Over the past few months, the biennial state budget has been working through the legislative process. Since Governor Evers introduced his budget proposal in February, my legislative colleagues and I gathered feedback from the people of Wisconsin about their priorities for our state’s two-yea…
By Jonathan Anderson
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Why is the veteran important? This question has more than one meaning. When I hear the word veteran I think of all the men and women that have served our country and fought for our freedom. I think of the time and dedication they put forth, so I can stand here today and read this paper. I th…
Statements of economic interest show lawmakers reported $112,850 in travel expenses paid by outside groups last year, a WisPolitics review found.
In my e-update a couple of weeks ago I discussed Assembly Bill (AB) 245, a proposal introduced by Assembly Republicans to provide a historic investment in local governments through the shared revenue program. This program is one of the primary funding mechanisms for our county and municipal …
It’s been a long time in coming, but help finally appears to be on the way for local prosecutor offices around the state.
Thirty-nine-year-old U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher has only been in Congress since 2017.
As I travel the district, one of the biggest concerns that I hear from folks in local government is the need to revamp the state’s shared revenue program. This program is one of the primary funding mechanisms for our county and municipal governments. The current shared revenue formula has be…
A lot of the economic stats are very, very good. Record low unemployment. Unprecedented state budget surplus. Resilient consumer spending. Easing of pandemic-era shortages, inflation, housing speculation and high gasoline prices.
Wisconsin Assembly Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) voted last week in favor of several proposals aimed at strengthening Wisconsin’s workforce.
On Tuesday, the State Assembly was in session and approved several bills including two proposals protecting consumer choice, Assembly Bills (AB) 141 and 142. AB 141 prohibits state agencies and local governments from restricting the use or sale of a device, such as a lawnmower or a chainsaw,…
Hardly a spring goes by in Wisconsin without issued warnings about wildfires, rapid responses by emergency services and peril for property owners throughout the state.
A proposal in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget would require Wisconsin employers of 50 or more to provide their workers with paid family and medical leave. This comes as more states are adopting such requirements -- though so far, the change is not happening as quickly in the Midwest.
Light rain was falling from a gray, sullen sky as I pulled my DNR fire control engine behind a police cruiser from Roseville, Minnesota. As I exited my truck, a steady stream of other law enforcement vehicles was filling in behind me. There was a little over a quarter mile hike to my destina…
As I travel the district, one of the top concerns that I hear from employers both large and small is that they continue to struggle to find enough employees to meet their needs and serve their customers. With the labor shortage impacting industries across our state, we need to look for ways …
“An open letter to Rusk Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Andy Strom.”
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U.S. ground forces withdrew from South Vietnam 50 years ago, on March 29, 1973. The withdrawal officially ended years of war that forever marked a generation.
The spring election isn’t over until April 4. But already spending in this year’s state Supreme Court has demolished the state and national judicial spending records.
In just the past decade, the number of emergency teaching licenses in Wisconsin has nearly tripled, suggesting schools are facing increasing challenges from staff shortages and high turnover in areas such as special education. Often emergency licenses are reissued for multiple years, which m…
This is an opinion from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards
A group of residents concerned about the impact of a local park redevelopment, a school board member who blew the whistle on his colleagues for being too secretive, and a longtime city official who has made a habit of accessibility are among the winners in this year’s Openness Awards, or Ope…
After a gubernatorial election, the first job of the governor in the first year of the new term is unveiling the two-year state budget plan.
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Disinformation and misinformation hang like a dark cloud over the electoral process today. Disinformation is false by design; misinformation is false information that may or may not have been intentional. These elements have long been a part of the political process in the United States. Pre…
Gov. Tony Evers’ first budget after reelection lays out his plans on two big issues -- tax cuts and aid to local governments.
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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.
Wisconsin voters are still recovering from all the ads associated with the November elections that decided races for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the state Legislature.
The good budget news just got even better.
Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tim Michels joined the group for lunch last week, celebrating the bright red wave that carried him to victory over incumbent Tony Evers in November’s mid-term elections.
Farm animals are well-oiled machines. They are always working, converting nourishment that enters at one end into valuable resources at the other.
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It happens all the time.
While the attention of media, elected officials and community leaders has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis — opioid addiction — has worsened in Wisconsin.
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Officials from Wisconsin counties that were approved for a partnership with the state on new youth prisons say they won’t have their facilities up and running ahead of the July 2021 deadline mandated in state law.
As founder of We the Irrelevant, a website that tracks how well (or poorly) the actions of legislators match up with what the public has asked them to do, I have sent multiple open records requests to Wisconsin legislators on a variety of controversial initiatives. Each time, I’ve asked them…
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A persistent backlog of commercial building permits at the Department of Safety and Professional Services has prompted the state’s construction industry and agency leadership to explore solutions to the problem.
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Pollsters and pundits alike are talking about impeachment and how it’s playing in battleground Wisconsin 2020.
You can walk into City Hall asking to see records without ever having to give your name.
State regulators are looking at new ways to combat groundwater contamination in Wisconsin, focusing on nitrates as well as lesser-known PFAS.
When then-Gov. Jim Doyle signed Wisconsin’s indoor smoking ban into law in 2009, he expected tribal nations, which were exempt from its provisions, to embrace the measure on their own.
Wisconsin lawmakers last year headed to Poland for a trade mission and Taiwan for meetings with foreign dignitaries with other Midwestern legislators, according to their latest economic interest filings.
More than 8% of the state’s prison guards sought transfers to get a $5-an-hour pay boost in the first eight days after the Evers administration proposed a plan to address critical staff shortages at maximum-security facilities.
Top strategists on opposite sides of the aisle are divided over President Trump’s reelection prospects this cycle, though they agree Wisconsin is a key stop on the road to the White House.
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