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At the same time we are supposed to believe 16-year-olds are mature enough to vote on matters of national importance, we are also being told that the minimum age to own a firearm should be raised to 21.
The bottom line is that there are too many Rick Scotts in control, including here in Wisconsin. Let’s be honest: It won’t get any better until the voters get rid of them.
In the wake of the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, some Wisconsin Republicans have signaled support for legislation that would allow teachers and other school personnel to carry firearms.
Today’s new Wisconsin Idea is all about how we can position our state to once again be a leader — in economic development, in innovation, in protecting our environment, and in graduating students who can make it happen.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the idea of arming teachers with guns at schools.
Under the decorum imposed on members of Congress, there is now no way to call a liar a liar without violating comity. And more and more our politics have been a field day for flat-out lying.
The lessons of Flint, Michigan cannot go unlearned here in Wisconsin, where working families earning a modest living and families living in poverty are at risk of being poisoned by lead pipe laterals and can’t fight back. If Scott Walker can figure out a way to give Taiwan’s Foxconn what is now estimated to be at least $4.5 billion, he ought to be able to figure out how to stop Wisconsinites from being poisoned right here at home.
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.
At the same time we are supposed to believe 16-year-olds are mature enough to vote on matters of national importance, we are also being told that the minimum age to own a firearm should be raised to 21.
The bottom line is that there are too many Rick Scotts in control, including here in Wisconsin. Let’s be honest: It won’t get any better until the voters get rid of them.
In the wake of the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, some Wisconsin Republicans have signaled support for legislation that would allow teachers and other school personnel to carry firearms.
Today’s new Wisconsin Idea is all about how we can position our state to once again be a leader — in economic development, in innovation, in protecting our environment, and in graduating students who can make it happen.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the idea of arming teachers with guns at schools.
Under the decorum imposed on members of Congress, there is now no way to call a liar a liar without violating comity. And more and more our politics have been a field day for flat-out lying.
The lessons of Flint, Michigan cannot go unlearned here in Wisconsin, where working families earning a modest living and families living in poverty are at risk of being poisoned by lead pipe laterals and can’t fight back. If Scott Walker can figure out a way to give Taiwan’s Foxconn what is now estimated to be at least $4.5 billion, he ought to be able to figure out how to stop Wisconsinites from being poisoned right here at home.
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.
