FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2018 Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker ordered flags to half-staff on Friday, December 7, 2018, in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and United States Navy Seaman 1st Class William
As the books close on 2018, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, share their biggest political stories of the year. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
CONTACT: Christine A. Dunbeck, Communications & Public Relations Coordinator PHONE: 414-755-4110 (direct) EMAIL: cdunbeck@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., Dec. 7, 2018 – In response to a recent report regarding dental opioid prescribing habits published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, Wisconsin
Contacts: Michael Cain 608-225-6071 cainmjc@gmail.com Paul La Liberte 715-379-7048 paul.lalib@charter.net Madison, WI – Provisions in Senate Bill 884 (SB 884) would significantly impact the work of executive agencies throughout state government. Wisconsin’s Green Fire, an organization comprised of many former and active state
Contact: Brian Rothgery, 414-278-4230 or brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov Committee Approves Measure to Ensure Delivery of Quality Healthcare MILWAUKEE – The Finance and Audit Committee approved (7 – 0) a proposal from Chairman Theodore Lipscomb, Sr., today that recommends Milwaukee County directly provide
Throughout this decade, Gov. Scott Walker, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos made Wisconsin politics an ugly, zero-sum blood sport, and even with Walker defeated, that playbook is unchanged.
CONTACT AshLee Strong 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—This evening, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) participated in the annual Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the West Front Lawn. He was joined in lighting the 80-foot Noble Fir from the Willamette National Forest by
So desperate were the outgoing governor and state legislative majority to pass what amounted to a sweetheart deal for some of their biggest political backers that they did what was until then unthinkable—they sprang Jeff Wood from jail so he could vote.
The lame-duck session measures approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature are ill-advised and I firmly oppose them. In my view it’s never a good idea to try to govern and consolidate power by ignoring the will of voters and then
The activities of American office-holders after they have been voted out of office have vexed incoming politicians since at least the “Midnight Judges” appointed by John Adams in March of 1801, much to the consternation of President Thomas Jefferson. It’s rough politics—unsavory and often untoward—but it is not unprecedented, and it is not a usurpation of power.
One of the trends we identified as part of our Undemocratic: Secrecy and Power vs. The People series for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism was the increased fast-tracking of bills under Gov. Scott Walker.
Ambassador Tom Loftus, ambassador to Norway, 1993-1998, was the keynote speaker at an event entitled “Statesmanship” Nov. 27 at the Madison Club. It was jointly sponsored by the Wisconsin Education Association Council and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. These are his remarks.
Here we are 17 years later and still bogged down in Afghanistan, even though that day FDR said would live in infamy should have taught us something about picking our fights — that we should know the enemy and how to beat him.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers says one of the most concerning outcomes of this week’s extraordinary session is a bill that would temporarily take away his power to appoint the head of the state’s top economic development agency. That power over Wisconsin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2018 Contact: Amy Hasenberg, (608) 266-2839 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker ordered flags to half-staff on Friday, December 7, 2018, in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and United States Navy Seaman 1st Class William Bruesewitz.On December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in
As the books close on 2018, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, share their biggest political stories of the year. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
CONTACT: Christine A. Dunbeck, Communications & Public Relations Coordinator PHONE: 414-755-4110 (direct) EMAIL: cdunbeck@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., Dec. 7, 2018 – In response to a recent report regarding dental opioid prescribing habits published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, Wisconsin Dental Association President Dr. Patrick Tepe, a general dentist in
Contacts: Michael Cain 608-225-6071 cainmjc@gmail.com Paul La Liberte 715-379-7048 paul.lalib@charter.net Madison, WI – Provisions in Senate Bill 884 (SB 884) would significantly impact the work of executive agencies throughout state government. Wisconsin’s Green Fire, an organization comprised of many former and active state employees, understands that some of these provisions will create serious
Contact: Brian Rothgery, 414-278-4230 or brian.rothgery@milwaukeecountywi.gov Committee Approves Measure to Ensure Delivery of Quality Healthcare MILWAUKEE – The Finance and Audit Committee approved (7 – 0) a proposal from Chairman Theodore Lipscomb, Sr., today that recommends Milwaukee County directly provide inmate medical services, rather than continue contracting with an outside,
Throughout this decade, Gov. Scott Walker, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos made Wisconsin politics an ugly, zero-sum blood sport, and even with Walker defeated, that playbook is unchanged.
CONTACT AshLee Strong 202-225-0600 WASHINGTON—This evening, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) participated in the annual Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the West Front Lawn. He was joined in lighting the 80-foot Noble Fir from the Willamette National Forest by 9-year-old Oregonian Brigette Harrington, who earned the role by winning
So desperate were the outgoing governor and state legislative majority to pass what amounted to a sweetheart deal for some of their biggest political backers that they did what was until then unthinkable—they sprang Jeff Wood from jail so he could vote.
The lame-duck session measures approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature are ill-advised and I firmly oppose them. In my view it’s never a good idea to try to govern and consolidate power by ignoring the will of voters and then capping it off by making it more difficult for citizens
The activities of American office-holders after they have been voted out of office have vexed incoming politicians since at least the “Midnight Judges” appointed by John Adams in March of 1801, much to the consternation of President Thomas Jefferson. It’s rough politics—unsavory and often untoward—but it is not unprecedented, and it is not a usurpation of power.
One of the trends we identified as part of our Undemocratic: Secrecy and Power vs. The People series for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism was the increased fast-tracking of bills under Gov. Scott Walker.
Ambassador Tom Loftus, ambassador to Norway, 1993-1998, was the keynote speaker at an event entitled “Statesmanship” Nov. 27 at the Madison Club. It was jointly sponsored by the Wisconsin Education Association Council and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. These are his remarks.
Here we are 17 years later and still bogged down in Afghanistan, even though that day FDR said would live in infamy should have taught us something about picking our fights — that we should know the enemy and how to beat him.
Gov.-elect Tony Evers says one of the most concerning outcomes of this week’s extraordinary session is a bill that would temporarily take away his power to appoint the head of the state’s top economic development agency. That power over Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation leadership would be restored Sept. 1, after