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WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider whether the GOP-controlled Senate will approve Evers’ appointees
The WisOpinion Insiders consider whether the GOP-controlled state Senate will approve Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to lead key agencies after snubbing many in his first term. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Paul Fanlund: Journalists should ‘move beyond’ objectivity to build trust?
In the end, my position on objectivity comes down to this. First, different experiences and perspectives of journalists should be welcomed and acted upon when debating what to cover and how to approach it. But once that process moves to a story’s execution, best practices remain the same.
Mike Nichols: Former Wisconsinites bask in Florida’s low-tax climate
In high-income-tax states, people vote with their feet.
Dave Cieslewicz: DeSantis is right about woke
DeSantis was ill-motivated in attacking the proposed AP curriculum, but that didn’t make him wrong on the merits. And give the College Board credit for listening to feedback.
Gregory Humphrey: Racism displayed in Speaker McCarthy’s GOP House
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar ousted from Foreign Affairs.
Richard Moore: Study: Mandatory leave laws stalled narrowing of gender pay gap
Without leave laws, researchers say much of wage gap could have been eliminated by 2017.
Howard Marklein: The outlook for ag is impacted by costs and economic uncertainty
The issue for 2023 is that costs are increasing by 10-40% in some segments and economic uncertainty may impact consumer behaviors and preferences.
Bill Lueders: Public still paying for fraud probe records fights
Many people in Wisconsin are under the impression that the disastrous probe into the state’s 2020 presidential election conducted by former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is over, as are its costs to taxpayers. They’re wrong.
Dave Cieslewicz: Coming out flat
GOP lawmakers’ arguments for eliminating Wisconsin’s progressive income tax don’t add up.
Bruce Murphy: New state GOP chair involved with fake electors
Brian Schimming went on talk radio to defend ‘peaceful protests’ at January 6 Capitol riot.
Matthew Rothschild: Tyre Nichols—Another Senseless Death at the Hands of Police
It’s not getting better. Don’t kid yourself. It’s getting worse. And it’s a stain on our democracy.
Lester Pines et al.: Janet Protasiewicz will restore balance to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court
The future of a functioning democracy in our state is on the ballot in the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ consider whether the GOP-controlled Senate will approve Evers’ appointees
The WisOpinion Insiders consider whether the GOP-controlled state Senate will approve Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to lead key agencies after snubbing many in his first term. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 3
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss possible legislative action on PFAS, the state Supreme Court race, a court challenge to GOP-sponsored referendums, a planned GOP primary debate in Milwaukee, the Legislative Black Caucus’ Black History Month resolution and growing legal bills from the Assembly’s 2020 election investigation.