Last week, I had the distinct honor to participate in a Rural Prosperity Roundtable discussion, hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“With more people working in Wisconsin…, we can’t afford to have anyone on the sidelines, we need everyone in the game,” stated Gov. Scott Walker, calling for a special session to take up bills he nicknamed “Wisconsin Works for Everyone.”
Twitter and insults, "Little Rocket Man" − our president and North Korea's leader calling each other names. They act like a couple of sixth-grade bullies.
“I’m paying higher property taxes, and I haven’t had a raise in years.” Sound familiar?
As I retire after almost 25 years as president of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, I can’t help but reflect on how Wisconsin government and politics have changed over the decades. Perhaps the most significant change that has occurred is the increasingly partisan and polarized na…
A column reader requested that I explain how one gets sperm cells from the testicle of a 3,000-pound bull into a 1 milliliter straw of frozen semen for use in artificial insemination.
The federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25 during the first part of President Obama's first term, about eight years ago. Toward the end of President Obama's second term, he wanted to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10. The opposing party would not have any part of that.
I’ve been an advocate for chained dogs for 11 years. I’ve seen the harm that it poses; the suffering and neglect.
One of the lessons I have learned while dairy farming is to feed a high-fiber, low-energy diet to dry cows before they calve.
Have you noticed NBC and CBS and the ads against Senator Baldwin; this is sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, funded by the powerful Koch brothers. They know the president's tax plan will benefit the rich most of all, and the only prosperity they are concerned about is their own.
Recently, several media outlets chose to cover the topic of quarry regulation that was initially included in the state budget by the Legislature and subsequently vetoed by Gov. Scott Walker.
"Last minute budget changes would strip our local governments in Wisconsin of the right to regulate quarries," and could possibly take away town and county control over frac sand mines. According to the article in the Jackson County Chronicle Sept. 15, 2017.