Gregory Humphrey: Excessive money in court race demands public-spirited response
Other states have different models of doing what we just spent many months and piles of money slogging our way to achieve. If it works in a wide swath of states, why not here?
Bill Kaplan: Vote and protest
Voting is important. However, protest is needed to push politicians to act.
Miranda Spindt: No, Medicaid’s most vulnerable aren’t at risk—but Senator Baldwin wants you to think so
Not a single currently eligible Wisconsin Medicaid enrollee is at risk of losing coverage under the current budget proposal. And nationwide, no children, elderly, or disabled enrollees are at risk either.
Dave Zweifel: Trump ushers in new age of McCarthyism
Today, it’s the fear of institutional or personal financial ruin at the hands of a vengeful government that uses federal funds like a lawbreaker uses blackmail.
Michelle Bryant: DEI’s toll on HBCUs
Balancing the impact of Trump’s DEI policies on Black college campuses.
David McGrath: 40 years of racial progress lost on Trump
Trump’s executive order eliminating DEI jeopardizes those social and educational gains made in the past four decades.
Nela Kalpic: Here’s how Marsy’s Law has been ‘game changer’ for Wisconsin crime victims
On April 7, 2020, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved a crime victims’ rights amendment to our state Constitution, known as Marsy’s Law.
Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin: Launches ad campaign applauding Senator Ron Johnson for advancing budget resolution as the next step in extending President Trump’s tax cuts
Madison, WI – Today, Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) applauded Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for voting to advance the budget resolution in the Senate, a necessary step in extending President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This resolution allows congressional committees
Patrick McIlheran: AEI: Building more homes in Wisconsin would drive down cost
Policy playbook shows how it could be done without taxpayer subsidies or taking up more land.
Lisa Lucas: Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools
Our public schools are not failing. They are being sabotaged.
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Votes down Republicans’ bill to green light cuts to Medicaid, tax breaks to the wealthy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to set the stage for their massive tax cuts for big corporations and the wealthiest Americans at the direct expense of healthcare Wisconsin families
Democratic National Committee: IN THE STATES: Dems lead charge against Trump-Musk’s failing agenda, take victory lap after special election victories and overperformances
This week, the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, and Democratic Senate and House leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries filed a lawsuit to block Trump’s illegal executive order on election administration that attempts to undermine our electoral process. The lawsuit argues
DNC War Room: Trump’s disastrous economic agenda is already bringing ‘pain,’ raising unemployment claims for Wisconsinites
In response to the March jobs report, DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement: “Today’s jobs report, tanking markets, and plummeting consumer confidence are the latest telltale signs that Trump’s reckless economic agenda is dragging our country closer