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The fairness and impartiality of our judges depends mightily on their separation from the effect and influence of campaign contributors and outside, special interest campaign spending groups.
Citizens deserve a Supreme Court that can be viewed as a fair arbiter on the big judicial questions that face the state. We need to work to further that ideal. Voting for Burns would be a move in the exact opposite direction of what so many liberals claim to wish for the court.
It’s just a matter of time before the pretense of non-partisan judgeships is eventually dropped–and these positions move to the fall partisan election cycles–where turnout will be more than 20% every year.
Wisconsin is looking at yet another round of business-driven wetland filling — more than seven years after Walker began his reign with a wetland filling permission expressly for one of his donors outside of what law at the time spelled out.
Rather than focusing on one-off deals like Kimberly-Clark and Foxconn, here’s the question we should be asking: How do we rewire and build the new economy in Wisconsin?
For more than 29 years, professor John McAdams was a vocal conservative on campus, often through his Marquette Warrior blog. But in 2015, he found himself suspended after writing a post critical of what he saw as a retreat from the school’s Jesuit teachings.
Tax cuts work, and if you don’t believe me, believe the roaring economy.
Despite strong media bias opposing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this legislation has been a resounding success for job creators and families all across the county.
Kaplan comments on a whirlwind week in D.C.
Instead of increasing barriers to accessing assistance, the League encourages the legislature to develop proposals that will: help families with their transportation problems; provide good, neighborhood child care that is available at the times, which is needed by the erratic schedules employees are now required to work; ensure that people are receiving needed medical care; expand training opportunities for the modern job market; and provide that available jobs pay a family-sustaining wage.
We’ve come through another week where the ideologues who run Wisconsin government today, including our high court, have further diminished the state of our state.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk about the potential outcomes of the Wisconsin gerrymandering case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Conservatives like to believe they have a lock on “hard-working” “common-sense” voters, in contrast to their “politically correct” opponents.
Mike Haas is the administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. He looks out for the rights of voters. He does this with great aplomb and professionalism. Despite this, the majority party in the state Senate is clamoring for him to exit the post, acting as if he were some existential threat to them like, well, I don’t know, like Gandhi was to British rule in India.
The GreenBiz18 conference showed us that leadership can transcend politics. Wisconsin needs an economy that works for everyone, invests in innovative policies, technologies and infrastructure and takes the high road to protect workers and attract and retain talent. #GreenBiz18 shows us that “Doing well by doing good” is possible and becoming a high road state can help build a more vibrant and sustainable economy.
One of the Fox Valley’s largest employers has announced it is closing two Wisconsin plants and eliminating 600 jobs—but that won’t change its eligibility to claim a state tax credit that nearly eliminates the requirement for manufacturers to pay state income taxes. That’s because businesses can claim the credit even if they lay off workers, shutter factories, or ship jobs overseas.
Under a direct primary care model, which is not health insurance, patients pay a low monthly fee, typically between $50 and $100, depending on age, with no further co-pays or deductibles. For that fee, they receive unlimited 24/7 access to their primary care doctor.
Gov. Scott Walker may be right about some of the things in his State of the State speech, but he is only telling half-truths. In reality, Wisconsin has a long way to go in terms of disability rights.
Refusing legislative action to address “Dark Store” tax scheme
Council taking more power, mayor taking a beating.
The fairness and impartiality of our judges depends mightily on their separation from the effect and influence of campaign contributors and outside, special interest campaign spending groups.
Citizens deserve a Supreme Court that can be viewed as a fair arbiter on the big judicial questions that face the state. We need to work to further that ideal. Voting for Burns would be a move in the exact opposite direction of what so many liberals claim to wish for the court.
It’s just a matter of time before the pretense of non-partisan judgeships is eventually dropped–and these positions move to the fall partisan election cycles–where turnout will be more than 20% every year.
Wisconsin is looking at yet another round of business-driven wetland filling — more than seven years after Walker began his reign with a wetland filling permission expressly for one of his donors outside of what law at the time spelled out.
Rather than focusing on one-off deals like Kimberly-Clark and Foxconn, here’s the question we should be asking: How do we rewire and build the new economy in Wisconsin?
For more than 29 years, professor John McAdams was a vocal conservative on campus, often through his Marquette Warrior blog. But in 2015, he found himself suspended after writing a post critical of what he saw as a retreat from the school’s Jesuit teachings.
Tax cuts work, and if you don’t believe me, believe the roaring economy.
Despite strong media bias opposing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this legislation has been a resounding success for job creators and families all across the county.
Kaplan comments on a whirlwind week in D.C.
Instead of increasing barriers to accessing assistance, the League encourages the legislature to develop proposals that will: help families with their transportation problems; provide good, neighborhood child care that is available at the times, which is needed by the erratic schedules employees are now required to work; ensure that people are receiving needed medical care; expand training opportunities for the modern job market; and provide that available jobs pay a family-sustaining wage.
We’ve come through another week where the ideologues who run Wisconsin government today, including our high court, have further diminished the state of our state.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, talk about the potential outcomes of the Wisconsin gerrymandering case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Conservatives like to believe they have a lock on “hard-working” “common-sense” voters, in contrast to their “politically correct” opponents.
Mike Haas is the administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. He looks out for the rights of voters. He does this with great aplomb and professionalism. Despite this, the majority party in the state Senate is clamoring for him to exit the post, acting as if he were some existential threat to them like, well, I don’t know, like Gandhi was to British rule in India.
The GreenBiz18 conference showed us that leadership can transcend politics. Wisconsin needs an economy that works for everyone, invests in innovative policies, technologies and infrastructure and takes the high road to protect workers and attract and retain talent. #GreenBiz18 shows us that “Doing well by doing good” is possible and becoming a high road state can help build a more vibrant and sustainable economy.
One of the Fox Valley’s largest employers has announced it is closing two Wisconsin plants and eliminating 600 jobs—but that won’t change its eligibility to claim a state tax credit that nearly eliminates the requirement for manufacturers to pay state income taxes. That’s because businesses can claim the credit even if they lay off workers, shutter factories, or ship jobs overseas.
Under a direct primary care model, which is not health insurance, patients pay a low monthly fee, typically between $50 and $100, depending on age, with no further co-pays or deductibles. For that fee, they receive unlimited 24/7 access to their primary care doctor.
Gov. Scott Walker may be right about some of the things in his State of the State speech, but he is only telling half-truths. In reality, Wisconsin has a long way to go in terms of disability rights.
Refusing legislative action to address “Dark Store” tax scheme
Council taking more power, mayor taking a beating.
