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After 16 years of GOP control, Democrats have a shot at winning a majority in the Wisconsin State Legislature. This would be a monumental shift, but it’s far from a given — especially in the Assembly.
When land usage and cost factors are considered, I speculate that rather than the BECI line having a 99% chance of approval by the WI PSC, its chance of being approved is somewhere between 80 and 90%. The deciding factor in the PSC’s decision of whether to approve the BECI line will rest on the quality of the cost-benefit analyses provided by the applicant and intervenors.
The State of Wisconsin has a projected $3 billion surplus. Here’s the YSDA plan for it.
The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program has existed for decades. If Wisconsin taxpayers are going to be asked to support it for decades more, they deserve more than assurances that the program is working. We should be able to show them.
Consider donating to community health centers, free clinics, and food pantries which are our community’s safety net.
The argument that Americans should not have to suffer economically because Trump launched a war of whim has become increasingly common among Democrats on the campaign trail — and even some Republicans.
The press is not there to soothe. It is there to verify. To challenge. To publish what is true, not what is comfortable. Leaders may not enjoy that. They are not required to. But before they get to elected office, we should require that they be mature enough to accept the facts.
Immunizations and high hospital costs among them
AI may be transforming our economy, but in our haste, we must listen better. Communities are asked to accept the future, but they deserve a meaningful role in deciding what that future looks like.
Transportation policy should begin with the people who use the system: where they want to go, how they want to get there and how those choices may change as new technologies become available.
Event will explore connections between food deserts and Wisconsin’s disappearing farms
As an ill-informed city slicker when it comes to agriculture, I had an eye-opening opportunity to tour of the Seneca Foods processing plant in Janesville.
In a survey, among students who self-censor, 91 percent cited classmates as a concern. Forty-one percent cited the teacher.
Where do Milwaukee’s socialists land on the broad and bewildering spectrum of leftist political movements? A short history of local socialism might shed some useful light on today’s national ferment.
Congressional Republicans are reading the polls and tea leaves. Many are avoiding Trump, one ran a TV ad critical of Trump, and some are voting no on GOP policies. But not Wisconsin Republicans.
If Wisconsin voters realize Trump really is on the ballot, that could be fatal for his alter ego, Tom Tiffany.
Graphs of jobs, labor force and manufacturing tell a different story than the campaign speeches do.
Preparing for this year’s November election, Democratic attorneys general are coordinating to sue the administration to block its voter-suppression efforts and its attempt to overturn states’ right to control their own elections, as stipulated by the Constitution.
McConnell is stepping down after his term ends at the end of the year, but his lengthy unexplained absence became an issue in the race to succeed him between Republican Rep. Andy Barr and former Democratic Rep. Charles Booker.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the upcoming races to control the Wisconsin Legislature and the issues that favor each party. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
After 16 years of GOP control, Democrats have a shot at winning a majority in the Wisconsin State Legislature. This would be a monumental shift, but it’s far from a given — especially in the Assembly.
When land usage and cost factors are considered, I speculate that rather than the BECI line having a 99% chance of approval by the WI PSC, its chance of being approved is somewhere between 80 and 90%. The deciding factor in the PSC’s decision of whether to approve the BECI line will rest on the quality of the cost-benefit analyses provided by the applicant and intervenors.
The State of Wisconsin has a projected $3 billion surplus. Here’s the YSDA plan for it.
The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program has existed for decades. If Wisconsin taxpayers are going to be asked to support it for decades more, they deserve more than assurances that the program is working. We should be able to show them.
Consider donating to community health centers, free clinics, and food pantries which are our community’s safety net.
The argument that Americans should not have to suffer economically because Trump launched a war of whim has become increasingly common among Democrats on the campaign trail — and even some Republicans.
The press is not there to soothe. It is there to verify. To challenge. To publish what is true, not what is comfortable. Leaders may not enjoy that. They are not required to. But before they get to elected office, we should require that they be mature enough to accept the facts.
Immunizations and high hospital costs among them
AI may be transforming our economy, but in our haste, we must listen better. Communities are asked to accept the future, but they deserve a meaningful role in deciding what that future looks like.
Transportation policy should begin with the people who use the system: where they want to go, how they want to get there and how those choices may change as new technologies become available.
Event will explore connections between food deserts and Wisconsin’s disappearing farms
As an ill-informed city slicker when it comes to agriculture, I had an eye-opening opportunity to tour of the Seneca Foods processing plant in Janesville.
In a survey, among students who self-censor, 91 percent cited classmates as a concern. Forty-one percent cited the teacher.
Where do Milwaukee’s socialists land on the broad and bewildering spectrum of leftist political movements? A short history of local socialism might shed some useful light on today’s national ferment.
Congressional Republicans are reading the polls and tea leaves. Many are avoiding Trump, one ran a TV ad critical of Trump, and some are voting no on GOP policies. But not Wisconsin Republicans.
If Wisconsin voters realize Trump really is on the ballot, that could be fatal for his alter ego, Tom Tiffany.
Graphs of jobs, labor force and manufacturing tell a different story than the campaign speeches do.
Preparing for this year’s November election, Democratic attorneys general are coordinating to sue the administration to block its voter-suppression efforts and its attempt to overturn states’ right to control their own elections, as stipulated by the Constitution.
McConnell is stepping down after his term ends at the end of the year, but his lengthy unexplained absence became an issue in the race to succeed him between Republican Rep. Andy Barr and former Democratic Rep. Charles Booker.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the upcoming races to control the Wisconsin Legislature and the issues that favor each party. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
