Raise The Gas Tax Already
Regular readers know that I have written any number of similar posts over the years…often as former Governor Scott Walker and the GOP legislative leadership struggled with funding Wisconsin’s transportation needs (i.e. highways).
And the problem hasn’t gone away but the players have changed. In his 2019 – 2021 budget proposal, Governor Tony Evers proposes […]
Yeah, here we go:
Sixteen lawmakers on their own could impose fees of any amount to help pay for roads under a plan Republican legislators advanced late Thursday.
The proposal would allow the Joint Finance Committee to establish new fees based on how many miles vehicles drove, starting in 2023. The rest […]
Scott Walker Never Did Reach 250,000 Jobs
During what has been one of the historically strong recoveries from the Great Recession…former Governor Scott Walker never did reach his promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin…not in the promised four years…not in the eight years of his two terms.
I never did think it was even possible given the size and […]
Earlier today I used an article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the communications brouhaha between the Democratic governor and the leadership of the GOP controlled legislature. The term sexism got tossed around in the halls in the Capitol. And then this happened:
Responded Fitzgerald in a statement: “That is completely […]
Robin Vos: Over Our Dead Bodies
A recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discusses the latest row between Governor Tony Evers office and the GOP legislative leadership, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. Here is the link, but I am not sure everyone can see it since MJS tightened their paywall last week.
This petty […]
I’ve always been fascinated by Republican claims to support less government intrusion into the lives of citizens…..except when it comes to issues like same-sex relationships and women’s rights.
Here in Wisconsin we’re seeing that first-hand as Republicans in the Legislature have passed a series of bills aimed at allowing government to […]
The GOP dominated Wisconsin legislature passed a number of bills this past week that tightened the availability of abortions in the state. Nothing as restrictive as those in Georgia or Alabama but obviously moving in that direction.
But if you are already among the living in Wisconsin and in need…well no Medicaid […]
Another Tax Windfall, Another Tax Giveaway?
The state is expected to take in $753 million more through the summer of 2021 than earlier estimated, giving lawmakers a small windfall as they work on the state budget.
Well…first of all…these are always estimates based on current trends. So really…there is no guarantee this will actually […]
The loss by the liberal candidate in the last election cycle will start to come into play here as the Wisconsin State Supreme Court starts to hear a case related to the power grabs executed by the Wisconsin GOP during their now infamous Lame Duck Sessions.
Conservatives who control the state […]
It WAS just a bunch of Trees
A while ago I wrote about my admiration of a threatened grove of trees outside the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. I held that grove as something of a sacred space in downtown Milwaukee. Well, we can refer to those trees in the past tense now.
Crews on Saturday […]
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