Day: September 8, 2009

H/T to Michael Mathias.

So it appears Mercury Marine is staying put in Fond Du Lac after the union representing workers at Mercury Marine had a re-vote and voted to approve a revised contract that included even deeper concessions than those included in the union’s most recent labor contract with Mercury Marine. After union…

The Wisconsin Catholic Conference has come out in support of legislation imposing reasonable limits on interest rates charged by payday loan stores, which under current law enjoy no limits on the interest rates they can impose: Arguing “needy families in Wisconsin should not be abandoned to predatory practices most of…

For all the conservatives who’ve attacked the supposed “death panels” contained within Democratic health care reform efforts, let’s not forget that it was a Republican – Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville – who wants to kill Medicare, leaving folks who would receive Medicare to fend for themselves when it comes…

Release promotion for a new book “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party.”

State-by-state comparison of health care quality and costs for Medicare recipients find huge variations in both. WI leads the nation in the quality of Medicare Health care.