Milwaukeeans Rage at Prospect of Higher Taxes
OwenHuh. Who knew? Perhaps they should have been this energized at the ballot box. Scores of Milwaukee residents turned out Thursday evening to voice their opposition to a proposed 2%…
Californians Move to Texas in Droves
They are like locusts. Let’s hope they leave their politics behind. About 300 Californians moved to Texas each day in 2021 – a staggering 111,000 people, newly released data shows. That is double the…
Growing government is our bipartisan pastime
For reference, here is my column that ran in the Washington County Daily News after the legislature finished their work: At the time of the writing of this column, the…
Evers Uses Veto to Increase Taxes and Spending
As predicted here and elsewhere, any Conservative gains written into the budget by Republicans have been obliterated. Evers has had a spectacular Spring in terms of getting almost everything he…
Growing government is our bipartisan pastime
My column for the Washington County Daily News is online and in print. Yes, it’s early – on a Saturday – because there won’t be a paper on the Tuesday…
Legislature Sends Budget to Evers
Meh. MADISON – Assembly lawmakers late Thursday sent to Gov. Tony Evers a $99 billion two-year spending plan that leverages a historic surplus to cut income taxes by more than…
Republicans finally propose a tax cut
My column for the Washington County Daily News is online and in print. Here’s a taste: Wisconsin currently has four income tax brackets. Under the Republicans’ plan, they would reduce…
Legislature Proposes to Merge UWMWC and MPTC
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Washington County would merge with Moraine Park Technical College under a plan pushed through by Republican lawmakers Thursday as part of the state budget. If signed into law,…
Republicans Push Prioritization at UW
Good. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million on Thursday despite a projected record-high $7 billion state budget surplus,…
Demographic destiny
I’m still out, but here is my column that ran in the Washington County Daily News this week:If, as the axiom goes, demography is destiny, then Wisconsin is facing a…