The Political Environment

You can now add expanded Wisconsin executive branch hiring authority that  replaces neutral civil service procedures  to the growing list o...

Another thing that the GOP/tea party governors of Wisconsin and Michigan have in common right now is a scandal where a predominately minori...

Fun for the fans and players, this Green Bay scheduling  of a UW-Madison non-conference football game, but let's remember college sport...

Wisconsin's tax collections are a budgetary disappointment - - no surprise, given years of Walker's ideological tax cuts and his fa...

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, vying for the right to run and serve as America's Progressive-in-Chief, cou...

The same Waukesha County GOP assemblyman who has gone to war against traffic roundabouts, independent state auditors and district court jud...

The Wisconsin Republican Legislative majority, while busy b oosting legislators' expense accounts , or  finding new ways to shovel tax ...

This blog has tried to keep up with the many restrictions on local government and grassroots decision-making which Walker and The Authorita...

As the water giveaway bills move through the Wisconsin Legislature, there is some timely advice from the River Alliance of Wisconsin: C...

Love the headline describing the latest interation of WI GOP  cowardice-in-action : UPDATE: State Assembly to give counties an opportun...

Wisconsin's GOP state legislative corporate servants    - - not content with throwing an end-of-session special-interest land and water...

Killed by Walker in 2011 to please the road-builders, puff up his anti-Obama resume and presidential fantasies, and deny to Jim Doyle a leg...

We've all read the stories: The stop sign or light at a dangerous intersection is put in after the tragic collision - - despite pleas a...

Yes! And now you know  so you don't have to take a stab at it: Walker to sign bill legalizing concealed switchblades

Kewaunee County farmer and clean water advocate Nancy Utesch has written a powerful op-ed about the persistent and hazardous contamination ...

Yes, Wisconsin Republicans are busy using  lawmaking and state agencies policy-making to direct government to dredge waterways, enable grou...

This detailed scientific report is definitely worth your time , given all the attention of late about water quality in Wisconsin and Michi...

No surprise . On a party-line vote, the majority Republicans on the Committee on Environment and Forestry approved AB 600, a far-reaching...

No, Bucky, you haven't seen all t he legislative and administrative tricks  employed by special-interest water carriers in Wisconsin...

When you read that states like Wisconsin are  suing to stop new power plant smokestack emission rules  - - thus willing to tolerate the rel...