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Our proposal provides help. Trump budget makes things worse.

But Pocan was simply flat out wrong on a number of items, clearly more interested in scoring political points with his Madison constituents than having a substantive conversation about education policy with the Education Secretary.

The party needs to find a way to communicate what it stands for to citizens — especially working people — who obviously have formed a perception at odds with reality.

There are currently almost 1.2 million Wisconsinites who participate in Medicaid-funded programs, and whose health care will be at risk if the president’s proposals are approved.

The reasons are personal and political.

A worthwhile and efficient meeting usually requires solid preparation and strong organization. A leader putting in a little time up-front goes a long way toward achieving objectives and making meeting attendees believe their time is valued.

It took the courage and leadership of Gov. Thompson and a host of others to expand educational opportunity by going against the status quo education mindset.

Once leaders of both parties opposed it. Why did Republicans change?

Gerrymandering is one of myriad tools by Republicans bent on engineering a Republican government irrespective of the will of voters and the rule of law.

It seems as though the UW System is taking steps to bring down the surplus funds, but considering it still has $883.3 million cash on hand, there’s still plenty of room to improve.

There are some specific steps Wisconsin policymakers can — and should — take to improve its business startup rate, which once again anchored the bottom of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s annual index.

The revival in Berlin illustrates that even a city once torn by ideology and a massive wall, can get a recharge from new businesses and innovative people.

A recently released audit by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau found that “WEDC cannot be certain about the number of jobs actually created or retained as a result of any awards that ended.”

UW professor spent six years listening to rural Wisconsin residents express their frustrations.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the increased tension between Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans.

West Bend has been enjoying something of a retail renaissance in the past few years. Unfortunately, Wisconsin’s Unfair Sales Act, A.K.A. “Minimum Markup Law,” is preventing consumers to reap the benefits of such an upsurge in competition.

The percentage standard would set up a double-whammy; just as gas prices are increasing, so will the tax. The pain at the pump will be multiplied.

For more than two centuries the United States has been almost continually on a battlefield somewhere in the world.

We must talk about why we must fight harder for peace than we do for War.

Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus may go down with the USS Trump.

Our proposal provides help. Trump budget makes things worse.

But Pocan was simply flat out wrong on a number of items, clearly more interested in scoring political points with his Madison constituents than having a substantive conversation about education policy with the Education Secretary.

The party needs to find a way to communicate what it stands for to citizens — especially working people — who obviously have formed a perception at odds with reality.

There are currently almost 1.2 million Wisconsinites who participate in Medicaid-funded programs, and whose health care will be at risk if the president’s proposals are approved.

The reasons are personal and political.

A worthwhile and efficient meeting usually requires solid preparation and strong organization. A leader putting in a little time up-front goes a long way toward achieving objectives and making meeting attendees believe their time is valued.

It took the courage and leadership of Gov. Thompson and a host of others to expand educational opportunity by going against the status quo education mindset.

Once leaders of both parties opposed it. Why did Republicans change?

Gerrymandering is one of myriad tools by Republicans bent on engineering a Republican government irrespective of the will of voters and the rule of law.

It seems as though the UW System is taking steps to bring down the surplus funds, but considering it still has $883.3 million cash on hand, there’s still plenty of room to improve.

There are some specific steps Wisconsin policymakers can — and should — take to improve its business startup rate, which once again anchored the bottom of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s annual index.

The revival in Berlin illustrates that even a city once torn by ideology and a massive wall, can get a recharge from new businesses and innovative people.

A recently released audit by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau found that “WEDC cannot be certain about the number of jobs actually created or retained as a result of any awards that ended.”

UW professor spent six years listening to rural Wisconsin residents express their frustrations.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on the increased tension between Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans.

West Bend has been enjoying something of a retail renaissance in the past few years. Unfortunately, Wisconsin’s Unfair Sales Act, A.K.A. “Minimum Markup Law,” is preventing consumers to reap the benefits of such an upsurge in competition.

The percentage standard would set up a double-whammy; just as gas prices are increasing, so will the tax. The pain at the pump will be multiplied.

For more than two centuries the United States has been almost continually on a battlefield somewhere in the world.

We must talk about why we must fight harder for peace than we do for War.

Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus may go down with the USS Trump.