Wisconsin Black Democrats: Chair condemns the Supreme Court’s decision to undermine the Voting Rights Act
MILWAUKEE – Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court sided with a claim from a group of non-black Louisiana voters that their state’s second-majority black district was unconstitutional and intentionally discriminatory despite Black Americans making up one third of their state’s population.
Jay Rothman: I was president of Wisconsin’s UW System. It needs reform.
The Universities of Wisconsin are far too important to Wisconsin to allow for governance that does not meet the standards articulated above. A functioning Board of Regents is essential for the UW System.
Gregg Hoffmann: Regulators move on data centers costs
State utility regulators recently moved in the right direction when they rejected a proposal to have ratepayers share the costs of data center power plants.
Dave Cieslewicz: The data center tax ripoff conspiracy
These companies can afford to pay sales taxes like everybody else.
Dan Knodl: Closed schools, open borders, and missed priorities: When policy failures disrupt our communities
Evers’ veto of AB 24 sends the wrong message at the wrong time. It signals a retreat from cooperation with federal law enforcement, a disregard for policies aimed at removing dangerous individuals from our communities, and a willingness to tolerate disruptions that ultimately harm Wisconsin families.
Ruth Conniff: May Day could signal the beginning of a bigger backlash
On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.
Ron Malzer: May Day is your chance to support human rights
A Day Without Immigrants on Friday May 1 will make a national statement that immigrants and their allies are vital parts of America and our economy. It will build community when that is desperately needed.
Jacque won’t seek reelection
Jacque is the sixth Republican in the 18-member Senate GOP caucus to retire.
DC Wrap: GOP bill seeks to exempt southeast Wisconsin from emissions testing
In this week’s DC Wrap: Four Wisconsin Republicans introduce legislation to exempt southeast Wisconsin from federally mandated emissions testing.
Conservative groups challenge residency requirement for signature collectors
The suit the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court on behalf of the Virginia-based PAC Americans for Citizen Voting argues the law “unlawfully restrict(s) core political speech and association rights.”
Sen. Jacque: Announces decision not to run for re-election
Contact: Sen. André Jacque, (920) 819-8066 Senator André Jacque (New Franken) released the following statement regarding his decision not to seek another term in the Wisconsin State Senate: “It has been a blessing beyond anything I could have expected to
AFP-Wisconsin: Debuts new ads supporting Tom Tiffany
CONTACT: William Hadden, whadden@standtogether.org Madison, WI — Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) unveiled a second round of statewide ads supporting Tom Tiffany this week, following up on the heels of its first batch released in late March. The new wave of ads highlight Tiffany’s
WisDems: Watch: Tiffany plays politics with high gas prices
Contact: WisDems Press (press@wisdems.org) MADISON, Wis. —Following a six-day run of daily gas price increases, GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany shrugged off the pain Wisconsinites feel at the pump, calling the widespread backlash to his party’s devastating high-cost agenda a “bit of a
U.S. Rep. Pocan: Amendment targeting Ridglan Farms passed into House Appropriations agriculture funding bill
Contact: Matt Handverger WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) spoke at the House Appropriations Committee markup of the FY27 Agriculture funding bill in support of language he submitted to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to review dog breeding facilities
U.S. Attorney Elgersma: Multi-year drug investigation in central Wisconsin successfully concludes after last defendant sentenced
Thirteen convicted in federal prosecution for drug and gun offenses in Homeland Security Task Force Program Case MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the successful conclusion of a multi-year drug trafficking