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On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss the new Foxconn deal, recommendations from a task force on racial disparities and the 2022 field for U.S. Senate, governor and attorney general.
The Evers administration expects Foxconn will qualify for $37.4 million in tax credits over the next two fiscal years, the maximum allowed under the new contract signed with the company, according to budget revisions sent to lawmakers today. The guv’s
After the nation’s intense focus on Derek Chauvin’s conviction, it’s clear that racial topics will dominate elections and influence all public policy.
Pandexit is a word for all of this. The messy, hard, exciting, confusing, unfair, hopeful, maddening, joyous end stage of the pandemic.
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal calling for the creation of a public option plan — allowing people to buy into the state’s Medicaid program — could be devastating to cash-strapped rural hospitals, many already “just holding on.”
Wisconsin state Sen. Chris Larson, a Milwaukee Democrat, pointed out years ago that the Legislature’s exemption from the state’s open records retention law is an invitation to corruption.
Green Bay City Attorney Vanessa Chavez set out to write a report clearing Mayor Eric Genrich of any blame in the mishandling of November’s election. She accidentally proved that Green Bay conducted an unlawful election.
Much needs to drastically change all over the Midwest, and the upcoming trial for the Milwaukee police officer who killed Joel Acevedo is going to be an important moment for police accountability.
ICE does have a legitimate role in keeping our communities and our nation safe — including from narcotics and human trafficking — but not at the expense of the trust local departments have built over time with their communities, and not by burdening them with extra duties and costs that divert from their mission.
To the end of his life, Mondale waged the battle against segregation he had joined as the sponsor of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
In early 2020, I quit my job and booked a one-way ticket to India with a goal of improving my yoga and meditation practice — a simple goal that evolved into an odyssey-like exploration of freedom and fear during COVID-19.
Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed 11 GOP-authored bills directing how to spend federal money from the latest COVID-19 relief package and announced how he plans to dole out another $420 million of the funds. Appearing at a news conference in
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — State and local governments in Wisconsin will receive nearly $19.9 billion in federal aid from the COVID-19 packages signed into law over the past year. That’s according
Chancellors for the UW System’s two largest campuses this afternoon warned that hundreds of millions in federal COVID relief money doesn’t even come close to making up for lost revenue. In a WisPolitics.com/Milwaukee Press Club virtual luncheon, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss the new Foxconn deal, recommendations from a task force on racial disparities and the 2022 field for U.S. Senate, governor and attorney general.
The Evers administration expects Foxconn will qualify for $37.4 million in tax credits over the next two fiscal years, the maximum allowed under the new contract signed with the company, according to budget revisions sent to lawmakers today. The guv’s budget originally anticipated the company wouldn’t qualify for any credits
After the nation’s intense focus on Derek Chauvin’s conviction, it’s clear that racial topics will dominate elections and influence all public policy.
Pandexit is a word for all of this. The messy, hard, exciting, confusing, unfair, hopeful, maddening, joyous end stage of the pandemic.
Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal calling for the creation of a public option plan — allowing people to buy into the state’s Medicaid program — could be devastating to cash-strapped rural hospitals, many already “just holding on.”
Wisconsin state Sen. Chris Larson, a Milwaukee Democrat, pointed out years ago that the Legislature’s exemption from the state’s open records retention law is an invitation to corruption.
Green Bay City Attorney Vanessa Chavez set out to write a report clearing Mayor Eric Genrich of any blame in the mishandling of November’s election. She accidentally proved that Green Bay conducted an unlawful election.
Much needs to drastically change all over the Midwest, and the upcoming trial for the Milwaukee police officer who killed Joel Acevedo is going to be an important moment for police accountability.
ICE does have a legitimate role in keeping our communities and our nation safe — including from narcotics and human trafficking — but not at the expense of the trust local departments have built over time with their communities, and not by burdening them with extra duties and costs that divert from their mission.
To the end of his life, Mondale waged the battle against segregation he had joined as the sponsor of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
In early 2020, I quit my job and booked a one-way ticket to India with a goal of improving my yoga and meditation practice — a simple goal that evolved into an odyssey-like exploration of freedom and fear during COVID-19.
Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed 11 GOP-authored bills directing how to spend federal money from the latest COVID-19 relief package and announced how he plans to dole out another $420 million of the funds. Appearing at a news conference in Wauwatosa Thursday, Evers said he vetoed the 11 GOP bills
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — State and local governments in Wisconsin will receive nearly $19.9 billion in federal aid from the COVID-19 packages signed into law over the past year. That’s according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The
Chancellors for the UW System’s two largest campuses this afternoon warned that hundreds of millions in federal COVID relief money doesn’t even come close to making up for lost revenue. In a WisPolitics.com/Milwaukee Press Club virtual luncheon, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone told viewers universities will