Ideas On Wisconsin State Income Tax Reform

After showing little taste for a flat tax during the 2022 campaign cycle, the Republicans in charge in Madison are now actually considering the unwarranted tax cut for the state’s fat cats without any actual relief for most of the rest of us (Wisconsin GOP’s Latest Bait and Switch? The…

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Wisconsin’s Abortion Ban is 19th Century Trash: But Ron Johnson and Tim Michels Are Cool With That.

Since the United States Supreme Court overturned their own ruling on Roe v. Wade, Wisconsin law on abortion has reverted to one passed just after Wisconsin statehood…before women had the vote…even before the Civil War. It’s 2022, well into the 21st Century and women have the vote and far more…

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Milwaukee Elected A New Mayor And Then This Happened On Twitter

from Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s Twitter feed this evening: Bring it on!!! I’ll host!!

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Well The Most Qualified Potential GOP Candidate For WI Governor Decides Not To Run

Well, I am not surprised. Former Four Term Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson announced that he will not run for a fifth time. Ironically he’d be the most qualified candidate if he ran and probably the most moderate but also the only one who would actually want to improve life in…

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Eleven Months Into The Pandemic, Andrea Palm, is still only the secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

And it’s not like she isn’t qualified or hasn’t been on the job that long…because she was after all, nominated by Governor Tony Evers in January 2019. But the do nothing Republican legislature (which hasn’t met since April of 2020), simply out of spite against the governor, hasn’t confirmed her…

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COVID-19: Lessons Learned: Balanced Budget Laws Hamstring States During World Pandemics

The great tsunami of conservative policy early this century included the demand for state balanced budget amendments. And of course former Governor Scott Walker and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos just had to have one…so of course Wisconsin does. The conceit is you have to live within your budget and so…

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John Nygren Set To Return To Madison As A Lobbyist: This Shouldn’t Even Be Legal!

Two weeks ago I wrote that John Nygren, elected just a month before, had announced that he was retiring essentially effective immediately from the Wisconsin Assembly. Well now it’s been announced that he will become a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans. The maintenance staff in the Capitol…

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Trump Sues Wisconsin To Overturn Presidential Election Result

Well actually he sued Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, who by now is pretty used to being sued by Republicans. But on the face of this, the suit makes little sense because even if the Trump campaign were successful in Wisconsin, the 10 electoral college votes won’t change the final result….

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Scott Walker Is Running in 2022!

For what, I am not sure yet. But why do I suspect that? Well, I have liked his politician Facebook page since way back in the day simply because it was necessary to follow him in order to write about him here. And although he’s been quite active on Facebook…

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NOW Robin Vos Suggests WI Should Do More To Combat COVID-19.

But apparently he’s just another Republican elected without a plan. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is calling for more testing, faster testing and is considering a second state relief package to help Wisconsin navigate the coronavirus pandemic as it overwhelms hospitals and kills dozens each day. The Rochester Republican’s comments come…

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