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For at least one bill, on one day, the legislative process worked the way it is supposed to, the way that fourth-graders across the state are told it works when they study Wisconsin government.
Wisconsin politicians like Robin Vos and his legislative Republican colleagues, and congressional leaders like our own Paul Ryan, “caution” us against “knee-jerk” reactions to the Parkland, Florida, high school tragedy. A conservative U.S. Supreme Court gave them cover and now it’s up to the voters to decide if politicians can continue refusing to do what’s right for all Americans.
The students have done more to advance the gun control debate, and the cultural discussion around violence and patriarchy, than anyone in recent memory.
Gun control clearly is the high profile issue about which otherwise sensible people are completely ignorant.
Deception rules in D.C. and Wisconsin.
Foreign investors could help protect Wisconsin’s way of life.
Too much opposition from many state groups.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate Gov. Scott Walker’s recent health, education, and rural funding proposals in light of his re-election candidacy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Wouldn’t it be something if the nightmarish 2016 Trump election reverberated two years later in Wisconsin by sweeping Walker and other male Republicans with their “Mad Men”-era sensibilities out of office?
With Republican leadership, women are empowered and succeeding. To say otherwise is false, and I won’t let my Democrat colleagues perpetuate these lies.
Tax cuts bring about healthy economic growth with better pay and greater opportunity for workers. Hyperbole doesn’t have quite the same payoff.
Record numbers of passengers are using rail these days and it’s time for the government, through the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railway Agency, and the major railroad corporations to get their act together.
Over the years it is clear the popular vote method for selecting a judge has become a process far removed from civics books. The races are now endless accusations and special-interest money piled higher than the chairs a justice sits in at the bench.
The squealing tires you heard yesterday came from the campaign bus of Judge Rebecca Dallet as she swerved out of the far left lane to a more central position in her race against Judge Michael Screnock.
Brennan is the wrong nominee for a lifetime court appointment, and Trump and his Senate Republican enablers are using the wrong process in ramming through Brennan’s nomination.
The East-West reconstruction is not just another local road project: it’s an economic development program for the entire state of Wisconsin.
Although it is well-intentioned, the Republican bill to give paper company Kimberly-Clark the same tax credit package as offered to electronics manufacturer Foxconn is simply bad economics and sets a troubling, if not unsustainable, precedent for economic development.
GOP are vulnerable in 2018, but nothing is assured.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after Tim Burns lost to Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary.
For the next six weeks, Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet needs to take 100 percent ownership of her gaffe about the single issue that explains Judge Michael Screnock’s victory in Tuesday’s primary.
For at least one bill, on one day, the legislative process worked the way it is supposed to, the way that fourth-graders across the state are told it works when they study Wisconsin government.
Wisconsin politicians like Robin Vos and his legislative Republican colleagues, and congressional leaders like our own Paul Ryan, “caution” us against “knee-jerk” reactions to the Parkland, Florida, high school tragedy. A conservative U.S. Supreme Court gave them cover and now it’s up to the voters to decide if politicians can continue refusing to do what’s right for all Americans.
The students have done more to advance the gun control debate, and the cultural discussion around violence and patriarchy, than anyone in recent memory.
Gun control clearly is the high profile issue about which otherwise sensible people are completely ignorant.
Deception rules in D.C. and Wisconsin.
Foreign investors could help protect Wisconsin’s way of life.
Too much opposition from many state groups.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate Gov. Scott Walker’s recent health, education, and rural funding proposals in light of his re-election candidacy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Wouldn’t it be something if the nightmarish 2016 Trump election reverberated two years later in Wisconsin by sweeping Walker and other male Republicans with their “Mad Men”-era sensibilities out of office?
With Republican leadership, women are empowered and succeeding. To say otherwise is false, and I won’t let my Democrat colleagues perpetuate these lies.
Tax cuts bring about healthy economic growth with better pay and greater opportunity for workers. Hyperbole doesn’t have quite the same payoff.
Record numbers of passengers are using rail these days and it’s time for the government, through the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railway Agency, and the major railroad corporations to get their act together.
Over the years it is clear the popular vote method for selecting a judge has become a process far removed from civics books. The races are now endless accusations and special-interest money piled higher than the chairs a justice sits in at the bench.
The squealing tires you heard yesterday came from the campaign bus of Judge Rebecca Dallet as she swerved out of the far left lane to a more central position in her race against Judge Michael Screnock.
Brennan is the wrong nominee for a lifetime court appointment, and Trump and his Senate Republican enablers are using the wrong process in ramming through Brennan’s nomination.
The East-West reconstruction is not just another local road project: it’s an economic development program for the entire state of Wisconsin.
Although it is well-intentioned, the Republican bill to give paper company Kimberly-Clark the same tax credit package as offered to electronics manufacturer Foxconn is simply bad economics and sets a troubling, if not unsustainable, precedent for economic development.
GOP are vulnerable in 2018, but nothing is assured.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after Tim Burns lost to Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary.
For the next six weeks, Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet needs to take 100 percent ownership of her gaffe about the single issue that explains Judge Michael Screnock’s victory in Tuesday’s primary.
