Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R – Rochester) has been in a running dispute, via the media, with paralyzed and wheel chair bound State Representative Jimmy Anderson (D – Madison). Rep. Anderson would like to call into committee meetings when they run late and because of health issues he has to get out of […]
After eight years as governor of Wisconsin…eight years of trying to contain the Democratic vote in Milwaukee…eight years of starving the city…eight years of restricting Milwaukee school support…eight years of denying funding for mass transit (no trains to Madison, no money for street car, no street car allowed outside the city limits)…eight years of just […]
Trump’s Support In Wisconsin?
I am not going to go into great detail on who in Wisconsin supports Donald Trump…I’ll let the article speak for itself. It gets into breakdowns of college/non-college, rural/urban, gender, religious/not, etc. So if you are a policy wonk, you’ll love it. Here’s the intro though so you can get an idea of where […]
As part of passage of the Wisconsin State Biennial Budget, Governor Tony Evers (Democrat) used his veto pen a number of times to change items in the Republican drafted budget to better fit his vision for the state.
Wisconsin’s governors have the most powerful budget veto pens of any of the governor in the […]
Man oh man, you can almost hear the sphincters snap shut when Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos heard that state budget transportation dollars might be available for the Milwaukee Street Car (aka the Hop).
You know the street car? The one the state legislatively prohibits from extending beyond the city […]
This Is Happening in Wisconsin Not Appalachia:
First, apologies to those who can’t access the article…JSOnline has this one behind their pay wall: Lake Area Free Clinic saw the need for better access to dental care — and did something about it. But I am going to quote as much of it as I can…that I deem relevant.
We’ve all […]
I have been a very vocal advocate for campaign finance reform. You can find several posts here on BB…but the basic tenets are: only eligible voters can contribute to campaigns…and only to campaigns that they are eligible to vote in. A few corollaries, but that’s about it.
But then there’s this…Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele! […]
Given the “one person, one vote” principle is intrinsic to the US Constitution, it is inexplicable that the US Supreme Court would bow out of the partisan gerrymandering issue as not their job. But last week that is exactly what they did:
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal judges have no power […]
Oh for crying out loud…
In order to pass the GOP Wisconsin biennial budget in the state senate, they added a bit about allowing Tesla to sell cars in Wisconsin directly to consumers. Currently new cars can only be sold through dealers. This provision was aimed directly at Sen. Chris Kapenga (R – Delafield) […]
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