by Eric Bott | Oct 15, 2019 | Features
Wisconsin is no stranger to the fight for worker freedom. Who can forget the protests that rocked Madison when then-Gov. Scott Walker brought about several much-needed labor reforms via Act 10? And then the numerous legal challenges against Wisconsin’s right-to-work...
by Eric Bott | Dec 16, 2018 | Features
A group of local officials called them “Unfair and undemocratic!” The president of Wisconsin AFL-CIO described them as “unprecedented power grabs and ruthless partisan politics!” One state senator said they were “a permanent stain on … our state’s legacy.” They were...
by Eric Bott | Mar 23, 2018 | Features
With Tax Day looming, Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin thinks she has the answer to make things easier: Why not let the IRS file your return? If your instincts tell you that’s a bad idea, you have good instincts. The IRS has a terrible track record carrying out its...
by Eric Bott | Feb 23, 2018 | Features
In the closing weeks of 2017, the rhetoric on tax reform was something to behold. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders called the bill “one of the great robberies…in the modern history of this country.” Some political pundits went so far as to say it would “kill people” and...
by Eric Bott | Nov 17, 2017 | Features
Back in 2013, shortly after being sworn in as Wisconsin’s junior senator, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) delivered a heartfelt speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate saying, “as I’ve traveled the state, Wisconsinites have told me that the powerful and well-connected seem...
