The Political Environment

A forum, news site and archive begun in February, 2007 about politics and the environment in Wisconsin. And elsewhere.

Sunday, August 25, 2019

More off-leash bear-chasing hounds killed by wolves. Hounders get fat WI reimbursements.

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[Updated] In Wisconsin, a hunting dog can be the owner's best friend, or a free $2,500 state check if the dog is sent to a violent dea...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Walker, Vos to WI motorists: Ciao, suckers!

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Hey, motorists in southern Wisconsin: If you worried that Walker and Vos were sharing your pain, stop fretting. They're not. So le...
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Friday, August 23, 2019

Monarch Trail celebration looks like good Sunday event

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Always a nice event. Check it out.  Tour de las Mariposas    Celebrate with the Friends of the Monarch Trail! Sunday, Aug. 25th, 4 p...

Vos, Walker blocked commuter rail in congested, deadly I-94 corridor

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5:45 p.m. Update: A Friday afternoon crash has caused a 2.5 hour delay in the zone.  --------------- Let's continue to highlight wha...

Walker's killing Madison-MKE rail didn't help capital win DNC hotel business

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I'm not privy to any inside information, but I'll bet Madison hotels might have had a better shot at housing some 2020 Democratic N...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

List of must-see WI parks includes 1 in golf course bulls-eye

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Just for the record, Kohler Andrae State Park which is in  this feature story's recommended list  would lose land and trees right here ...

WI road planners made I-94 N/S near Foxconn a danger zone

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I'd said in June that federal transportation safety officials should be looking into the rash of crashes in the I-94 construction zon...

Trump says he's the messiah. Cong. Dems are enabling the peril.

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Trump looks to the sky and says "I am the chosen one ." Stop playing 'What if Obama said that?,' and ask yourself this:...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

DNR's housecleaning not the one I'd hoped for

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When I read the first few words of this Journal Sentinel story's headline. .. DNR beginning to clean out... I seriously thought all ...

Denmark discovers something is rotten in America

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Just an old Masters in English here tipping the cap to Hamlet and The Bard: In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump's Canceled...

DNR accepting written comments through 9/19 on Waukesha's Great Lakes diversion

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Because it's important to keep making a record. Through the die has been cast, the WI DNR is obliged to take public comments through ...

Trump knifes corn growers, then says 'rescue me.' For 2020.

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Remember that lesson in Management 101: Don't let others make their problems  your  problems. Well, the worst boss, ever, is at it ag...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

2 more WI hounds thrown to wolves. Total DNR reimbursements to owners will exceed $800k

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[Updated, 11:30 p.m.] Life continues to be cheap for too many Wisconsin hunting hounds, but their sacrifice is sure remunerative to their ...
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About the WI PSC's latest transmission line OK, 1 thought

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If I were editing this 18-paragraph story  - -  Regulators approve Cardinal-Hickory Creek power line   - -  I'd have moved this graf...
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Monday, August 19, 2019

Alcohol-related deaths a factor in WI life-expentancy decline

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[Updated] While opioids in this Journal Sentinel study-based piece  about falling life expectancies will catch the reader's eye - -  ...
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