Despite strong fiscal steps taken in the 2011-13 budget, the state’s fiscal condition arguably has declined. The per capita GAAP deficit is second only to that of Illinois. The projected structural deficit — portrayed as an ominous dark cloud under Jim Doyle — stands at a billion dollars.

A GOP Assembly income tax cut and road-funding proposal would eventually cut taxes for Wisconsin’s wealthiest residents by $1 billion.

It seems fair to assume he means it would not be good for his party to look as if it needs help from Democrats to get things done.

The rights and freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights are being eroded by an over-reaching government via civil asset forfeiture.

Congress requires the Supreme Court to hear appeals in some areas of election law, and Wisconsin officials have filed such an appeal.

In “Two Minutes with Mitch” radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents after a report that President Donald Trump revealed classified information to Russia.

With that surface water rights’ giveaway program in the books, Team Walker can turn this election season to its groundwater gifting – – passed by the Legislature with 50 million reasons, as the campaign-donation tracking Wisconsin Democracy Campaign just documented.

Continued expansion of this program only stands to benefit our state and those living with dementia and their families.

Under Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget, Wisconsin’s prison system would receive more money over the next two years than the entire University of Wisconsin education system.

New York state legislators are considering a bill that would allow police at accident scenes to immediately check on whether a driver was texting just before the accident. If privacy concerns can be met, it’s an idea Wisconsin legislators might want to consider.