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Six years after policy began, classrooms are out of control, teachers are afraid and students – black and white – are suffering.
While the CARES Act was an important step, we are now heading into the fifth month of this crisis and further action is needed in Washington to help us back home in Wisconsin.
Each time there is discussion of police violence against unarmed blacks the same tired narrative plays out, attempting to deflect attention from the issue at hand. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
For the tens of thousands of out-of-work Wisconsinites caught in the state Department of Workforce Development’s abysmal Unemployment Insurance claims system, it must be comforting to know that the state Department of Health Services is offering “coping tips.”
MILWAUKEE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin issued a statement criticizing the Milwaukee Police Department for the response to an off-duty MPD officer’s assault on two photographers during an LGBTQ Black women’s march earlier this month. After the
The first requirement is that we recognize how unequal we’ve become. Then perhaps we can start doing something about it.
Pandemic devastates lower and middle class while billionaires get wealthier.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today announced the release of the CSC’s Fiscal Year 2021 legislative proposals that in tandem with the final report, deliver real bi-partisan solutions to
A national economic recovery from the pandemic-induced recession rides on the ability to act quickly so people can safely return to work and buy goods and services without fear of contracting coronavirus, an economist and economic reporters agreed during a
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, NFU President Rob Larew to join in climate change chat CHIPPPEWA FALLS – Farmers and food system allies are invited to join Wisconsin Farmers Union for the family farm organization’s annual Summer Conference, which will be virtual
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Tomorrow: VISIT Milwaukee CEO Peggy Williams-Smith Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Peggy Williams-Smith, president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Thursday, July 16. This
DNR reverses course after WILL lawsuit The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) dropped a lawsuit filed in June against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) after the state agency agreed to make in-person hunter education courses available in
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—Bryan Steil (WI-01) is working to make federal spending more transparent. Steil introduced H.R. 7602, the Fiscal Transparency Act, to create online financial profiles for each federal agency on USAspending.gov. The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has endorsed Steil’s bill. Representatives
Six years after policy began, classrooms are out of control, teachers are afraid and students – black and white – are suffering.
While the CARES Act was an important step, we are now heading into the fifth month of this crisis and further action is needed in Washington to help us back home in Wisconsin.
Each time there is discussion of police violence against unarmed blacks the same tired narrative plays out, attempting to deflect attention from the issue at hand. Stop comparing apples to oranges.
For the tens of thousands of out-of-work Wisconsinites caught in the state Department of Workforce Development’s abysmal Unemployment Insurance claims system, it must be comforting to know that the state Department of Health Services is offering “coping tips.”
MILWAUKEE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin issued a statement criticizing the Milwaukee Police Department for the response to an off-duty MPD officer’s assault on two photographers during an LGBTQ Black women’s march earlier this month. After the off-duty officer, who had reportedly been drinking, damaged the cameras
The first requirement is that we recognize how unequal we’ve become. Then perhaps we can start doing something about it.
Pandemic devastates lower and middle class while billionaires get wealthier.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today announced the release of the CSC’s Fiscal Year 2021 legislative proposals that in tandem with the final report, deliver real bi-partisan solutions to better defend the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks of significant
A national economic recovery from the pandemic-induced recession rides on the ability to act quickly so people can safely return to work and buy goods and services without fear of contracting coronavirus, an economist and economic reporters agreed during a WisPolitics.com DC virtual event Tuesday. The national economy is experiencing
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, NFU President Rob Larew to join in climate change chat CHIPPPEWA FALLS – Farmers and food system allies are invited to join Wisconsin Farmers Union for the family farm organization’s annual Summer Conference, which will be virtual this year. The Aug. 13 event will focus on “Exploring
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Tomorrow: VISIT Milwaukee CEO Peggy Williams-Smith Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Peggy Williams-Smith, president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Thursday, July 16. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership between the
DNR reverses course after WILL lawsuit The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) dropped a lawsuit filed in June against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) after the state agency agreed to make in-person hunter education courses available in Wisconsin. WILL’s lawsuit, on behalf of Hunter Nation and Hunter
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—Bryan Steil (WI-01) is working to make federal spending more transparent. Steil introduced H.R. 7602, the Fiscal Transparency Act, to create online financial profiles for each federal agency on USAspending.gov. The National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has endorsed Steil’s bill. Representatives Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Lance Gooden (TX-05), and