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To make our elections run securely and accurately, we need to repair the damage to the Wisconsin Elections Commission caused by Gov. Scott Walker’s veto last month, which removed five necessary staff from the commission.
By passing the tax cuts President Trump praised in Indianapolis, Congress can right a longstanding wrong and put the wind back into our economic sails.
The Flambeau mine in Ladysmith can, and should, serve as a useful example of the possibility of safe mining and strong environmental stewardship.
Walker will carry a host of problems into his re-election bid.
Trump is still trying to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
As was the case in the 16th century, the world will have to adapt to the influx of unreliable information. Hopefully, trusted sources will once again form to make sense of what’s real and what’s not.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, assess Tommy Thompson’s legacy in advance of Monday’s premiere on Milwaukee Public TV of the documentary: “Tommy Thompson: A Wisconsin Life.” The Insiders’ “Two-Minute Take” is sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The Sanders-Stein-Nader crowd apparently doesn’t think the rest of us on the pragmatic left are as righteous or passionate as they. They seem to think they can unleash some tsunami of support from huge numbers of the politically disaffected.
We want economic development. We want jobs. But we are unwilling to sacrifice the health of life-sustaining natural resources — earth, air and water. Without these, we cease to exist.
Last month, Rep. Amanda Stuck and I announced the creation of the Wisconsin Future Caucus, a bipartisan group of Wisconsin state legislators under the age of 40. The purpose of this group is to work together to find common ground on critical issues that affect Wisconsin.
His regent-appointees are undoing decades of excellence at the university.
Call it business as usual in the state allegedly open for business.
Gives little to charity, report shows. Milwaukee is much more generous than state.
Questionable research shows ‘Right to Carry’ reduces crime. Here’s the full story.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on an idea to remove the slogan “America’s Dairyland” from Wisconsin’s vehicle license plates.
I am disheartened and frustrated that Gov. Walker chose to use Domestic Violence Awareness Month to score his own political points.
Wisconsin lawmakers are currently considering legislation that would assist the White House’s goal of expanding apprenticeship in the U.S.
The general idea seems to be that we should give the richest Americans and large multi-national corporations huge tax cuts, and then magically, the economy will somehow grow and jobs will be created. This has always been and will always be wishful thinking.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the rich and tax cuts.
Wisconsin’s whole population should be made eligible to get health insurance through the BadgerCare program.
To make our elections run securely and accurately, we need to repair the damage to the Wisconsin Elections Commission caused by Gov. Scott Walker’s veto last month, which removed five necessary staff from the commission.
By passing the tax cuts President Trump praised in Indianapolis, Congress can right a longstanding wrong and put the wind back into our economic sails.
The Flambeau mine in Ladysmith can, and should, serve as a useful example of the possibility of safe mining and strong environmental stewardship.
Walker will carry a host of problems into his re-election bid.
Trump is still trying to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
As was the case in the 16th century, the world will have to adapt to the influx of unreliable information. Hopefully, trusted sources will once again form to make sense of what’s real and what’s not.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, assess Tommy Thompson’s legacy in advance of Monday’s premiere on Milwaukee Public TV of the documentary: “Tommy Thompson: A Wisconsin Life.” The Insiders’ “Two-Minute Take” is sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
The Sanders-Stein-Nader crowd apparently doesn’t think the rest of us on the pragmatic left are as righteous or passionate as they. They seem to think they can unleash some tsunami of support from huge numbers of the politically disaffected.
We want economic development. We want jobs. But we are unwilling to sacrifice the health of life-sustaining natural resources — earth, air and water. Without these, we cease to exist.
Last month, Rep. Amanda Stuck and I announced the creation of the Wisconsin Future Caucus, a bipartisan group of Wisconsin state legislators under the age of 40. The purpose of this group is to work together to find common ground on critical issues that affect Wisconsin.
His regent-appointees are undoing decades of excellence at the university.
Call it business as usual in the state allegedly open for business.
Gives little to charity, report shows. Milwaukee is much more generous than state.
Questionable research shows ‘Right to Carry’ reduces crime. Here’s the full story.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on an idea to remove the slogan “America’s Dairyland” from Wisconsin’s vehicle license plates.
I am disheartened and frustrated that Gov. Walker chose to use Domestic Violence Awareness Month to score his own political points.
Wisconsin lawmakers are currently considering legislation that would assist the White House’s goal of expanding apprenticeship in the U.S.
The general idea seems to be that we should give the richest Americans and large multi-national corporations huge tax cuts, and then magically, the economy will somehow grow and jobs will be created. This has always been and will always be wishful thinking.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the rich and tax cuts.
Wisconsin’s whole population should be made eligible to get health insurance through the BadgerCare program.