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The effect of the REINS Act could be wide reaching. New laws that could be stopped might be related to consumer protections; human, animal and plant health; workers compensation, unemployment and discrimination protections; road and bridge construction; food, water and air pollution. Even clawing back state money from companies that refused to deliver promised jobs.
So say Madison’s leftists to cover for their complicity in harassing conservative speakers.
An economics instructor and Walker fan uses shaky research to say yes.
How we’ve been misled — repeatedly — about Brewers “economic impact.”
We have a chance to shake things up when it comes to thinking about how to attract national and international businesses to our area and how our regional partners are involved and can benefit.
A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.
There is reason for considerable caution about this study, which is at odds with what other studies of the effect of Wisconsin’s voter id has found and there are questions about the study’s methodology.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck says Madison officials should look to New York on how to deal with gun crime.
Instead of taking meaningful action to reduce gun deaths, some of our representatives in Madison are trying to weaken our existing gun laws.
The administration has agreed to do what it could have long ago: provide clean drinking water to those penalized by uncaring public policies and proximity to the manure makers.
The “heckler’s veto,” whether it is disruption of the event by shouting or actual acts of violence, has no place on our state-funded college campuses.
The state can save at least $60 million in the next 2-year budget by simply changing the way it pays for state employee health benefits. Those savings grow by at $22 million more in general purpose revenue if repeal or delay of an ObamaCare tax does not occur. Unfortunately those savings are at risk of being left behind by the Legislature.
Stop trying to repeal the ACA. Kill Trumpcare in the Senate.
It is a terrible proposal and people are going to pay more for less coverage. That’s the big lie of Paul Ryan’s Trumpcare, though: It was never intended to help people.
The Assembly GOP plan breaks new ground. It’s bold, and bold is what we need in a state that has long been behind the growth curve.
Kooyenga pitched his plan as a way to address Wisconsin’s population decline, which he attributed to retirees headed to known low-tax havens. People I know who’ve moved south talk about the snow blowers they don’t need anymore, not tax rates in Wisconsin that don’t apply.
What we have now is of the Rube Goldberg variety, with punishing taxes, blinding complexity and overreliance on ultimately self-destructive borrowing. Kooyenga’s plan starts to lead us out of this morass.
Wisconsin’s adult inmate population is expected to grow to 23,233 by mid-2019.
We continue to be guided by the compact language, the governor’s principles on new gaming and the law.
For decades both businesses and law enforcement agencies have felt legally protected in their behavior toward customers and citizens, but the law is changing beneath their feet. The power of a video to go viral, or one Facebook customer’s unhappiness to spread, or millions of voices to chime in on Twitter– all are creating havoc at airports, stores, squad patrols, media outlets, complaints departments, sports events and, of course, almost every event the Trump administration concocts.
The effect of the REINS Act could be wide reaching. New laws that could be stopped might be related to consumer protections; human, animal and plant health; workers compensation, unemployment and discrimination protections; road and bridge construction; food, water and air pollution. Even clawing back state money from companies that refused to deliver promised jobs.
So say Madison’s leftists to cover for their complicity in harassing conservative speakers.
An economics instructor and Walker fan uses shaky research to say yes.
How we’ve been misled — repeatedly — about Brewers “economic impact.”
We have a chance to shake things up when it comes to thinking about how to attract national and international businesses to our area and how our regional partners are involved and can benefit.
A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.
There is reason for considerable caution about this study, which is at odds with what other studies of the effect of Wisconsin’s voter id has found and there are questions about the study’s methodology.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck says Madison officials should look to New York on how to deal with gun crime.
Instead of taking meaningful action to reduce gun deaths, some of our representatives in Madison are trying to weaken our existing gun laws.
The administration has agreed to do what it could have long ago: provide clean drinking water to those penalized by uncaring public policies and proximity to the manure makers.
The “heckler’s veto,” whether it is disruption of the event by shouting or actual acts of violence, has no place on our state-funded college campuses.
The state can save at least $60 million in the next 2-year budget by simply changing the way it pays for state employee health benefits. Those savings grow by at $22 million more in general purpose revenue if repeal or delay of an ObamaCare tax does not occur. Unfortunately those savings are at risk of being left behind by the Legislature.
Stop trying to repeal the ACA. Kill Trumpcare in the Senate.
It is a terrible proposal and people are going to pay more for less coverage. That’s the big lie of Paul Ryan’s Trumpcare, though: It was never intended to help people.
The Assembly GOP plan breaks new ground. It’s bold, and bold is what we need in a state that has long been behind the growth curve.
Kooyenga pitched his plan as a way to address Wisconsin’s population decline, which he attributed to retirees headed to known low-tax havens. People I know who’ve moved south talk about the snow blowers they don’t need anymore, not tax rates in Wisconsin that don’t apply.
What we have now is of the Rube Goldberg variety, with punishing taxes, blinding complexity and overreliance on ultimately self-destructive borrowing. Kooyenga’s plan starts to lead us out of this morass.
Wisconsin’s adult inmate population is expected to grow to 23,233 by mid-2019.
We continue to be guided by the compact language, the governor’s principles on new gaming and the law.
For decades both businesses and law enforcement agencies have felt legally protected in their behavior toward customers and citizens, but the law is changing beneath their feet. The power of a video to go viral, or one Facebook customer’s unhappiness to spread, or millions of voices to chime in on Twitter– all are creating havoc at airports, stores, squad patrols, media outlets, complaints departments, sports events and, of course, almost every event the Trump administration concocts.
