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Vos falsely disparages Medicaid expansion as “massive welfare expansion.”

Led by Robin Vos, Republicans repeatedly back policies causing poverty, sickness and death.

Education has always been – and continues to be – the single largest investment in our state budget. Year after year, we have invested in our kids, our teachers and our schools. This year is no different.

On May 13, 1985 one of the most brutal acts of police brutality in American history occurred and you’ve probably never heard of it. A police helicopter dropped a bomb onto the roof of the MOVE home during an armed standoff. The fire it started destroyed over 60 homes in West Philadelphia and killed six adults and five child members of MOVE.

Policymakers in Washington must ensure that the recently passed No Surprises Act is implemented to protect access to lifesaving care, not insurance company profits.

In December, Attorney General Josh Kaul signed off on the Wisconsin Department of Justices’ Equity and Inclusion Plan. The state’s liberal top cop just doesn’t seem to be living up to the same standards he’s set.

The GOP counterproposal to Biden’s infrastructure plan is not a “bipartisan” gesture. It’s a scam to gut programs that care for the elderly and save the planet.

Warns against fealty to Trump, whose backers are already attacking Ryan.

The true cost of our wars is rarely considered.

“The Arsenal of Democracy” is an outstanding and enthralling book that provides a great reminder of the importance of industrial capacity and how this is a national attribute that is often overlooked as a key component of national defense, but it shouldn’t be.

The sad fact is that if the world’s inclination to settle disputes by going to war results in the use of a nuclear weapon, we won’t have enough people to decorate all the graves.

The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections today passed along party lines a bill to ban municipal clerks from correcting defective information on absentee ballot envelopes. Instead, clerks would have to mail the ballots back to the voter, who would

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee will take testimony on three elections bills and vote on another today. The committee was supposed to

Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes acknowledged that some businesses are having a hard time finding help, but said data doesn’t support the idea that extra unemployment benefits are keeping people out of the workforce. “There’s a

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s action on budgets for K-12 and the UW System, the push for Medicaid expansion, legislative hearings on abortion and transgender athletes, and the growing Dem U.S. Senate field.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether the UW Board of Regents plans to keep former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson as interim UW-System president, now that Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees have control.

Vos falsely disparages Medicaid expansion as “massive welfare expansion.”

Led by Robin Vos, Republicans repeatedly back policies causing poverty, sickness and death.

Education has always been – and continues to be – the single largest investment in our state budget. Year after year, we have invested in our kids, our teachers and our schools. This year is no different.

On May 13, 1985 one of the most brutal acts of police brutality in American history occurred and you’ve probably never heard of it. A police helicopter dropped a bomb onto the roof of the MOVE home during an armed standoff. The fire it started destroyed over 60 homes in West Philadelphia and killed six adults and five child members of MOVE.

Policymakers in Washington must ensure that the recently passed No Surprises Act is implemented to protect access to lifesaving care, not insurance company profits.

In December, Attorney General Josh Kaul signed off on the Wisconsin Department of Justices’ Equity and Inclusion Plan. The state’s liberal top cop just doesn’t seem to be living up to the same standards he’s set.

The GOP counterproposal to Biden’s infrastructure plan is not a “bipartisan” gesture. It’s a scam to gut programs that care for the elderly and save the planet.

Warns against fealty to Trump, whose backers are already attacking Ryan.

The true cost of our wars is rarely considered.

“The Arsenal of Democracy” is an outstanding and enthralling book that provides a great reminder of the importance of industrial capacity and how this is a national attribute that is often overlooked as a key component of national defense, but it shouldn’t be.

The sad fact is that if the world’s inclination to settle disputes by going to war results in the use of a nuclear weapon, we won’t have enough people to decorate all the graves.

The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections today passed along party lines a bill to ban municipal clerks from correcting defective information on absentee ballot envelopes. Instead, clerks would have to mail the ballots back to the voter, who would then have to correct the form and resend it to

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee will take testimony on three elections bills and vote on another today. The committee was supposed to meet last Wednesday but rescheduled the hearing for today amid

Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes acknowledged that some businesses are having a hard time finding help, but said data doesn’t support the idea that extra unemployment benefits are keeping people out of the workforce. “There’s a lot of complex factors at work in this worker shortage,

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s action on budgets for K-12 and the UW System, the push for Medicaid expansion, legislative hearings on abortion and transgender athletes, and the growing Dem U.S. Senate field.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether the UW Board of Regents plans to keep former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson as interim UW-System president, now that Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees have control.