Gregory Humphrey: Sirens for dead school kids from gun violence, but then what?
When children keep dying in schools, the answer cannot be that every gun control proposal is unacceptable and every reform is a bridge too far. Leadership demands more than saying ‘no.’ It demands offering solutions.
Robert VerBruggen: Why can’t metro Madison build enough houses for its high demand?
Governments start taking steps to allow more construction, but policies at many levels add up to make land scarce and costly.
R.J. Johnson: The big diesel con
Putin gets sanctions relief. Americans get the illusion of cheaper fuel.
Dave Zweifel: The results of RFK Jr.’s leadership: measles and death
Every time I see a story about the latest anti-vax action by Health Secretary Kennedy, who despite all the evidence to the contrary still claims children’s shots cause autism, I recall the late 1950s when millions of parents rushed their children to get the Salk vaccine to prevent them from getting polio.
Crowley campaign: Sen. Raphael Warnock to campaign with David Crowley
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Today, David Crowley’s campaign announced that Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) will join David Crowley on the campaign trail on Friday, October 23rd. Crowley and Warnock will meet with voters across the state to discuss getting out the vote,
Baldwin campaign: Baldwin, Evers secure nearly $220 million for passenger rail between Chicago and Waukesha, Jefferson and Dane Counties
WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced they have successfully secured over $218 million in federal funds to expand Amtrak’s Hiawatha passenger rail service in Wisconsin while strengthening a critical freight corridor that supports
Berman campaign: Milwaukee Courier: Bryan Steil took $40K from Blackstone executives before voting against renters
Racine, WI — An article yesterday in The Milwaukee Courier detailed the nearly $40,000 that Bryan Steil took from executives at Blackstone, the country’s biggest corporate landlord, in the weeks before he voted for a bill that would cut rental assistance for more
Cravillion campaign: Cravillion receives NRA endorsement and AQ rating
NEW FRANKEN, WI — Nic Cravillion, Republican candidate for Wisconsin’s First State Senate District, announced today that he has received the official endorsement of the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) for the November 3 general election. The endorsement follows
Elections Commission approves guidance for clerks regarding federal law enforcement visiting poll sites
Local election officials are encouraged to call their county clerks and state officials if federal law enforcement officers show up at the polls this fall, under a recommendation commissioners approved.
Pollsters: Voters unhappy with Republicans, don’t necessarily love Dems
Panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs polling summit had a warning for overly enthusiastic Democrats: just because they’re mad at the other guy doesn’t mean they like you. Discussing an online, text-based focus group she’d worked on in Wisconsin, GOP pollster
Grothman releases his first ad in reelection bid
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, released the first campaign ad of his reelection bid featuring a man who praises the congressman for his effort to get back his father’s military benefits. Grothman’s campaign didn’t release details of the buy. AdImpact
Congressional Leadership Fund ad says Berman a ‘liberal prescription for disaster’
The GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund’s first ad in the 1st CD knocks Dem Mitchell Berman as a “liberal prescription for disaster.” The group has now moved nearly $3 million into the race between Berman, an emergency room nurse, and U.S.
Van Orden pays homage to his late mother in new ad
The Prairie du Chien Republican narrates the ad, saying his mom had it rough, going from homecoming queen to a single mom with two boys.
Safety and Affordability PAC ad says Cooke ‘worked the system’
The Safety and Affordability PAC is up with an ad that accuses 3rd CD Dem candidate Rebecca Cooke of working the system.