Bruce Murphy: The battle over ‘astounding’ state surplus
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022
Now up to an ‘unprecedented’ $6.8 billion. But can Evers and Legislature agree on any plans to spend it?
Now up to an ‘unprecedented’ $6.8 billion. But can Evers and Legislature agree on any plans to spend it?
Georgia is now the fifth high-profile, swing state that repudiated Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidates.
Fresh off his reelection win, look for Gov. Tony Evers to double down on his far left agenda in the budget battles ahead.
The Line 5 relocation will provide economic benefits to small businesses, tax revenues to the state, create 700 good-paying Wisconsin jobs, and has been engineered to minimally impact the environment.
We cannot continue using fossil fuels for decades more. We must put all our intelligence into a quick transition to renewable energy — one that helps the people who would be hurt financially, such as oil workers and people who can’t afford to install solar panels.
Stopping environmental destruction and setting fair wages and fair prices.
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced Urban Forestry Grant Program recipients for the 2023 grant year. The program helps fund projects consistent with state and national goals for increasing the urban forest canopy. The Urban Forestry
When administrative agencies act as police, prosecutor, judge, and jury, it’s usually not a good day for the defendant.
The sad reality is that the people who truly won during elections were the advertising platforms.
The Democrats have abandoned Iowa.
It was reported this week that nearly a million immigrant adults were naturalized as American citizens in the fiscal year 2022, the third-highest annual tally recorded in U.S. history.
In my experience, if I see any common threads of bias running through news reporting, it’s not political. Not liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican. If there’s widespread, chronic media bias, it’s three C’s and a U.
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer appointed Representative Francesca Hong (D-Madison) to the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The appointment will begin on January 3rd, 2023. Representative Neubauer released the following statement: “I
MILWAUKEE – Today the County Board’s Finance Committee recommended for adoption a resolution authored by Supervisor Ryan Clancy to place an advisory referendum on the April 4, 2023, election ballot to measure public opinion on Wisconsin’s abortion law. “The push to get
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced today that it and 32 other states and territories finalized a $435 million agreement with JUUL Labs, resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices. Wisconsin’s
About 22,000 union workers and retirees in Wisconsin are expected to benefit from a $36 billion federal award being announced today for the Central States Pension Fund. This funding from the American Rescue Plan Act’s Special Financial Assistance Program represents
Marketplace enrollment ensures coverage starts January 1 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) today remind Wisconsinites they have one week left to enroll in a health plan available on the federal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement on the Respect for Marriage Act passing the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 258-169: “We
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404). The Respect for Marriage Act repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act,
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act, legislation to provide women the support they need to access reproductive health services by providing grants to organizations, including abortion funds, to offset
Now up to an ‘unprecedented’ $6.8 billion. But can Evers and Legislature agree on any plans to spend it?
Georgia is now the fifth high-profile, swing state that repudiated Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidates.
Fresh off his reelection win, look for Gov. Tony Evers to double down on his far left agenda in the budget battles ahead.
The Line 5 relocation will provide economic benefits to small businesses, tax revenues to the state, create 700 good-paying Wisconsin jobs, and has been engineered to minimally impact the environment.
We cannot continue using fossil fuels for decades more. We must put all our intelligence into a quick transition to renewable energy — one that helps the people who would be hurt financially, such as oil workers and people who can’t afford to install solar panels.
Stopping environmental destruction and setting fair wages and fair prices.
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced Urban Forestry Grant Program recipients for the 2023 grant year. The program helps fund projects consistent with state and national goals for increasing the urban forest canopy. The Urban Forestry Grant Program had almost $700,000 in grant funds, with $419,860
When administrative agencies act as police, prosecutor, judge, and jury, it’s usually not a good day for the defendant.
The sad reality is that the people who truly won during elections were the advertising platforms.
The Democrats have abandoned Iowa.
It was reported this week that nearly a million immigrant adults were naturalized as American citizens in the fiscal year 2022, the third-highest annual tally recorded in U.S. history.
In my experience, if I see any common threads of bias running through news reporting, it’s not political. Not liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican. If there’s widespread, chronic media bias, it’s three C’s and a U.
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer appointed Representative Francesca Hong (D-Madison) to the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The appointment will begin on January 3rd, 2023. Representative Neubauer released the following statement: “I am thrilled to appoint Representative Francesca Hong to the Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE – Today the County Board’s Finance Committee recommended for adoption a resolution authored by Supervisor Ryan Clancy to place an advisory referendum on the April 4, 2023, election ballot to measure public opinion on Wisconsin’s abortion law. “The push to get this question on the ballot came not from me, but
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced today that it and 32 other states and territories finalized a $435 million agreement with JUUL Labs, resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices. Wisconsin’s allocated share of the agreement is more than $14.7 million.
About 22,000 union workers and retirees in Wisconsin are expected to benefit from a $36 billion federal award being announced today for the Central States Pension Fund. This funding from the American Rescue Plan Act’s Special Financial Assistance Program represents the largest award of federal financial support in history for
Marketplace enrollment ensures coverage starts January 1 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) today remind Wisconsinites they have one week left to enroll in a health plan available on the federal marketplace to receive coverage that begins the first of the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement on the Respect for Marriage Act passing the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 258-169: “We are thrilled that the Respect for Marriage Act passed both the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404). The Respect for Marriage Act repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, protects marriage equality for federal purposes, and provides additional protections
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act, legislation to provide women the support they need to access reproductive health services by providing grants to organizations, including abortion funds, to offset the cost of travel-related expenses. “Right now in states across