Wisconsin’s relaxed environmental rules lead to calls for transparency
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Public and private institutions in the state are to receive more than $176 million under the federal CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds are meant to help address financial issues from the coronavirus pandemic, with about half of that slated for emergency student aid.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers suggested small retail businesses might be next to see an easing of his administration’s stay-at-home order after releasing guidance for minimizing the spread of COVID-19 once businesses are allowed
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest on the Supreme Court challenge to the Evers administration’s stay-at-home extension, expanded COVID-19 testing, dropping state revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic and UW System President Ray Cross’ call for campuses to cut costs.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says “one of the simplest messages” Joe Biden supporters can convey to others is that the Trump administration is suing to overturn the Affordable Care Act in the midst of a pandemic. The Madison Dem and
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos removed one of his most vulnerable members from JCRAR and replaced him with a departing state rep just as the committee could be thrust into the COVID-19 reopening debate. Vos spokeswoman Kit Beyer wrote in an
Gun sales in Wisconsin have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, a new analysis found. In an analysis of FBI background checks, the organization Everytown For Gun Safety said the estimated number of guns sold in the state rose by 44 percent in
With state tax revenues plummeting and many small businesses on the brink of failure, the WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, examine how state and local governments will cope during the pandemic.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Wednesday: New Milwaukee County Exec. David Crowley headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Newly-elected Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, May 13. This Newsmaker
UW-Madison expert Dietram Scheufele talks about how decisions on civil rights, economic rights and how we live our lives must be informed by the best available science.
The Trump campaign sued a northern Wisconsin television station over this add, contending the president never called the novel coronavirus a hoax. Such lawsuits, including legal action brought by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Jill Karofsky during her successful campaign, threaten free speech.
One type of business that’s been especially impressive in taking the lead on implementing ways to reopen their doors are smaller, franchised athletic clubs.
Today, when both the physical health and economic health of our community are at risk from COVID-19, business as usual and politics as usual is no longer an option.
NextGen Wisconsin knows that moms need more than brunch and hollow platitudes this Mother’s Day. We need comprehensive, equitable and universal paid family leave, and we need it now.
The White House’s slow response of not recognizing the grave health risks posed by the virus, along with not putting the full force of the federal government behind the mass production of needed items for doctors and nurses, has now brought dismay to both ends of the political spectrum.
Wisconsin farmers are unwilling to support a mandate to keep meatpacking plants open at the expense and endangerment of plant workers.
Is Patrick Cudahy safe for workers? Are Cudahy officials protecting the community?
Public and private institutions in the state are to receive more than $176 million under the federal CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds are meant to help address financial issues from the coronavirus pandemic, with about half of that slated for emergency student aid.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers suggested small retail businesses might be next to see an easing of his administration’s stay-at-home order after releasing guidance for minimizing the spread of COVID-19 once businesses are allowed to reopen. But the guv made it clear that it
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest on the Supreme Court challenge to the Evers administration’s stay-at-home extension, expanded COVID-19 testing, dropping state revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic and UW System President Ray Cross’ call for campuses to cut costs.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says “one of the simplest messages” Joe Biden supporters can convey to others is that the Trump administration is suing to overturn the Affordable Care Act in the midst of a pandemic. The Madison Dem and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, at an ACA roundtable touted
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos removed one of his most vulnerable members from JCRAR and replaced him with a departing state rep just as the committee could be thrust into the COVID-19 reopening debate. Vos spokeswoman Kit Beyer wrote in an email to WisPolitics.com that Rep. Romaine Quinn, who isn’t running
Gun sales in Wisconsin have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, a new analysis found. In an analysis of FBI background checks, the organization Everytown For Gun Safety said the estimated number of guns sold in the state rose by 44 percent in April 2020 when compared to last year (43,033 to 29,981).
With state tax revenues plummeting and many small businesses on the brink of failure, the WisOpinion Insiders, Jensen & Chvala, examine how state and local governments will cope during the pandemic.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Wednesday: New Milwaukee County Exec. David Crowley headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Newly-elected Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon on Wednesday, May 13. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by a partnership among the Milwaukee
UW-Madison expert Dietram Scheufele talks about how decisions on civil rights, economic rights and how we live our lives must be informed by the best available science.
The Trump campaign sued a northern Wisconsin television station over this add, contending the president never called the novel coronavirus a hoax. Such lawsuits, including legal action brought by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Jill Karofsky during her successful campaign, threaten free speech.
One type of business that’s been especially impressive in taking the lead on implementing ways to reopen their doors are smaller, franchised athletic clubs.
Today, when both the physical health and economic health of our community are at risk from COVID-19, business as usual and politics as usual is no longer an option.
NextGen Wisconsin knows that moms need more than brunch and hollow platitudes this Mother’s Day. We need comprehensive, equitable and universal paid family leave, and we need it now.
The White House’s slow response of not recognizing the grave health risks posed by the virus, along with not putting the full force of the federal government behind the mass production of needed items for doctors and nurses, has now brought dismay to both ends of the political spectrum.
Wisconsin farmers are unwilling to support a mandate to keep meatpacking plants open at the expense and endangerment of plant workers.
Is Patrick Cudahy safe for workers? Are Cudahy officials protecting the community?