Dave Cieslewicz: Keep focus on Trump, not ICE

In politics it’s important to keep your eyes on the prize and the prize right now is winning a bunch of elections in November. As a practical matter, ICE won’t be abolished and talking about it does not help the bigger cause.

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Dave Zweifel: Freeloading is now a First Amendment right

A lot of high-fives were being exchanged among Republican campaign donors a couple of weeks ago when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that public employees couldn’t be required to pay their fair share of union costs to win them pay raises, fringe benefits and job safety.

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Rebecca Blank: Welcoming new colleagues to UW-Madison

This month marks a significant expansion for our campus as Cooperative Extension, Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, UW-Extension Conference Centers and Mailing Services, and the Department of Labor Education all become part of UW-Madison. These units together will bring 958 new employees into UW-Madison, and will add $103 million to UW-Madison’s budget.

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WisDems: Does Scott Walker support the criminalization of abortion? 

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org An overturning of Roe v. Wade would have severe consequences in Wisconsin MADISON — Vice President Mike Pence, who recently came to Wisconsin to fundraise for Scott Walker, doubled down yesterday on his extreme view that Roe v. Wade should be overturned, a move that would immediately criminalize abortion in Wisconsin where a

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Office now accepting applications for national service academies

Contact: Aaron White Phone: 202-225-5506 Aaron.White@mail.house.gov La Crosse – Today, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind announced that his office is now accepting applications from individuals interested in attending one of our nation’s service academies. Students must submit their applications by Friday, October 19, 2018. “I am always impressed by the motivated, disciplined young Wisconsinites that

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Dave Cieslewicz: Keep focus on Trump, not ICE

In politics it’s important to keep your eyes on the prize and the prize right now is winning a bunch of elections in November. As a practical matter, ICE won’t be abolished and talking about it does not help the bigger cause.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Freeloading is now a First Amendment right

A lot of high-fives were being exchanged among Republican campaign donors a couple of weeks ago when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that public employees couldn’t be required to pay their fair share of union costs to win them pay raises, fringe benefits and job safety.

Read More »

Rebecca Blank: Welcoming new colleagues to UW-Madison

This month marks a significant expansion for our campus as Cooperative Extension, Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, UW-Extension Conference Centers and Mailing Services, and the Department of Labor Education all become part of UW-Madison. These units together will bring 958 new employees into UW-Madison, and will add $103 million to UW-Madison’s budget.

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