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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Monday: WisPolitics.com lunchtime event with U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Congressman Bryan Steil, R-Janesville. Congressman Steil is set to discuss the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty,
UW System President Ray Cross told regents he will be petitioning Gov. Tony Evers today for additional emergency funding to cover COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment. During an emergency board meeting yesterday, Cross warned the system could see additional
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System President Ray Cross told regents he will be petitioning Gov. Tony Evers today for additional emergency funding to cover COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment. During
A nationwide push to remove symbols of white supremacy from public places is a welcome sign the nation is moving in the right direction after Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd.
With fewer students and huge deficits likely, the state should consider closing some campuses and following online model for certain courses.
It only makes common sense, and is a moral and ethical policy, not to discard or deport Dreamers. To do so would run counter to every sensible and good-hearted ideal that Americans hold dear.
Recent events have understandably raised some questions about how Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin might be invoked in situations when individuals become victims of the use of excessive force by law enforcement.
As we speak, the Black community is being devastated by catastrophic losses, both loss of life from COVID-19 and at the hands of police in a different kind of fatal epidemic. Black men and boys are especially vulnerable.
These may be challenging times, but I am confident that if we, as a community and as a nation, want to live our lives as a free society, then we must take the necessary steps to change the systemic culture of racism.
Madison deserves community-based safety strategies. Investments in housing, mental health services, health care, education, youth development and living wages reduce crime more than policing can ever hope to.
The recent actions of Monona police officers and the public response from city leadership illustrate the urgent need for the Black Lives Matter protests and police reforms even in small cities like my hometown of Monona.
If Davis-Bacon is eliminated, projects will be awarded through a fair and competitive bidding system that allows all qualified contractors to compete on a level playing field according to their ability to provide quality, experience and safety.
In general, districts around the state continue to make heavy expenditures in areas that are only tangentially related to classroom performance at best.
We were warned that our UI system was outdated and incapable of handling a huge spike in volume. In fact, many of the very same Republican legislators who were so quick to point the finger of blame at Governor Tony Evers were the same Republican legislators controlling the state’s purse strings for the last decade and failing to act on that warning.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joe Biden will formally accept the Dem presidential nomination in Milwaukee despite a potentially scaled-back convention over COVID-19 concerns. Biden camp spokesman Bill Russo in a statement confirmed the former VP will
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Monday: WisPolitics.com lunchtime event with U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Congressman Bryan Steil, R-Janesville. Congressman Steil is set to discuss the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, health care disparities and Foxconn, among other topics. St… Please
UW System President Ray Cross told regents he will be petitioning Gov. Tony Evers today for additional emergency funding to cover COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment. During an emergency board meeting yesterday, Cross warned the system could see additional costs upwards of $50 million if it had to purchase
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — UW System President Ray Cross told regents he will be petitioning Gov. Tony Evers today for additional emergency funding to cover COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment. During an emergency board meeting yesterday, Cross warned the system could
A nationwide push to remove symbols of white supremacy from public places is a welcome sign the nation is moving in the right direction after Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd.
With fewer students and huge deficits likely, the state should consider closing some campuses and following online model for certain courses.
It only makes common sense, and is a moral and ethical policy, not to discard or deport Dreamers. To do so would run counter to every sensible and good-hearted ideal that Americans hold dear.
Recent events have understandably raised some questions about how Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin might be invoked in situations when individuals become victims of the use of excessive force by law enforcement.
As we speak, the Black community is being devastated by catastrophic losses, both loss of life from COVID-19 and at the hands of police in a different kind of fatal epidemic. Black men and boys are especially vulnerable.
These may be challenging times, but I am confident that if we, as a community and as a nation, want to live our lives as a free society, then we must take the necessary steps to change the systemic culture of racism.
Madison deserves community-based safety strategies. Investments in housing, mental health services, health care, education, youth development and living wages reduce crime more than policing can ever hope to.
The recent actions of Monona police officers and the public response from city leadership illustrate the urgent need for the Black Lives Matter protests and police reforms even in small cities like my hometown of Monona.
If Davis-Bacon is eliminated, projects will be awarded through a fair and competitive bidding system that allows all qualified contractors to compete on a level playing field according to their ability to provide quality, experience and safety.
In general, districts around the state continue to make heavy expenditures in areas that are only tangentially related to classroom performance at best.
We were warned that our UI system was outdated and incapable of handling a huge spike in volume. In fact, many of the very same Republican legislators who were so quick to point the finger of blame at Governor Tony Evers were the same Republican legislators controlling the state’s purse strings for the last decade and failing to act on that warning.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Joe Biden will formally accept the Dem presidential nomination in Milwaukee despite a potentially scaled-back convention over COVID-19 concerns. Biden camp spokesman Bill Russo in a statement confirmed the former VP will take the nomination in the city, but he said decisions