates, cost $57 million per year.

Wisconsin could lower the drinking age to 19, then charge 19- and 20-year-olds a fee for an addendum to their driver’s license that would allow them to drink legally. To gain this privilege, the applicant would need his or her parents’ permission and to attend a training class on alcohol use. The funds raised by the new license would both pay for the classes and help offset the state’s loss of federal funds.

And what’s the secret — so far — of his success?

Roy Moore is what happens when political parties and religions prioritize power over principles.

A solution to addressing some of the concerns of the faculty could involve slowly testing one or two of the 13 two-year campuses and seeing how they succeed with enrollment rates and budget decreases.

Of all the crazy things Donald Trump has done since he assumed office last January, he needs to be talked out of doing something even crazier, and that’s his pledge to do away with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

If progressives simply stand pat with their current “just say no” to a constitutional convention, we will not even have these discussions to find out what other wonderful ideas might exist to improve a document that was originally written when it was legal to own slaves and women did not have the right to vote.

Last week two amazing advocates and grieving mothers, Bonnie and Bev, brought Faces of Addiction and Hope, a story quilt, to the state Capitol during our last session day of the year. It was a stark reminder we still have more work to do in the opioid crisis.

A law signed by Gov. Scott Walker Saturday will allow children and their parents to do some of the same things my father and I did as a boy. It’s plenty controversial: the legislation allows children of any age to hunt if a trained adult is within arm’s reach.

Let’s stop treating adults like children. Set the drinking age where it belongs; at the age of majority.

There is a surprising 38th parallel in politics that routine candidate ads are not supposed to cross even if third parties do. The line is using legally unproven crimes and scandals from the past against an opponent in last minute ads — despite their availability in news stories.

Millennials — identified as those born roughly between 1980 and 2000 — represent the generation that will be the political, governmental and business leaders of the future.

As President Donald Trump combines threats to unchain the dogs of war with attacks on freedom of the press and on dissent by citizens, it is more important than ever to recall what was said in 1917 by Robert M. La Follette.

While there is still time for other candidates to enter the race, the voters of the 58th Assembly District are already presented with two quality candidates — Steven Stanek and Tiffany Koehler — from which to choose.

Hampered by state revenue limits, counties are often forced into costly borrowing to cover the costs of transporting and housing Wisconsinites caught up in this epidemic in other parts of the state. And property taxpayers are forced to pick up the cost.

Keep a sharp lookout for any and all numbers he throws out on the 2018 campaign trail – – from jobs to Foxconn spending to any data point in between – – because there will be a good chance his numbers are wrong but somehow make him look great again.

Madison has a lot to offer Amazon. But Amazon won’t take it and Madison shouldn’t have bothered.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, handicap Gov. Scott Walker’s chances of re-election as he launches his bid for a third term. The “Two-Minute Take” is sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

When I hear some segment of white voters being maligned as clueless, my first thought runs to backers of Donald Trump, those people who actually believed he intended to help the working class. Author Joan C. Williams sees the opposite: It is college-educated white liberals who are the clueless ones.