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For close to a year now, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has been wrestling with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain a report on what steps, if any, HUD took to stop misuse of more than $2 million in taxpayer funds by a Wisconsin tribe.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck comes to the defense of teachers.
Word began circulating on February 9th that Scott Walker’s upcoming state budget would wipe out his ‘chamber of commerce mentality’ DNR’s popular, subscriber-supported magazine. So why did the DNR tout the magazine and its virtues in both a posting on a DNR web page and also in a DNR weekly newsletter just a few days earlier on January 31:
The market for coal, both here and abroad, has been shrinking dramatically and will continue to do so.
Elected Democrats across the state need to speak of how political boundaries are drawn with every coffee shop gathering, civic-club luncheon, and press interview.
Donald Trump’s presidency is just one element of our disintegrating democracy.
Time and again, transparency advocates have seen that protecting Wisconsin’s traditions of open government depends on the courage and initiative of individuals. This year’s winners of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council’s Openness Awards, or Opees, include two citizens, two journalists, one fired government worker and one small but gutsy Wisconsin newspaper.
21st century technology, although beneficial, has placed us on thin ice with the Fourth Amendment and in situations where there is an expectation of privacy.
Here’s my advice to those pastors out there who want to do politics from their pulpits on Sundays. Go ahead. Endorse candidates, fight for or against politicians and exhort your parishioners as to how to vote. Do it all you want — just give up your tax exemption and start paying taxes on property and income just like everyone else has to do.
Shakespeare warned us that bad things could happen on 3/15 – – the Ides of March – – and sure enough, 3/15 is when a joint Wisconsin Assembly/Senate committee hearing in Madison will launch big ag and big dairy’s long-sought push to finally win permanently-held rights to massive amounts of Wisconsin ground water through an expanding number of wells which pump at least 100,000 gallons of water a day.
The WisOpinion.com Insiders, Chvala and Kanavas, debate how the Republicans’ effort to repeal and replace Obamacare will play out over time.
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
When a president denies science as consistently as President Trump does, what’s a scientist to do?
Five often-overlooked features of Wisconsin’s economic upswing.
Supreme Court chief justice slams Journal Sentinel, Janine Geske, and others.
A bipartisan effort is needed to address lead poisoning in Wisconsin.
A system that motivates workers to support themselves and their families, expands the talent pool for employers, brings greater fairness to all employers who pay into the UI Trust Fund, and drives up hiring and retention incentives, is a system that will move our economy and state forward.
Wisconsin is the only state where treasurer doesn’t oversee cash management.
We need meaningful, comprehensive solutions to prevent the continued exacerbation of lead-related issues, and I can think of no better issue to demonstrate the Legislature’s capacity to transcend partisanship than on addressing the lead crisis in Wisconsin.
More than it used to be, but Mayor Tom Barrett fails to count all the state’s funding to the city or how much other communities give.
Where does the buck stop in Madison?
For close to a year now, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has been wrestling with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain a report on what steps, if any, HUD took to stop misuse of more than $2 million in taxpayer funds by a Wisconsin tribe.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck comes to the defense of teachers.
Word began circulating on February 9th that Scott Walker’s upcoming state budget would wipe out his ‘chamber of commerce mentality’ DNR’s popular, subscriber-supported magazine. So why did the DNR tout the magazine and its virtues in both a posting on a DNR web page and also in a DNR weekly newsletter just a few days earlier on January 31:
The market for coal, both here and abroad, has been shrinking dramatically and will continue to do so.
Elected Democrats across the state need to speak of how political boundaries are drawn with every coffee shop gathering, civic-club luncheon, and press interview.
Donald Trump’s presidency is just one element of our disintegrating democracy.
Time and again, transparency advocates have seen that protecting Wisconsin’s traditions of open government depends on the courage and initiative of individuals. This year’s winners of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council’s Openness Awards, or Opees, include two citizens, two journalists, one fired government worker and one small but gutsy Wisconsin newspaper.
21st century technology, although beneficial, has placed us on thin ice with the Fourth Amendment and in situations where there is an expectation of privacy.
Here’s my advice to those pastors out there who want to do politics from their pulpits on Sundays. Go ahead. Endorse candidates, fight for or against politicians and exhort your parishioners as to how to vote. Do it all you want — just give up your tax exemption and start paying taxes on property and income just like everyone else has to do.
Shakespeare warned us that bad things could happen on 3/15 – – the Ides of March – – and sure enough, 3/15 is when a joint Wisconsin Assembly/Senate committee hearing in Madison will launch big ag and big dairy’s long-sought push to finally win permanently-held rights to massive amounts of Wisconsin ground water through an expanding number of wells which pump at least 100,000 gallons of water a day.
The WisOpinion.com Insiders, Chvala and Kanavas, debate how the Republicans’ effort to repeal and replace Obamacare will play out over time.
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
When a president denies science as consistently as President Trump does, what’s a scientist to do?
Five often-overlooked features of Wisconsin’s economic upswing.
Supreme Court chief justice slams Journal Sentinel, Janine Geske, and others.
A bipartisan effort is needed to address lead poisoning in Wisconsin.
A system that motivates workers to support themselves and their families, expands the talent pool for employers, brings greater fairness to all employers who pay into the UI Trust Fund, and drives up hiring and retention incentives, is a system that will move our economy and state forward.
Wisconsin is the only state where treasurer doesn’t oversee cash management.
We need meaningful, comprehensive solutions to prevent the continued exacerbation of lead-related issues, and I can think of no better issue to demonstrate the Legislature’s capacity to transcend partisanship than on addressing the lead crisis in Wisconsin.
More than it used to be, but Mayor Tom Barrett fails to count all the state’s funding to the city or how much other communities give.
Where does the buck stop in Madison?
