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Expungement reform would open new opportunities for grandmother, teacher.

We must have elected officials who are attentive to the needs of the people and the people are able to oust their elected officials if they are not responsive.

The “free” election assistance grant money dumped on Wisconsin’s largest cities wasn’t so free.

Calculated attacks on voting rights seek to resurrect the bad old days.

The high cost of prescription drugs is a hurdle that too many Wisconsinites face.

It seems unreal that after decades fretting about the threat of “The Bomb” and the worries of world annihilation, much of mankind has apparently moved on to other concerns.

This week, the Plan Commission unanimously recommended the city adopt a proposal to revise city zoning and permit processes to support the development of more housing and more diversity in the sizes and types of housing in Madison.

— The hospitality industry notched a win with Gov. Tony Evers signing a bill allowing restaurants, bars and brewpubs to sell cocktails-to-go after bipartisan passage in the Legislature. During a WisBusiness.com event ahead of Friday’s action, Tavern League of Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Restaurant Association chief says now is not the time to raise wages in restaurants. Association President and CEO Kristine Hillmer was a panelist on the latest WisBusiness.com virtual luncheon “Hospitality industry stirs after year of COVID.” Yesterday’s lunch

Talent retention should be the state’s main focus in its effort to create a Wisconsin fund of funds, according to a panel of venture capital and investment experts. MadREP President and CEO Jason Fields, Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, eCourt Reporters Founder

Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared to the $71,466

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her

A new American Federation for Children Action Fund digital ad labels state superintendent candidate Jill Underly a hypocrite for calling herself a public schools advocate while sending her kids to private school. The group added the $40,000 digital buy last

Ron Johnson is under attack from a press that’s abandoned honesty and fairness.

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin played a central role in drafting the American Rescue Plan to partially fund retirement benefits of participants in imminently collapsing pension plans.

The ERA resolution will mark a historic commitment to women’s rights by ensuring equality under the law for current and future generations.

Thom Hartmann, whose talk show on Sirius XM radio and other outlets is considered to be the most listened to progressive broadcast in the country, is pushing a unique proposal — he wants to defund the Republican Party.

Expungement reform would open new opportunities for grandmother, teacher.

We must have elected officials who are attentive to the needs of the people and the people are able to oust their elected officials if they are not responsive.

The “free” election assistance grant money dumped on Wisconsin’s largest cities wasn’t so free.

Calculated attacks on voting rights seek to resurrect the bad old days.

The high cost of prescription drugs is a hurdle that too many Wisconsinites face.

It seems unreal that after decades fretting about the threat of “The Bomb” and the worries of world annihilation, much of mankind has apparently moved on to other concerns.

This week, the Plan Commission unanimously recommended the city adopt a proposal to revise city zoning and permit processes to support the development of more housing and more diversity in the sizes and types of housing in Madison.

— The hospitality industry notched a win with Gov. Tony Evers signing a bill allowing restaurants, bars and brewpubs to sell cocktails-to-go after bipartisan passage in the Legislature. During a WisBusiness.com event ahead of Friday’s action, Tavern League of Wisconsin President Chris Marsicano, a supper club owner from Delavan, urged

The Wisconsin Restaurant Association chief says now is not the time to raise wages in restaurants. Association President and CEO Kristine Hillmer was a panelist on the latest WisBusiness.com virtual luncheon “Hospitality industry stirs after year of COVID.” Yesterday’s lunch hour event featured Wisconsin’s eatery and alehouse leaders a year

Talent retention should be the state’s main focus in its effort to create a Wisconsin fund of funds, according to a panel of venture capital and investment experts. MadREP President and CEO Jason Fields, Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, eCourt Reporters Founder Karen Renee and WEDC Deputy Secretary Sam Rikkers joined the

Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared to the $71,466 pulled in by Kerr, the former Brown Deer superintendent, a

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Climate Reality Action Fund From WisPolitics.com … — Jill Underly outraised state superintendent rival Deb Kerr nearly 16-to-1 in the latest reporting period, thanks largely to the state Dem Party pumping almost $743,000 into her campaign. Underly, the Pecatonica superintendent, reported $1.1 million raised compared

A new American Federation for Children Action Fund digital ad labels state superintendent candidate Jill Underly a hypocrite for calling herself a public schools advocate while sending her kids to private school. The group added the $40,000 digital buy last week. That upped its investment in the race to $106,500,

Ron Johnson is under attack from a press that’s abandoned honesty and fairness.

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin played a central role in drafting the American Rescue Plan to partially fund retirement benefits of participants in imminently collapsing pension plans.

The ERA resolution will mark a historic commitment to women’s rights by ensuring equality under the law for current and future generations.

Thom Hartmann, whose talk show on Sirius XM radio and other outlets is considered to be the most listened to progressive broadcast in the country, is pushing a unique proposal — he wants to defund the Republican Party.