Dave Zweifel: Firing Barbara Lawton is a new low for Wisconsin’s GOP

This trailblazing woman who won two statewide elections for lieutenant governor, selflessly served for decades on countless committees and councils dealing with everything from education to the arts, and who has been a leading voice for women’s rights, was declared by Republican senators last week as not fit to serve on the UW Hospitals and Clinic Authority Board.

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Bill Kaplan: Will Mike Gallagher lead on Ukraine?

It’s time for retiring Mike Gallagher, a former U.S. Marine Corps officer and supporter of Ukraine, to sign a discharge petition to force a vote on aid for Ukraine. He has nothing to lose. It would be a profile in integrity and assure Gallagher’s mark on history. Semper Fidelis.

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Knodl on ‘UpFront’ says early absentee processing bill won’t advance from Senate committee

GOP State Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, says there’s no scenario in which he will bring the “Monday processing” bill to a vote before the Senate elections committee ahead of the end of the legislative session. “It is done from my end of things as the chair of the committee,” Knodl said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.

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Dave Zweifel: Firing Barbara Lawton is a new low for Wisconsin’s GOP

This trailblazing woman who won two statewide elections for lieutenant governor, selflessly served for decades on countless committees and councils dealing with everything from education to the arts, and who has been a leading voice for women’s rights, was declared by Republican senators last week as not fit to serve on the UW Hospitals and Clinic Authority Board.

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Bill Kaplan: Will Mike Gallagher lead on Ukraine?

It’s time for retiring Mike Gallagher, a former U.S. Marine Corps officer and supporter of Ukraine, to sign a discharge petition to force a vote on aid for Ukraine. He has nothing to lose. It would be a profile in integrity and assure Gallagher’s mark on history. Semper Fidelis.

Read More »

Knodl on ‘UpFront’ says early absentee processing bill won’t advance from Senate committee

GOP State Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, says there’s no scenario in which he will bring the “Monday processing” bill to a vote before the Senate elections committee ahead of the end of the legislative session. “It is done from my end of things as the chair of the committee,” Knodl said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.

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