Milwaukee Mayor Barrett’s Annual Picnic at the Zoo

Saturday, August 24, 2019 5:30 – 7:30 PM Milwaukee County Zoo 10001 W Bluemound Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53226 All Contributions Gratefully Accepted Parking and Zoo Admission is Included For questions, please contact Zach at zach@barrettformilwaukee.com or call (414) 271-8050

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for August 9

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss a committee vote on Craig Thompson’s nomination to be DOT secretary, the state response to recent mass shootings and the Dems’ continued push to expand Medicaid.

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WisPolitics Midday – August 9, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update, brought to you by Spectrum: Dem rep says he will ask one more time for Speaker Vos to accommodate his disability before taking legal action. Lt. Gov spokesperson blames a campaign staffer for indicating that

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WisGOP: More lies from Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes

[Madison, WI] – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes has been lying to the public for years about graduating college. After claiming to have received a bachelor’s degree from the Alabama A&M University, Lt. Governor

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Dominique Paul Noth: Throwing a red flag on red flag laws

In a country when so many gun deaths are suicides, red flag laws have proven to help take guns away from people going through obvious trauma, or drinking bouts or opioid distress. There is evidence that taking away the methods of suicide – guns, pills, whatever –deter suicidal folk. But there is little evidence that, outside suicides, red flag laws are more than a drop in the bucket of blood our society endures

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Milwaukee Mayor Barrett’s Annual Picnic at the Zoo

Saturday, August 24, 2019 5:30 – 7:30 PM Milwaukee County Zoo 10001 W Bluemound Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53226 All Contributions Gratefully Accepted Parking and Zoo Admission is Included For questions, please contact Zach at zach@barrettformilwaukee.com or call (414) 271-8050

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FRI PM Update: Records: Evers using state planes less than Walker

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has dramatically cut the use of state planes compared to Scott Walker and instead is much more likely to use a car to get outside of Madison, according to records obtained by WisPolitics.com. Still, Walker’s plane use — which

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for August 9

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss a committee vote on Craig Thompson’s nomination to be DOT secretary, the state response to recent mass shootings and the Dems’ continued push to expand Medicaid.

Read More »

WisPolitics Midday – August 9, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update, brought to you by Spectrum: Dem rep says he will ask one more time for Speaker Vos to accommodate his disability before taking legal action. Lt. Gov spokesperson blames a campaign staffer for indicating that he graduated college, even though he did not. Gov Evers

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Protect Our Care: Republicans vow to continue fight to repeal health care

MILWAUKEE, WI – This week, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham confirmedwhat we already knew: if President Trump is reelected, the GOP will make another push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), eliminating protections for pre-existing conditions and kicking millions of their health care.   As one article points out, “Rather than learn the lessons

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WisGOP: More lies from Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes

[Madison, WI] – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes has been lying to the public for years about graduating college. After claiming to have received a bachelor’s degree from the Alabama A&M University, Lt. Governor Barnes now admits he never finished or received a degree.

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Dominique Paul Noth: Throwing a red flag on red flag laws

In a country when so many gun deaths are suicides, red flag laws have proven to help take guns away from people going through obvious trauma, or drinking bouts or opioid distress. There is evidence that taking away the methods of suicide – guns, pills, whatever –deter suicidal folk. But there is little evidence that, outside suicides, red flag laws are more than a drop in the bucket of blood our society endures

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Patty Schachtner: Clean water a deliberate policy choice

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. In past years, the safety of our drinking water has come to the forefront of Wisconsin’s political landscape. Extensive studies have shown not only the scale, but the drastic health consequences

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