Bruce Murphy: The best governor money can buy
Friday, Sep 21, 2018
Just about every Walker policy was bought by special interests.
Just about every Walker policy was bought by special interests.
The reason that politicians conflate more government spending with improving educational outcomes is as lazy as it is stupid. It is an easy way for them to demonstrate that they are “doing something.”
State Superintendent and Dem guv candidate Tony Evers called for “a better way” for investing in K-12 in his annual “State of Education” address. Evers also knocked the “decade of disinvestment” in school funding during his speech Thursday afternoon at
The Democratic Governors Association is hitting Gov. Scott Walker for not taking federal aid to expand Medicaid, saying in a new TV ad he turned down the money to avoid hurting his presidential bid. The spot opens with the narrator
Gov. Scott Walker’s latest TV ad touts a new proposal to provide a tax credit of up to $6,000 to help cover the cost of childcare. The proposal was included in the Department of Revenue’s budget request, which was released
Gov. Scott Walker says in his latest TV ad that Dem rival Tony Evers would put jobs “at risk” and the state “can’t afford to turn back now.” The ad, Walker’s 20th of his re-election bid, is his first since
Walker’s plainly got some work to do if he wants to continue demolishing Wisconsin’s legacy of progressive government.
The contest Walker faces in November against his Democratic opponent is expected to be his hardest battle yet, and one not everyone is convinced he’ll win.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who had offered no proof to back up her allegation, Tuesday apologized for accusing Dem rival Mandela Barnes of kneeling during the national anthem. Kleefisch, who is white, first tweeted the allegation earlier this month and
Dem LG candidate Mandela Barnes called GOP incumbent Rebecca Kleefisch a liar for suggesting without proof that he knelt during the national anthem at the opening of the Wisconsin State Fair. Kleefisch originally raised the allegation on Twitter Sept. 6
Just about every Walker policy was bought by special interests.
The reason that politicians conflate more government spending with improving educational outcomes is as lazy as it is stupid. It is an easy way for them to demonstrate that they are “doing something.”
State Superintendent and Dem guv candidate Tony Evers called for “a better way” for investing in K-12 in his annual “State of Education” address. Evers also knocked the “decade of disinvestment” in school funding during his speech Thursday afternoon at the Capitol, saying the state’s priorities — without mentioning any
The Democratic Governors Association is hitting Gov. Scott Walker for not taking federal aid to expand Medicaid, saying in a new TV ad he turned down the money to avoid hurting his presidential bid. The spot opens with the narrator saying health care premiums go up “year after year.” “That’s
Gov. Scott Walker’s latest TV ad touts a new proposal to provide a tax credit of up to $6,000 to help cover the cost of childcare. The proposal was included in the Department of Revenue’s budget request, which was released Monday. In the ad, Walker introduces himself and says, “this
Gov. Scott Walker says in his latest TV ad that Dem rival Tony Evers would put jobs “at risk” and the state “can’t afford to turn back now.” The ad, Walker’s 20th of his re-election bid, is his first since the latest Marquette University Law School Poll found Evers with
Walker’s plainly got some work to do if he wants to continue demolishing Wisconsin’s legacy of progressive government.
The contest Walker faces in November against his Democratic opponent is expected to be his hardest battle yet, and one not everyone is convinced he’ll win.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who had offered no proof to back up her allegation, Tuesday apologized for accusing Dem rival Mandela Barnes of kneeling during the national anthem. Kleefisch, who is white, first tweeted the allegation earlier this month and then repeated it yesterday, saying she had been told by
Dem LG candidate Mandela Barnes called GOP incumbent Rebecca Kleefisch a liar for suggesting without proof that he knelt during the national anthem at the opening of the Wisconsin State Fair. Kleefisch originally raised the allegation on Twitter Sept. 6 that Wisconsin “neighbors” told her Barnes had knelt for the