James E. Causey: GLP-1 pills are popular. People of color can’t afford them.
A breakthrough class of weight-loss drugs is transforming lives, but for many Americans, cost and insurance coverage remain the biggest barriers to treatment.
Dan Knodl: Success has more than one path
Too often, our culture sends the message that success is defined by a four-year degree. Wisconsin’s economy tells a different story.
Jon Shelton: Along with new UW president, we need a new Board of Regents
Most of the current regents have very little knowledge (or any interest in learning) how things work on our campuses, how they could work better, or even the educational needs of our students.
Fabu: Police and public would benefit from use of body cameras
Madisonians should want to preserve human life as a priority, while also recognizing humanity includes police, especially their families. My hope is that future use of body cameras will help assist people and police with improved relationships.
Bill Kaplan: Ron Johnson, political distraction and vaccine ignorance
Johnson increasingly acts like Joe McCarthy with fearmongering and bold-faced lies.
Dave Zweifel: Attack on Fauci a sign of the times
Here is a doctor who could have made millions in private practice, instead devoting 50-plus years to working a civil service job. Acknowledged as the man who tackled the AIDS crisis, now he’s being dragged through the political mud in his retirement years.
MON News Summary: Crowley leads Tiffany in new head to head poll
TOP STORIES Crowley leads Tiffany by four points in new head-to-head poll of likely votersGilkes-Bjork/Platform Comm. statewide poll of 500 likely voters found Crowley 48, Tiffany 44 – 42-30 among Independents* Fav-UnfavCrowley: 42-26 – still net positive among IndependentsTiffany: 38-43
WisDems: The Milwaukee Courier: Congressman Tom Tiffany has a disastrous anti-worker record, including opposing equal pay for women and supporting child labor
MADISON, Wis. — New reporting slams MAGA extremist Congressman Tom Tiffany for having “one of the worst anti-worker and anti-union records in legislative history.” Tiffany voted against a bill ensuring fair pay for women in the workplace and for legislation that weakened child labor
Crowley tells ‘UpFront’ he won’t campaign with Piker, Tiffany noncommittal on Trump visit
David Crowley said he will not campaign with Hasan Piker ahead of the November election, unlike Francesca Hong, who campaigned and fundraised with the controversial streamer before losing in last week’s Democratic primary. Meanwhile, Tom Tiffany wouldn’t say definitively whether he wants Donald Trump back to Wisconsin to campaign for him ahead of November after the president endorsed Tiffany early in the race.
U.S. Sen. Johnson: Senators Johnson, Paul release email showing top FDA official expressing concern over COVID-19 vaccine adverse events
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new email obtained from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s government email
Crowley campaign: Breaking: David Crowley leads Congressman Tom Tiffany in new poll
WISCONSIN – Today, a new poll was released that shows County Executive David Crowley is leading MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany, 48%-44%, in the race for governor of Wisconsin. This comes after Tiffany and his allies have spent nearly $10 million
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute: First Midwest Kernza Harvest Field Day to demonstrate harvesting, processing of new perennial grain
EAST TROY, Wis. — Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) and Rooster Milling will host the first-ever Midwest Kernza Harvest Field Day on Friday, Aug. 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m in SE Wisconsin. The day will begin at Rooster Milling,
Crowley campaign: David Crowley slams MAGA extremist Tom Tiffany for voting in Congress to stop AI regulation and fast tracking the building of data centers
County Executive David Crowley has made clear that communities will decide if they want a data center, and if they do, there will be strict guardrails that ensure not a single penny is passed on to Wisconsinites, whether that be
WisDems: MAGA Extremist Tom Tiffany uses congressional power to make it easier for data centers to be built in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Just before running for governor, MAGA extremist Tom Tiffany started trying to stack the deck for big tech from the halls of Congress. Roughly seven months after casting the deciding vote to allow a 10 year moratorium on AI