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There was a letter to the editor in the New York Times earlier this week that I wish the people who buy into the Donald Trump/JD Vance demonization of immigrants would read.
If we all reject violence in politics, why does a Milwaukee mural honor a woman who shot up the U.S. Capitol?
Milwaukee’s government does a lot of easy things because they cannot seem to tackle any of the city’s serious problems.
Americans are tired of throwing more and more of their tax dollars at a problem and seeing worse and worse results.
State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fourth State of Education address urged legislators to release funding for the state’s new literacy law. Meanwhile, Underly also said the state must reimburse special education costs at least 60% in order to support students and teachers.
Gov. Tony Evers called for a Wausau absentee ballot drop box to be “restored immediately” after the mayor generated national attention for donning a hard hat and work vest to remove it from outside City Hall and place it in his office. Meanwhile, the city clerk has referred the issue to the Marathon County DA.
Opportunity is knocking in our region.
It’s worth watching ballot initiatives in several states this November.
Wisconsin has protections in place this year to make sure our elections are safe and show voters that our state is committed to ballot security.
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny was carrying on his spat with the city clerk over the ballot box. He took a new low in Wisconsin politics and is now a national news story. This underscores why there is an interest, and a need to watch what Trump supporters are doing, ‘in our name.’
Wisconsin’s public schools are proving just how little taxpayers can trust them to be good stewards of their money.
The achievement of SOP 575 emerged out of the grief, rage and demand for better from the relatives of those killed by police, and it highlights what diligent grassroots organizing against police crimes can accomplish.
More than two-thirds of Wisconsin employers in a recent WMC survey say higher health care costs are affecting their business, as some businesses cut compensation and capital investments. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce recently released its latest Wisconsin Employer Survey, tapping
Vivek Ramaswamy promised supporters of Donald Trump that Republicans would usher in a host of election law changes if they have majorities in both houses of Congress and Trump wins the White House after this fall’s elections.
The Madison clerk says 2,215 duplicate ballots were mistakenly sent to voters, but none have been returned to her office.
Scientists with the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison have been testing new synthetic materials used for turning stem cells into heart muscle cells, with applications in bio-manufacturing. Danielle Desa is a post-doctoral fellow with the research institute, which has
Cities across America with the strictest gun laws, like New York, DC, and Chicago, have some of the highest violent crime rates. Adding more restrictions would be wrong and dangerous.
There is only one solution to stopping gun violence, and that’s legislative action that prevents the wrong people from getting guns in their hands and causing harm to themselves or others.
Let’s not ‘Shake It Off’ as a one time event, Wisconsin. Let’s keep that big voter registration energy up!
It would help if candidates would quit framing this election as likely the last free election, if they would not propose suspending the Constitution, or prosecuting novel legal cases, or casting their opponents as evil. It would also help if people would quit shooting at our candidates!
There was a letter to the editor in the New York Times earlier this week that I wish the people who buy into the Donald Trump/JD Vance demonization of immigrants would read.
If we all reject violence in politics, why does a Milwaukee mural honor a woman who shot up the U.S. Capitol?
Milwaukee’s government does a lot of easy things because they cannot seem to tackle any of the city’s serious problems.
Americans are tired of throwing more and more of their tax dollars at a problem and seeing worse and worse results.
State Superintendent Jill Underly during her fourth State of Education address urged legislators to release funding for the state’s new literacy law. Meanwhile, Underly also said the state must reimburse special education costs at least 60% in order to support students and teachers.
Gov. Tony Evers called for a Wausau absentee ballot drop box to be “restored immediately” after the mayor generated national attention for donning a hard hat and work vest to remove it from outside City Hall and place it in his office. Meanwhile, the city clerk has referred the issue to the Marathon County DA.
Opportunity is knocking in our region.
It’s worth watching ballot initiatives in several states this November.
Wisconsin has protections in place this year to make sure our elections are safe and show voters that our state is committed to ballot security.
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny was carrying on his spat with the city clerk over the ballot box. He took a new low in Wisconsin politics and is now a national news story. This underscores why there is an interest, and a need to watch what Trump supporters are doing, ‘in our name.’
Wisconsin’s public schools are proving just how little taxpayers can trust them to be good stewards of their money.
The achievement of SOP 575 emerged out of the grief, rage and demand for better from the relatives of those killed by police, and it highlights what diligent grassroots organizing against police crimes can accomplish.
More than two-thirds of Wisconsin employers in a recent WMC survey say higher health care costs are affecting their business, as some businesses cut compensation and capital investments. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce recently released its latest Wisconsin Employer Survey, tapping 182 businesses of various sizes by email and traditional mail.
Vivek Ramaswamy promised supporters of Donald Trump that Republicans would usher in a host of election law changes if they have majorities in both houses of Congress and Trump wins the White House after this fall’s elections.
The Madison clerk says 2,215 duplicate ballots were mistakenly sent to voters, but none have been returned to her office.
Scientists with the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison have been testing new synthetic materials used for turning stem cells into heart muscle cells, with applications in bio-manufacturing. Danielle Desa is a post-doctoral fellow with the research institute, which has deep ties to UW-Madison. She spoke yesterday during a Wisconsin
Cities across America with the strictest gun laws, like New York, DC, and Chicago, have some of the highest violent crime rates. Adding more restrictions would be wrong and dangerous.
There is only one solution to stopping gun violence, and that’s legislative action that prevents the wrong people from getting guns in their hands and causing harm to themselves or others.
Let’s not ‘Shake It Off’ as a one time event, Wisconsin. Let’s keep that big voter registration energy up!
It would help if candidates would quit framing this election as likely the last free election, if they would not propose suspending the Constitution, or prosecuting novel legal cases, or casting their opponents as evil. It would also help if people would quit shooting at our candidates!