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Sen. Duey Stroebel constantly harps about awful big government and how it’s an ogre that hamstrings the independence of American citizens, but he’s telling local property taxpayers the state government knows what’s best for them.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Ted Kanavas, tackle the difficulties of Dems vs. Walker and Ryan and Priebus on health care along with the state schools superintendent race in the “lightning round.” Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the
Nothing has befuddled me quite as much as Trump voters who stand by him even when he moves to kill government programs that have greatly helped them.
One of the few legislators with the courage to stick his neck out for open government in Wisconsin is likely to be leaving soon and that will be a loss for state government.
Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union suffered a decline in revenue of more than $3 million between 2014 and 2015, the largest decline in the country, according to a new study by the Education Intelligence Agency.
Iowa Republicans rolled back collective bargaining rights for public employees and lowered the minimum wage in four counties that had raised it. Now no county can have a minimum wage above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
The Legislature’s joint audit committee is calling for the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Board to audit the relationship between all UW System campuses and their legally separate, affiliated foundations. That’s an excellent idea.
Medicine in the post-AHCA era.
To the tune of a single sheet of paper in the mailbox, a farm’s legacy – maybe even generations of sweat and tears – could come to a close.
I have no grand answers as to how this should be handled. But I think this is a good time to have a sober discussion about the role of government.
This week, just shy of 100 Wisconsin dairy farmers who produce for Grassland were notified they would need to find somewhere else to sell their milk.
If the Assembly follows suit, Walker will sign the bill as fast as you can ‘check’s in the mail,’ and people living or fishing or working a small farm nearby or downstream can watch the big users with their high-voile wells hold those withdrawal rights in perpetuity.
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget calls for eliminating a state law that mandates a minimum number of hours and days of instruction for students, apparently making Wisconsin the only state without such a law.?
States that did saw the largest decrease in uninsured.
Following the expensive rebuilding of the major interchanges at each end of this stretch of freeway — the Marquette and the Zoo (now under construction) — it makes no sense to leave a bottleneck of an outdated freeway between them.
Yesterday, eight more communities in Wisconsin voted by overwhelming margins that they want to see the U.S. Constitution amended to curb the role of money in politics. Monona had the highest margin, with 91 percent voting in favor.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck shares his two cents on why conservatives have a tough time winning local elections in Madison.
When adjusted for inflation, the state is spending more on roads today in the last two Thompson-era budgets.
Republican bill to end permits and training for concealed carry is dangerous.
If the Legislature does eventually allow anyone to carry a gun without so much as attending a single training session, they won’t be upholding the Constitution; they’ll just be committing yet another ill-considered, even reckless, act in their endless quest to appease gun extremists.
Sen. Duey Stroebel constantly harps about awful big government and how it’s an ogre that hamstrings the independence of American citizens, but he’s telling local property taxpayers the state government knows what’s best for them.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chuck Chvala and Ted Kanavas, tackle the difficulties of Dems vs. Walker and Ryan and Priebus on health care along with the state schools superintendent race in the “lightning round.” Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the
Nothing has befuddled me quite as much as Trump voters who stand by him even when he moves to kill government programs that have greatly helped them.
One of the few legislators with the courage to stick his neck out for open government in Wisconsin is likely to be leaving soon and that will be a loss for state government.
Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union suffered a decline in revenue of more than $3 million between 2014 and 2015, the largest decline in the country, according to a new study by the Education Intelligence Agency.
Iowa Republicans rolled back collective bargaining rights for public employees and lowered the minimum wage in four counties that had raised it. Now no county can have a minimum wage above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
The Legislature’s joint audit committee is calling for the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Board to audit the relationship between all UW System campuses and their legally separate, affiliated foundations. That’s an excellent idea.
Medicine in the post-AHCA era.
To the tune of a single sheet of paper in the mailbox, a farm’s legacy – maybe even generations of sweat and tears – could come to a close.
I have no grand answers as to how this should be handled. But I think this is a good time to have a sober discussion about the role of government.
This week, just shy of 100 Wisconsin dairy farmers who produce for Grassland were notified they would need to find somewhere else to sell their milk.
If the Assembly follows suit, Walker will sign the bill as fast as you can ‘check’s in the mail,’ and people living or fishing or working a small farm nearby or downstream can watch the big users with their high-voile wells hold those withdrawal rights in perpetuity.
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget calls for eliminating a state law that mandates a minimum number of hours and days of instruction for students, apparently making Wisconsin the only state without such a law.?
States that did saw the largest decrease in uninsured.
Following the expensive rebuilding of the major interchanges at each end of this stretch of freeway — the Marquette and the Zoo (now under construction) — it makes no sense to leave a bottleneck of an outdated freeway between them.
Yesterday, eight more communities in Wisconsin voted by overwhelming margins that they want to see the U.S. Constitution amended to curb the role of money in politics. Monona had the highest margin, with 91 percent voting in favor.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck shares his two cents on why conservatives have a tough time winning local elections in Madison.
When adjusted for inflation, the state is spending more on roads today in the last two Thompson-era budgets.
Republican bill to end permits and training for concealed carry is dangerous.
If the Legislature does eventually allow anyone to carry a gun without so much as attending a single training session, they won’t be upholding the Constitution; they’ll just be committing yet another ill-considered, even reckless, act in their endless quest to appease gun extremists.
