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The Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Madison, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee and Versiti/BloodCenter of Wisconsin competed for and earned about $400 million of research funding from the NIH alone in federal fiscal year 2016, and the proposed budget would eliminate about $100 million from Wisconsin research institutions in 2018.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on election meddling and wiretapping allegations.
Increasing military budgets and cutting the State Department is a huge mistake. This, from a 27-year retired Navy commander. Who would think a military man would want to see his budget cut?
A state that supports their veterans spends state money for programs for veterans and does not use money meant for the care and comfort in nursing homes for agency administration and rent.
Right now, the ex-prisoner re-entry process is a vicious cycle. It needs to be a navigable road.
Both federal and state governments have responded with grant programs to expand broadband but there are problems with assuring that residents actually receive the promised services.
Walker tries to spin excuses for why he’s failed to deliver on jobs pledge.
Never before has Senate leadership so openly and intentionally played political games with our highest court. The consequences are staggering.
To navigate the talking points and spin in the media, here are several takeaways for conservatives about the CBO analysis.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The Ryan-Trump health plan and federal budget have a clear message: drop dead rural and urban Wisconsinites. Their health plan uses
In navigating federal changes to America’s system for making sure people have access to health care that won’t land them in bankruptcy court, Walker has been downright prescient. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean paying for health care in the state he leads will get any easier.
Temptation grows for right-wingers to consciously uncouple from his supporters.
Will Tammy Baldwin need the luck of the Irish to win re-election next year? The Insiders do an early analysis this St. Patrick’s Day. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Are Muslim immigrants more likely to pose a serious threat to America than Irish immigrants were thought to in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th? Not if you asked the American nativists of those days. To them, the Irish then seemed as “other” as Muslims do to some Americans now.
Since the election of Trump, who attracted an outsized amount of support from people who didn’t go to college, this group has been a focus of curiosity. And what we’re finding is that there are major problems in the real America that those of us in “the bubble” don’t know much about.
Just one problem – Congress changed the law so more federal funding would go to actual services and less to administrative bloat at MPS.
Do Wisconsin Democrats need a class in the state constitution? During the debate over an amendment to eliminate the office of the state treasurer, it certainly seemed that way.
A properly humming civic engine runs quiet. It’s boring. And boring is beautiful.
Proposal ends Walker’s giveaway to millionaires and gives tax relief to low-income and middle class.
Gagged by the Walker administration, its staff no longer provide any information.
The Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Madison, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee and Versiti/BloodCenter of Wisconsin competed for and earned about $400 million of research funding from the NIH alone in federal fiscal year 2016, and the proposed budget would eliminate about $100 million from Wisconsin research institutions in 2018.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on election meddling and wiretapping allegations.
Increasing military budgets and cutting the State Department is a huge mistake. This, from a 27-year retired Navy commander. Who would think a military man would want to see his budget cut?
A state that supports their veterans spends state money for programs for veterans and does not use money meant for the care and comfort in nursing homes for agency administration and rent.
Right now, the ex-prisoner re-entry process is a vicious cycle. It needs to be a navigable road.
Both federal and state governments have responded with grant programs to expand broadband but there are problems with assuring that residents actually receive the promised services.
Walker tries to spin excuses for why he’s failed to deliver on jobs pledge.
Never before has Senate leadership so openly and intentionally played political games with our highest court. The consequences are staggering.
To navigate the talking points and spin in the media, here are several takeaways for conservatives about the CBO analysis.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The Ryan-Trump health plan and federal budget have a clear message: drop dead rural and urban Wisconsinites. Their health plan uses
In navigating federal changes to America’s system for making sure people have access to health care that won’t land them in bankruptcy court, Walker has been downright prescient. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean paying for health care in the state he leads will get any easier.
Temptation grows for right-wingers to consciously uncouple from his supporters.
Will Tammy Baldwin need the luck of the Irish to win re-election next year? The Insiders do an early analysis this St. Patrick’s Day. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Are Muslim immigrants more likely to pose a serious threat to America than Irish immigrants were thought to in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th? Not if you asked the American nativists of those days. To them, the Irish then seemed as “other” as Muslims do to some Americans now.
Since the election of Trump, who attracted an outsized amount of support from people who didn’t go to college, this group has been a focus of curiosity. And what we’re finding is that there are major problems in the real America that those of us in “the bubble” don’t know much about.
Just one problem – Congress changed the law so more federal funding would go to actual services and less to administrative bloat at MPS.
Do Wisconsin Democrats need a class in the state constitution? During the debate over an amendment to eliminate the office of the state treasurer, it certainly seemed that way.
A properly humming civic engine runs quiet. It’s boring. And boring is beautiful.
Proposal ends Walker’s giveaway to millionaires and gives tax relief to low-income and middle class.
Gagged by the Walker administration, its staff no longer provide any information.
