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‘The Insiders’ consider what Evers, lawmakers will seek to do with Wisconsin’s $4B surplus
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider what Dem Gov. Tony Evers the GOP -controlled Legislature will do with the state’s $4 billion surplus as work begins on the next biennial budget. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Scott Walker: How leftist judges can thwart reform
An activist judge in Wisconsin gave big government special interests an early Christmas present with a ruling this week on the reforms known as Act 10.
Paul Fanlund: Prosser’s complicated legacy reflects how times have changed
His career in public service is a perfect microcosm of the before-and-after eras of Wisconsin politics.
Bill Lueders: Long waits undercut open records law
Governments have stalled for months to provide records.
Alaina Harkness: AI uses so much water. If Midwest wants tech growth, let’s plan to sustain it.
Data centers, like the one Microsoft is building in Mount Pleasant, use massive amounts of water for cooling.
Judith Davidoff: The selfish case for selflessness
Studies have shown that those who volunteer reap benefits themselves in improved mental and physical health.
Dave Zweifel: Wisconsin political activist turns to fiction
Mike McCabe’s new book, “Miracles Along County Q,” is centered on a mythical small Wisconsin town called “Faith” in the heart of Clark County, which happens to be where McCabe toiled as a youngster on the family farm.
Bruce Thompson: How fair are Wisconsin’s taxes?
And how will they be affected by Trump tax cuts?
Derek Gottlieb: Wisconsin lawmakers pit neighbor against neighbor with every school referendum
Wisconsin pits neighbor against neighbor, making affordable housing and adequate public schooling look like optional luxuries rather than basic necessities. We do not have to live this way.
John Nichols: A Wisconsin judge just ripped up Scott Walker’s anti-union law
In a major win for labor, the judge determined that Walker’s assault on worker rights was wildly unconstitutional.
Mark Belling: Conservatives ‘forfeit’ DPI election
As of now there isn’t a single prominent candidate to challenge Jill Underly, the latest in a long line of bureaucratic hacks to badly run state government’s most rotten agency.
Gregory Humphrey: Lies impact governing
What is concerning is the growing acceptance that facts do not matter as the lies and perceptions heard from candidates with the money to repeat them ad nauseam are more important. Lies and perceptions we should note, created by candidates who wish to play to the basest of human emotions.
J.F. Kaufman: Trump election a triumph of ignorance
Given the overwhelming evidence against Donald Trump as man and candidate, including his doleful record as president — praising dictators, big tax cut for the wealthy, separating children at the border — the true winner of the recent election was voter incompetence spurred by a flood of propaganda.
Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin Republicans are out of step with the times on Act 10
In embracing Act 10 and Walker’s dubious legacy, Wisconsin Republicans are marching to a different beat than the rest of the country.
David Blaska: Act 10 has been in court more often than Perry Mason
Another progressive judge rewrites statute.
‘The Insiders’ consider what Evers, lawmakers will seek to do with Wisconsin’s $4B surplus
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider what Dem Gov. Tony Evers the GOP -controlled Legislature will do with the state’s $4 billion surplus as work begins on the next biennial budget. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a Dane County judge overturning parts of 2011’s Act 10 law related to collective bargaining for public workers, the death of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, Gov. Tony Evers’ upcoming budget address, reaction to President Joe Biden pardoning his son and more.