WI Economic Development: Governor Evers appoints Pamela Boivin to WEDC Board of Directors
MADISON, JULY 22, 2024 — Gov. Tony Evers today appointed Pamela Boivin to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Board of Directors. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Willie Smith from the board. “Pamela brings
Hovde campaign: Statement on Sen. Baldwin’s support of VP Kamala Harris
MADISON — Wisconsin entrepreneur Eric Hovde released the following statement regarding Sen. Baldwin’s claim that Vice President Kamala Harris is “prepared” to serve as President: “Today, Senator Tammy ‘Do Nothing’ Baldwin called Border Czar Kamala Harris “prepared” to be President. Like Senator
TUE News Summary: Harris visiting Milwaukee County today; DOC moves to end prison lockdowns
TOP STORIES Harris to visit Milwaukee on Tuesday as WI delegates pledge support … [WisDems chair Wikler said] 89 of Wisconsin’s 95 delegates [including Baldwin, Evers, Pocan, Godlewski, Rhodes-Conway, Jacobs, all 8 Milwaukee delegates] had already pledged their support for
Harris Campaign: Wisconsin Democratic Mayors endorse Vice President Kamala Harris
Democratic mayors from across Wisconsin joined nearly 300 mayors from across the country in endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign for president in an overwhelming show of force. The list of Wisconsin mayors endorsing Vice President Harris includes: Madison Mayor
Opportunity Wisconsin:After 13 years of cracking down on corporations, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still under threat from House Republicans
Republican proposals would cut funding from the CFPB and block rules that would save working families money MADISON, Wis. – As the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) marks 13 years of combating corporate greed, Republicans in Congress continue to undermine
John Nichols: Madison influence helped shape a potential president
If she beats Republican Donald Trump in November, Harris will make history as the first woman elected to the presidency, and as a child of immigrants from Jamaica and India who has risen to the nation’s most powerful position. She would also bring a Wisconsin tie to the White House.
Bruce Murphy: Grothman keeps causing outrage
GOP congressman’s latest: says Democrats support Kamala Harris due to ‘her ethnicity.’
Gregory Humphrey: Comparing Donald Trump with four GOP presidents: Decency, empathy, understanding history, reading books
Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
Zack Goodrow: The new, improved but very much the same GOP
I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.
Dave Cieslewicz: GOP getting smarter
A strategic mistake the GOP has made is to largely cede the blue strongholds of Dane and Milwaukee counties to the Democrats. Their media buys there are relatively small and their organizing has been meager. Now, both things are changing.
Mark Lisheron: Backers of Wisconsin business courts fret for future of experiment
Specialized docket wins bipartisan support but faces a changed Supreme Court
Wikler cites surge in enthusiasm after Harris joins presidential race
State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler told reporters he’s seen a surge in Dem enthusiasm about the presidential race since Vice President Kamala Harris announced her candidacy.
TUE AM Update: Harris in Milwaukee today for first visit as Dem presidential frontrunner
From WisPolitics … — Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Milwaukee today for her first visit to Wisconsin since President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed her. Harris is scheduled to arrive in Milwaukee at
MON PM Update: Wikler cites surge in enthusiasm after Harris joins presidential race
From WisPolitics … — State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler told reporters he’s seen a surge in Dem enthusiasm about the presidential race since Vice President Kamala Harris announced her candidacy. Wikler’s analysis came as he declared the state party
WisDems: Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris
MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Administrative Committee voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler issued the following statement: “Wisconsin Democrats are united, fired up, and