Clean drinking water initiatives, more school funding and expanded dental coverage in BadgerCare.
We're seeing more of Democratic Governor Tony Evers' priorities in his first budget, and, by implication, the range of just some of what Walker and his legislative allies had dismissed from public agendas or damaged statewide since 2011.
For more background, this blog had long focused on Walker's enabling of well water contamination, wetland preservation, river pollution and related water issues, summarized in this series.
Plenty of links here also to Walker's war on education which made pawns of children and educators in his divide-and-conquer playbook.
And Republicans are still hostile to expanded Medicaid funding which would finance what Evers wants to do with BadgerCare.
I predict great GOP legislative resistance to Evers' initiatives, even though Republican families deserve cleaner water, better schools and stronger teeth, because what is most important to the GOP is a diminished public sphere.
It will take more than one budget to make a real dent in eight years of GOP damage to the environment, the teaching profession, public employee morale, to name just a few.
And it will take Democratic control of the legislature to address gerrymandering, voting barriers, and a slew of other fundamentals the Walkerites manipulated to keep themselves in power and their special interests served.
But it's good to see information coming out that shows priorities the voters endorsed when Walker and AG Brad Schimel were defeated are finally getting gubernatorial attention.
We're seeing more of Democratic Governor Tony Evers' priorities in his first budget, and, by implication, the range of just some of what Walker and his legislative allies had dismissed from public agendas or damaged statewide since 2011.
For more background, this blog had long focused on Walker's enabling of well water contamination, wetland preservation, river pollution and related water issues, summarized in this series.
Plenty of links here also to Walker's war on education which made pawns of children and educators in his divide-and-conquer playbook.
And Republicans are still hostile to expanded Medicaid funding which would finance what Evers wants to do with BadgerCare.
I predict great GOP legislative resistance to Evers' initiatives, even though Republican families deserve cleaner water, better schools and stronger teeth, because what is most important to the GOP is a diminished public sphere.
It will take more than one budget to make a real dent in eight years of GOP damage to the environment, the teaching profession, public employee morale, to name just a few.
And it will take Democratic control of the legislature to address gerrymandering, voting barriers, and a slew of other fundamentals the Walkerites manipulated to keep themselves in power and their special interests served.
But it's good to see information coming out that shows priorities the voters endorsed when Walker and AG Brad Schimel were defeated are finally getting gubernatorial attention.