International Cranes Foundation: Wisconsin Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes to hold its first meeting next week
July 25, 2024 – Baraboo, Wis. – The Wisconsin Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Thursday, August 1, 2024, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center (N7725
Gov. Evers: Supports U.S. Sen Baldwin’s “HSHS Act” aimed at protecting communities from abrupt hospital closures
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced his support for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Wisconsin) “Hospital Stability and Health Services Act” (“HSHS Act”) and thanked her for introducing the legislation, which is aimed at protecting communities from abrupt hospital closures
Rep. Maxey: Proud of New Berlin Common Council’s vote to ban drop boxes
New Berlin, Wisc.— On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, the New Berlin Common Council voted unanimously to ban ballot drop boxes in the City of New Berlin. This decision follows the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling to allow counties and municipalities to
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Introduces HSHS Act to protect communities from hospital closures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced new legislation to protect communities from sudden hospital closures that interrupt care and leave patients without access to the essential services they need to stay healthy. The Hospital Stability and Health Services
Harris campaign: Trump’s Project 2025 puts over half a million Wisconsin Medicaid recipients at risk
According to a new analysis of Project 2025, Donald Trump’s second-term authoritarian playbook, MAGA extremists plan to slash Medicaid for millions of Americans by imposing “lifetime caps” on Medicaid coverage. Trump’s extreme plan would have an outsized impact on Wisconsin, threatening
Poll finds Trump, Harris tied in Wisconsin
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris were tied in Wisconsin a new Emerson College poll — the first by pollsters after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
MPS Board Vice President Gokalgandhi says district to adjust deadlines in corrective action plan
Milwaukee Public Schools Board Vice President Jilly Gokalgandhi says she is “not concerned” with missed deadlines in the district’s corrective action plan, adding she has “a lot of faith” in interim MPS Superintendent Eduardo Galvan to address the district’s issues.
Julian Bradley: A smart approach to artificial intelligence
With the right approach, we can ensure that AI unlocks human potential without undermining the very things that make us human.
Clean Wisconsin Action Fund: Endorses Dora Drake for State Senate
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Pat Gleason: Union pledge will further inflate energy costs in battleground state
Wisconsin’s major utility companies announced that they will only use union labor moving forward for construction and maintenance of renewable energy projects, which will have an inflationary impact on electricity costs.
Gregory Humphrey: Climate change demands new government regulations for workers health and safety
Rulemaking for the men and women who work hard and too often do not have union protections that can improve their pay or health concerns on the job then becomes our responsibility as fellow citizens. That is how a humane society works together.
Arthur I. Cyr: Despite commentary, Biden’s decision not ‘unprecedented’
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas opened a decade of turbulence. The remarkable stability of the Eisenhower 1950s had ended. One result was the unexpected announcement by President Lyndon B. Johnson not to seek reelection to the White House. This is a precedent for Biden’s decision, contrary to some comments that his action is “unprecedented.”
Dan O’Donnell: The anti-Democratic Party
So firm a grip do these tyrants have that even the President they forced out is claiming that a vote against their hand-picked successor is a vote against the democratic process itself. The truth is that there is no greater threat to democracy than a party that refuses to let even its own voters have any say in its elections.
Richard Moore: Building a conservative counterculture in America
Democrats have an institutional advantage in the election, but we can—shall—overcome.
Dave Cieslewicz: Can we stop describing the Upper Midwest as the Rust Belt?
The national news media used the term over and over again at the RNC in Milwaukee … Usually, when you’re trying to win someone over, common practice is not to address them with an insult. Democrats could do themselves a lot of good if they went on a rant against “Rust Belt” and started off by better understanding who we really are and where we really live.