Our gavel to gavel coverage of the 2009-2010 legislative session in Madison was our inaugural effort at reporting news and providing analysis on what transpired in our State Capitol. Thousands of hours later, we felt it appropriate to look back… Read More And the Winners Are…(Part Two)
Our gavel to gavel coverage of the 2009-2010 legislative session in Madison was our inaugural effort at reporting news and providing analysis on what transpired at the State Capitol. Thousands of hours later, we felt it appropriate to look back… Read More And the Winners Are… (Part One)
The DWD is picking winners and losers. Meddling with the market and subsidizing industry puts cronyism on full display. Read More DWD Picks Winners and Losers: Grant Money Subsidizes Wisconsin Industry
With any state budget, you win some, you lose some. The budget passed this week by the Republican-controlled Legislature may well have produced a record number of winners and losers — some landing in both categories. Read More Winners And Losers In The 2019-21 State Budget
By M.D. Kittle — In a ruling solidifying the authority of the First Branch, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday vacated a liberal lower court’s decision declaring unconstitutional the Republican-controlled Legislature’s “extraordinary” session in December. Read More Winners And Losers In Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Extraordinary Session Laws
The term, “picking winners and losers,” gets thrown around a lot in the political world. The government does this each and every day with tax credits for new jobs created, subsidies to boost the price of a firm’s product, or even taxpayer-funded grants to build a new company headquarters. This report will review data from across the country that show government incentives are poor economic policy that create an unequal playing field for job creators nationwide. Read More Winners and Losers: The Impact of Government Incentives
The government picks “winners and losers” each and every day with tax credits for new jobs created, subsidies to boost the price of a firm’s product, or even taxpayer-funded grants to build a new company headquarters. This report will review data from across the country that show government incentives are poor economic policy that create an unequal playing field for job creators nationwide. Read More Winners and Losers: The Impact of Government Incentives
Despite complete control of the budget process by Republicans, there were real fights over policy and different visions for state government. Now that the smoke has cleared from the state budget, we can survey the political battlefield and see the winners and losers. Read More The Winners and Losers in the 2013-2015 Wisconsin State Budget
WI GOP Hears Bill Pushed By Liberal Elites Seeking To Upend Elections Read More Lies, Lucre And Leverage: The Left’s Long Game On Ranked Choice Voting