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RAYMOND, Wis. — Senator Mark Spreitzer today endorsed Mitchell Berman for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. Spreitzer represents Wisconsin’s Fifteenth Senate District, including the cities of Janesville, Beloit, Milton, and Whitewater within Wisconsin’s First CD. Spreitzer issued the following statement: “I’m
I will not let the current challenges to our country posed by the president and his followers deter me from my belief that greatness is still ahead for our country.
MADISON, Wis. – A brand new report released by Forward Analytics finds that Wisconsin’s workforce has reached a tipping point: for the first time, healthcare and social assistance professions have surpassed manufacturing as the state’s largest employment sector. From 2001 to 2025, manufacturing
Despite the challenges our nation faces today, the American Dream remains real for those willing to pursue it. But it is not automatic. It belongs to those who are willing to prepare for it, work for it, and build it.
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, this week, wrapped up his final statewide “Pothole Patrol” tour. The governor’s annual tour included 10 stops across the state to fill potholes and highlight the Evers Administration’s efforts over the last seven years to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout Wisconsin. This year’s tour marks the governor’s seventh and final
I encourage my fellow Christians in calling your representative to support more refugee resettlement this year and a higher number for fiscal year 2027.
Egged on by a cabal of right-wing sycophants and enablers, including the Heritage Foundation, he has accused the museum’s leadership of being “woke,” of degrading American accomplishments, of focusing on the negative instead of the positive. In other words, it wasn’t telling the MAGA version of U.S. history.
Partisanship is particularly ugly when people have suffered loss.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court nixes attempt to get voting eligibility records… [WVA”s Heuer, part of Gableman’s 2020 election probe, sued in 13 counties arguing incompetent voter info] would show inconsistencies in the state’s voter rolls. … [5-2, Libs +
Wisconsin has more hospitals with top ratings for nurse communication than any other state, according to new data being touted by the Wisconsin Hospital Association. The group today is rolling out findings from Becker’s Hospital Review based on the Hospital
Michael Alfonso repeatedly touted the president’s support, Kevin Hermening and Jessi Ebben played up their private sector credentials, and Niina Baum sought to portray an independent streak in the only televised debate featuring the 7th CD GOP contenders.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has announced a $1 million TV buy, her first significant paid media effort ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The spot from Impossible Until It’s Done features Barnes talking about his work as an organizer and spending “my entire career fighting to make lives better for working families just like mine.”
RAYMOND, Wis. — Senator Mark Spreitzer today endorsed Mitchell Berman for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. Spreitzer represents Wisconsin’s Fifteenth Senate District, including the cities of Janesville, Beloit, Milton, and Whitewater within Wisconsin’s First CD. Spreitzer issued the following statement: “I’m proud to endorse Mitchell Berman for Congress. As both a
I will not let the current challenges to our country posed by the president and his followers deter me from my belief that greatness is still ahead for our country.
MADISON, Wis. – A brand new report released by Forward Analytics finds that Wisconsin’s workforce has reached a tipping point: for the first time, healthcare and social assistance professions have surpassed manufacturing as the state’s largest employment sector. From 2001 to 2025, manufacturing employment fell from 560,000 jobs to fewer than 460,000 today,
Despite the challenges our nation faces today, the American Dream remains real for those willing to pursue it. But it is not automatic. It belongs to those who are willing to prepare for it, work for it, and build it.
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, this week, wrapped up his final statewide “Pothole Patrol” tour. The governor’s annual tour included 10 stops across the state to fill potholes and highlight the Evers Administration’s efforts over the last seven years to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout Wisconsin. This year’s tour marks the governor’s seventh and final “Pothole Patrol” tour since taking office, including in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. “For the
I encourage my fellow Christians in calling your representative to support more refugee resettlement this year and a higher number for fiscal year 2027.
Egged on by a cabal of right-wing sycophants and enablers, including the Heritage Foundation, he has accused the museum’s leadership of being “woke,” of degrading American accomplishments, of focusing on the negative instead of the positive. In other words, it wasn’t telling the MAGA version of U.S. history.
Partisanship is particularly ugly when people have suffered loss.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court nixes attempt to get voting eligibility records… [WVA”s Heuer, part of Gableman’s 2020 election probe, sued in 13 counties arguing incompetent voter info] would show inconsistencies in the state’s voter rolls. … [5-2, Libs + Hagedorn] determined that state law shows the Legislature intended to
Wisconsin has more hospitals with top ratings for nurse communication than any other state, according to new data being touted by the Wisconsin Hospital Association. The group today is rolling out findings from Becker’s Hospital Review based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, or HCAHPS. The
Michael Alfonso repeatedly touted the president’s support, Kevin Hermening and Jessi Ebben played up their private sector credentials, and Niina Baum sought to portray an independent streak in the only televised debate featuring the 7th CD GOP contenders.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has announced a $1 million TV buy, her first significant paid media effort ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The spot from Impossible Until It’s Done features Barnes talking about his work as an organizer and spending “my entire career fighting to make lives better for working families just like mine.”