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Through his pioneering efforts as a class-conscious undergraduate, Emspak organized fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison student employees. Together, they forced the state to start paying students higher wages decades before other schools across the country did so.
Wisconsin has countless opportunities for our residents and visitors to take advantage of this summer.
Wisconsin Democrats on the two-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade urged support for their party’s candidates, arguing Republicans will only seek to further restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Right to Life said it remains “unwavering” in its efforts to oppose abortion.
Madison, Wis. – The WBA Foundation Board will continue its 34-year tradition of holding statewide televised debates for Wisconsin’s voters by airing a general election debate in the 2024 Wisconsin U.S. Senate race. Qualifying U.S. Senate candidates Democratic U.S. Senator
In Wisconsin, the overturning of Roe v. Wade sent women back to live under a criminal abortion ban passed in 1849 — 70 years before women had the right to vote.
There is a disconnect between taking an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” and trying to unlawfully overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Walker’s lieutenant governor was obviously hoping to gain Donald Trump’s endorsement in the 2022 primary, so declaring Wisconsin’s election rigged. Now less than two years later, Kleefisch is asking us to forget it all.
Universities can cash in on faculty brainpower and inventions.
As a lifelong Milwaukee resident, I’ve often said that Milwaukee County is a tale of two counties. I’m committed to working actively to change this reality by championing clean energy and environmental justice, on Juneteenth and on the other 364 days of the year.
We Energies is asking for a 6.9% average increase in 2025 and a 4.78% increase for 2026 for electric rates.
The Supreme Court correctly upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an argument selfishly and unconscionably pressed by gun rights groups that the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.
Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand says legislation that recently cleared the U.S. Senate will accelerate development of new nuclear technologies such as small modular reactors. Speaking last week during a WisPolitics luncheon in Madison, Strand said “there is a
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a potential vice presidential pick, says he’ll be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee no matter who Donald Trump picks as his running mate. Meanwhile, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of the Joe Biden campaign’s national co-chairs, says Biden “needs to” win both Wisconsin and Michigan.
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — Prosecution of an alleged scheme by Speaker Robin Vos opponents to evade campaign finance
Sanctioned protests will be limited to two areas at next month’s RNC in downtown Milwaukee, excluding a park near Fiserv Forum that Republicans objected to as a potential protest site.
History proves that state officials in Madison cannot or will not fix prisons like Waupun.
School choice opponents resent parents having options and treat choice as if it were a threat.
It’s also the first time in the state’s history that constitutional amendments will be on an August primary ballot.
As a group, they are equally passionate and altruistic. This city is profoundly fortunate to have people like the Rev. Alex Gee and many, many others — young and old, men and women — who never seem to lose hope.
This is not the BRT I envisioned. Madison is financially devastated because Rhodes-Conway is mismanaging the bus system.
Through his pioneering efforts as a class-conscious undergraduate, Emspak organized fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison student employees. Together, they forced the state to start paying students higher wages decades before other schools across the country did so.
Wisconsin has countless opportunities for our residents and visitors to take advantage of this summer.
Wisconsin Democrats on the two-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade urged support for their party’s candidates, arguing Republicans will only seek to further restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Right to Life said it remains “unwavering” in its efforts to oppose abortion.
Madison, Wis. – The WBA Foundation Board will continue its 34-year tradition of holding statewide televised debates for Wisconsin’s voters by airing a general election debate in the 2024 Wisconsin U.S. Senate race. Qualifying U.S. Senate candidates Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde have been
In Wisconsin, the overturning of Roe v. Wade sent women back to live under a criminal abortion ban passed in 1849 — 70 years before women had the right to vote.
There is a disconnect between taking an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” and trying to unlawfully overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Walker’s lieutenant governor was obviously hoping to gain Donald Trump’s endorsement in the 2022 primary, so declaring Wisconsin’s election rigged. Now less than two years later, Kleefisch is asking us to forget it all.
Universities can cash in on faculty brainpower and inventions.
As a lifelong Milwaukee resident, I’ve often said that Milwaukee County is a tale of two counties. I’m committed to working actively to change this reality by championing clean energy and environmental justice, on Juneteenth and on the other 364 days of the year.
We Energies is asking for a 6.9% average increase in 2025 and a 4.78% increase for 2026 for electric rates.
The Supreme Court correctly upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an argument selfishly and unconscionably pressed by gun rights groups that the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.
Public Service Commission Chair Summer Strand says legislation that recently cleared the U.S. Senate will accelerate development of new nuclear technologies such as small modular reactors. Speaking last week during a WisPolitics luncheon in Madison, Strand said “there is a lot of really exciting innovation, research and development happening” within
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a potential vice presidential pick, says he’ll be at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee no matter who Donald Trump picks as his running mate. Meanwhile, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of the Joe Biden campaign’s national co-chairs, says Biden “needs to” win both Wisconsin and Michigan.
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! From WisPolitics … — Prosecution of an alleged scheme by Speaker Robin Vos opponents to evade campaign finance limits to boost Vos’ 2022 primary challenger is now in
Sanctioned protests will be limited to two areas at next month’s RNC in downtown Milwaukee, excluding a park near Fiserv Forum that Republicans objected to as a potential protest site.
History proves that state officials in Madison cannot or will not fix prisons like Waupun.
School choice opponents resent parents having options and treat choice as if it were a threat.
It’s also the first time in the state’s history that constitutional amendments will be on an August primary ballot.
As a group, they are equally passionate and altruistic. This city is profoundly fortunate to have people like the Rev. Alex Gee and many, many others — young and old, men and women — who never seem to lose hope.
This is not the BRT I envisioned. Madison is financially devastated because Rhodes-Conway is mismanaging the bus system.