Jessie Opoien: We can still find hope amid tragedy

Regardless of whether you’ve been vaccinated, keep following the latest public health guidelines to reduce transmission. And encourage your elected officials to support common-sense gun laws, like expanded background checks and “red flag” laws, which allow family members or police to ask a court to take firearms from someone who’s considered dangerous.

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M.D. Kittle: Another email undercuts Underly’s email excuses

Underly’s use of her Pecatonica School District email account to help build her campaign was “standard practice,” according to an Underly campaign spokeswoman. But a follow-up email obtained by Empower Wisconsin shows Underly worried about the risks of doing campaign work on taxpayer time.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 26

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss the Legislature approving a slate of COVID-19 measures; the estimate Wisconsin governments and schools will receive $8.7 billion in the latest COVID package; and the Assembly clearing the way for a committee to subpoena witnesses as part of a review of elections.

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Jessie Opoien: We can still find hope amid tragedy

Regardless of whether you’ve been vaccinated, keep following the latest public health guidelines to reduce transmission. And encourage your elected officials to support common-sense gun laws, like expanded background checks and “red flag” laws, which allow family members or police to ask a court to take firearms from someone who’s considered dangerous.

Read More »

M.D. Kittle: Another email undercuts Underly’s email excuses

Underly’s use of her Pecatonica School District email account to help build her campaign was “standard practice,” according to an Underly campaign spokeswoman. But a follow-up email obtained by Empower Wisconsin shows Underly worried about the risks of doing campaign work on taxpayer time.

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‘UpFront’: Group calls for ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin; Milwaukee Brewers to open at 25% capacity

A Waukesha businessman who co-founded the non-partisan group Democracy Found said he thinks ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin could help restore a “functional democracy.” Democracy Found is a Wisconsin-based initiative committed to revitalizing democracy. Co-founder Austin Ramirez, the president and CEO of Husco International, said his group favors having a nonpartisan

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Grogan launches her first ad in 2nd District Court of Appeals race

Second District Court of Appeals candidate Shelley Grogan launched her first TV ad today, saying she’s running against “Tony Evers’ handpicked candidate to defend our constitutional freedoms and the rule of law.” Grogan’s campaign declined to release details of the buy other than saying it will run statewide. In the spot, Grogan

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 26

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and the Capital Times’ Briana Reilly discuss the Legislature approving a slate of COVID-19 measures; the estimate Wisconsin governments and schools will receive $8.7 billion in the latest COVID package; and the Assembly clearing the way for a committee to subpoena witnesses as part of a review of elections.

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