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Over $1 billion in new money was provided to support our kids, with the largest increase being general aid.
With the DNC completed, both parties have now nominated their candidates and made their platforms known. However, frustratingly lacking from the speeches at both conventions was a plan to address rising health care costs.
So claims literature mailed by Republican Party of Wisconsin. Let’s examine the facts.
Wisconsin prisons are a mess. A dangerous and too often lethal mess for both inmates and staff. And yet, where’s the action from state lawmakers and the governor?
Just recently the WMC Litigation Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two taxpayers against the town of Eureka, alleging the town’s permitting requirements for livestock farms are unlawful. And that they are. At least in my take, it’s just another example of “local control” gone wild.
The campaign finance reports — filed more than a month late — also show the two committees raised more than $1.3 million through the end of June with most of that coming from an Arkansas philanthropist.
GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance says it’s “ridiculous” Robbery F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the Wisconsin ballot in November — even though state law doesn’t provide a way to meet his request to be left off.
The head of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office is hopeful new federal funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure will give residents more confidence to buy EVs in the years to come. Milwaukee is getting just under $15 million from the U.S.
This year’s two national conventions served to underscore the stark differences between the candidates seeking America’s votes, more clearly than any in the recent past.
The left has been saying for years that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, but the record shows that Democrats need to take a good look in the mirror.
Prior to the Inflation Reduction Act, I was paying $22,000 per year for my life-saving medications under Medicare.
If you want the shortages of the Soviet Union and the communist countries, go ahead and vote for Kamala.
The Harris/Walz Democratic ticket for the White House stands squarely with Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s defense of his country. The Trump/Vance Republican ticket wants to spend no more U.S. dollars on weapons and ammunition to fight against Putin.
Ozaukee and Waukesha now less red while Washington County resists the trend.
November vote: Party says this bodes well for victories in presidential and legislative races.
Partisanship is not a bright line separating good or bad Americans.
‘The Queen’ brought joyful passion and a savvy insider’s knowledge to her work with city government and many civic boards.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission put independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Green Party’s Jill Stein on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot despite partisan disagreements over whether they belong there.
Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson will leave her position effective Sept. 11. Deputy Secretary Jeff Pertl will replace Amundson.
This memory of Gov. Tommy Thompson’s visit to Norway is excerpted from the Preface and Chapter 41 of the Little Creek Press book “Mission to Oslo: Dancing with the Queen, Dealmaking with the Russians, Shaping History”, a memoir by former U.S. Ambassador to Norway Tom Loftus
Over $1 billion in new money was provided to support our kids, with the largest increase being general aid.
With the DNC completed, both parties have now nominated their candidates and made their platforms known. However, frustratingly lacking from the speeches at both conventions was a plan to address rising health care costs.
So claims literature mailed by Republican Party of Wisconsin. Let’s examine the facts.
Wisconsin prisons are a mess. A dangerous and too often lethal mess for both inmates and staff. And yet, where’s the action from state lawmakers and the governor?
Just recently the WMC Litigation Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two taxpayers against the town of Eureka, alleging the town’s permitting requirements for livestock farms are unlawful. And that they are. At least in my take, it’s just another example of “local control” gone wild.
The campaign finance reports — filed more than a month late — also show the two committees raised more than $1.3 million through the end of June with most of that coming from an Arkansas philanthropist.
GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance says it’s “ridiculous” Robbery F. Kennedy Jr. will remain on the Wisconsin ballot in November — even though state law doesn’t provide a way to meet his request to be left off.
The head of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office is hopeful new federal funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure will give residents more confidence to buy EVs in the years to come. Milwaukee is getting just under $15 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration to install EV charging
This year’s two national conventions served to underscore the stark differences between the candidates seeking America’s votes, more clearly than any in the recent past.
The left has been saying for years that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, but the record shows that Democrats need to take a good look in the mirror.
Prior to the Inflation Reduction Act, I was paying $22,000 per year for my life-saving medications under Medicare.
If you want the shortages of the Soviet Union and the communist countries, go ahead and vote for Kamala.
The Harris/Walz Democratic ticket for the White House stands squarely with Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s defense of his country. The Trump/Vance Republican ticket wants to spend no more U.S. dollars on weapons and ammunition to fight against Putin.
Ozaukee and Waukesha now less red while Washington County resists the trend.
November vote: Party says this bodes well for victories in presidential and legislative races.
Partisanship is not a bright line separating good or bad Americans.
‘The Queen’ brought joyful passion and a savvy insider’s knowledge to her work with city government and many civic boards.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission put independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Green Party’s Jill Stein on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot despite partisan disagreements over whether they belong there.
Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson will leave her position effective Sept. 11. Deputy Secretary Jeff Pertl will replace Amundson.
This memory of Gov. Tommy Thompson’s visit to Norway is excerpted from the Preface and Chapter 41 of the Little Creek Press book “Mission to Oslo: Dancing with the Queen, Dealmaking with the Russians, Shaping History”, a memoir by former U.S. Ambassador to Norway Tom Loftus