Families Win Near Decade-Long Battle Over Powerful Special Interest Group With a stroke of a pen, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker scored an incredible victory for children, education reformers and parental advocates across his state. When the governor signed the state budget into law on June 26, he eliminated the cap that had limited enrollment in…
Monthly Archives: July 2011
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Government-Dependent Press Losing Its Freedom
Current Events vs. Founding Documents CURRENT EVENT: According to FOXNews.com June 02, 2011, A list of potential policy recommendations to reinvent the field of journalism that has been compiled by the Federal Trade Commission is a “dangerous” overreach of power and a waste of taxpayer funds, critics of the project told FoxNews.com. FTC officials began…
Gary Wickert
The Miracle in Wisconsin
By Gary Wickert What has happened politically in Wisconsin over the past six months has been nothing short of a miracle. Newlyelected Governor Scott Walker and the Republicans in the majority in Madison have gotten just about everything they wanted during the past legislative session. Astate facing a projected…
Paul Jadin
Budget Bill Improves the Climate for Job Growth
By Paul Jadin The budget bill signed by Governor Walker in late June makes a critical investment in Wisconsin’s job creation and business assistance efforts. A major provision of the budget is the elimination of the Department of Commerce, whose economic development role will be delivered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). Created earlier…
Sen. Frank Lasee
Energy Policy
By Sen. Frank Lasee Wisconsin has moved forward in the six months since Governor Scott Walker and Republican majorities in the Senate and Assembly took office. We’re a better business climate, we’ve added 24,000 private sector jobs and we now have an honestly balanced budget. We balanced it without raising taxes or fees and closed…
Government Circus, Kurt R. Bauer
Wisconsin is Heading in the Right Direction
By Kurt R. Bauer No state completely controls its own economic destiny, which means Wisconsin is unlikely to achieve a full recovery until the U.S. economy rebounds. But even in this tough environment a mix of red and blue states – notably Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia – have managed to outperform others.…