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As Wisconsin’s population ages, supporting long-term care is becoming even more critical.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) today sent a letter to Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), questioning why the CDC website removed public data on the number of patients tested in the United
In 2012, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson published “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.” By making complex economic arguments easy to understand, the authors describe how far-left policies have ruined nations.
The issues that Yang sought to make central to the 2020 competition — as part of a mix that must also include climate change, war and peace, economic inequality and racial injustice — will not go away. Why? Because whether the remaining Democrats are up for the discussion or not, the robots are still coming for your job.
Skyrocketing rise since 2015 in new report raises question: why?
MADISON– Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) released the following statement announcing an endorsement from Dane County Executive Joe Parisi for her candidacy for Wisconsin’s 16th Senate District: “Today I am proud to announce a campaign endorsement from Dane County Executive Joe Parisi,
Disability Rights Wisconsin thanks Governor Evers for signing into law Act 118, which makes improvements to Wisconsin law regulating the use of restraint and seclusion in Wisconsin schools. In February 2016, Wisconsin Family Ties (WFT), Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW), and
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will present this year’s gypsy moth treatment plan at several open house meetings March 16-19. The gypsy moth is a non-native insect with a destructive appetite for hundreds
DeForest, WI – The Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council today announced its endorsement of Judge Jill Karofsky for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. Judge Karofsky faces off in the April 7, 2020 general election against Justice Daniel Kelly who was appointed to the
The well-funded Wisconsin Retirement System could serve as a valuable model for the city and county of Milwaukee pension plans, which together finished 2018 with unfunded liabilities of $2 billion, according to a new report from the independent, nonpartisan Wisconsin
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is now the third presidential candidate to run TV ads in Wisconsin, going up with spots that take shots at rival Mike Bloomberg and feature former President Obama praising her. Warren’s campaign said the ads are
As Wisconsin’s population ages, supporting long-term care is becoming even more critical.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) today sent a letter to Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), questioning why the CDC website removed public data on the number of patients tested in the United States. See the full letter below and here. March 2, 2020
In 2012, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson published “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.” By making complex economic arguments easy to understand, the authors describe how far-left policies have ruined nations.
The issues that Yang sought to make central to the 2020 competition — as part of a mix that must also include climate change, war and peace, economic inequality and racial injustice — will not go away. Why? Because whether the remaining Democrats are up for the discussion or not, the robots are still coming for your job.
Skyrocketing rise since 2015 in new report raises question: why?
MADISON– Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) released the following statement announcing an endorsement from Dane County Executive Joe Parisi for her candidacy for Wisconsin’s 16th Senate District: “Today I am proud to announce a campaign endorsement from Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, who works day in and day out on behalf of
Disability Rights Wisconsin thanks Governor Evers for signing into law Act 118, which makes improvements to Wisconsin law regulating the use of restraint and seclusion in Wisconsin schools. In February 2016, Wisconsin Family Ties (WFT), Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW), and WI FACETS produced a report called Miles to Go detailing
MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will present this year’s gypsy moth treatment plan at several open house meetings March 16-19. The gypsy moth is a non-native insect with a destructive appetite for hundreds of species of trees and shrubs. Treatment efforts help limit
DeForest, WI – The Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council today announced its endorsement of Judge Jill Karofsky for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. Judge Karofsky faces off in the April 7, 2020 general election against Justice Daniel Kelly who was appointed to the Supreme Court by former Governor Scott Walker. “Throughout her legal
The well-funded Wisconsin Retirement System could serve as a valuable model for the city and county of Milwaukee pension plans, which together finished 2018 with unfunded liabilities of $2 billion, according to a new report from the independent, nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum. The pension system for the state (as well
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is now the third presidential candidate to run TV ads in Wisconsin, going up with spots that take shots at rival Mike Bloomberg and feature former President Obama praising her. Warren’s campaign said the ads are running in Madison and Milwaukee, but declined to say how