Labor unions and leftist activists are expected to once again descend upon the Captiol in Madison, WI on Tuesday. They plan to protest Governor Scott Walker’s first 2-year budget proposal, which seeks to cap entitlement programs and make cuts in education while expanding school voucher programs, in an attempt to close a $3 [...]
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Latest Protests Bring an ‘Epic’ Wisconsin Donor Back Into the Spotlight
Posted: June 17, 2011 in 2012 Budget, Big Labor, Health Care, Healthcare, News, Politics, State Politics, Tea Party, TechnologyTags: AFL-CIO, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, electronic health records, electronic medical records, epic systems, Fidel Castro, governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund, health care reform, health information technology, judith faulkner, Kaiser Permanente, Kloppenburg, Madison, Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, paul soglin, Prosser, protest, scott walker, tammy baldwin, Wisconsin
Will Money & Power in Wisconsin Politics Influence Health Care Policy?
Posted: May 23, 2011 in Budget, Congress, Health Care, Health Care, Labor Unions, Legal, Obama, Policy, Politics, Regulation, State PoliticsTags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Cedars Sinai, Cleveland Clinic, Congressman Paul Ryan, electronic health records, electronic medical records, epic systems, evidence based medicine, Governor Scott Walker, Greater Wisconsin Committee, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund, JoAnne Kloppenburg, judith faulkner, judy faulkner, Justice David Prosser, Kaiser Permanente, koch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Russ Feingold, Sen. Herb Kohl, single payer health care, stimulus, tammy baldwin, tommy thompson, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, wisconsin senate
by Liberty Chick If you want to take a pulse on the political vibe in this country, one need only look at Wisconsin. The state has become the barometer for judging not just the public’s appetite for political battle, but the competitive landscape as well. The spotlight on anything that has six degrees of separation [...]
