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FRI AM Update: Feds approve state’s plan to use $140M to expand high-speed internet access

Friday, Dec 15, 2023

From WisPolitics … — Federal officials have approved Wisconsin’s plan to use $140 million in ARPA funding for two grant programs aimed at improving digital connections, state officials announced. In a release yesterday, Gov. Tony Evers said the state’s plan

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Biden to visit Wisconsin Wednesday

Friday, Dec 15, 2023

President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Wednesday to promote his economic policies, the White House said.

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Kooyenga predicts substantial development of Chicago-Milwaukee corridor in coming years

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Incoming MMAC President Dale Kooyenga predicts the corridor between Chicago and Milwaukee will see substantial development in the coming years, anchored by Microsoft’s operations in the region.  “There’ll be a point here I think in the next five, six years

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Dan O’Donnell: Ranked choice is the worst possible choice for Wisconsin

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Ranked-choice is a disaster and should be rejected the second it is proposed.

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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: I’m okay with the end around

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

This one is not about a football play. It’s about legislative Republicans discovering a novel way of getting around both a Democratic Governor and a liberal Supreme Court.

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Tiffany Green and Jenny Higgins: Dobbs forced at least 1,500 unintended births, causing harm to Wisconsin communities

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Dobbs is just the latest abortion restriction to harm Wisconsinites, especially low-income Wisconsinites.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

James Causey: 3 terrifying words: out of network. A medical mystery solved but fear remains.

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

We have all heard horror stories where a patient with insurance goes to the hospital in their network, and still, weeks later, they end up with bills of $20,000 or more.

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Jerry Hanson: Wisconsinites: We need to deal with reality

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Our GOP, legislating shrinking wages and small business growth through divide and conquer politics, has made us struggle to keep our heads above water. We have found the enemy, it is us, not some national policy issue.

Read More »

Scott Frostman: Mark Pocan can’t solve inflation problem he helped create

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

The true irony in getting mail from Pocan regarding challenges in affording groceries is that he and his Democratic friends in Congress are the chief architects of this economic scourge of inflation we are experiencing.

Read More »

Biden-Harris campaign announces Wisconsin leadership team

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Garren Randolph, a senior adviser to the state Dem Party, will serve as the Wisconsin campaign manager for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ reelection bid.

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Evers, DNR announce $414M for wastewater and stormwater projects

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Regents closed session likely breached open meetings guidance, Legis Council says

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear lawsuit challenging voucher school program

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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All 6 Wisconsin Republicans vote to authorize Biden impeachment inquiry

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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DHS cuts off funding to four more infant mortality firms, citing fraud

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Sen. Wimberger open to legislation banning PFAS in certain products

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Wisconsin Democrats propose protections for same-sex marriages

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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THU AM Update: Vos says deal with UW regents ‘first step’ in eliminating DEI on campuses; Dems knock regents’ reversal

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is calling a reversal by the UW Board of Regents to approve a deal he struck with university leaders “just the first step” in eliminating “cancerous DEI practices” on campuses. Meanwhile, Rep.

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Study details new method for extracting useful nutrients from manure

Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023

Farmers may be able to reduce emissions and chemical runoff while boosting revenues by using a new method for extracting useful nutrients from manure, according to a recent UW-Madison study.  Scientists in Madison have developed a new technique for pulling

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Regents point to what’s amiss with Democrats

Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023

Saturday morning’s vote by the majority of the UW Board of Regents to reject a grand compromise worked out by their own system president says everything we need to know about what’s wrong with the Democratic Party right now.

Read More »

FRI AM Update: Feds approve state’s plan to use $140M to expand high-speed internet access

Friday, Dec 15, 2023

From WisPolitics … — Federal officials have approved Wisconsin’s plan to use $140 million in ARPA funding for two grant programs aimed at improving digital connections, state officials announced. In a release yesterday, Gov. Tony Evers said the state’s plan for the Capital Projects Fund dollars was greenlit by the

Read More »

Biden to visit Wisconsin Wednesday

Friday, Dec 15, 2023

President Joe Biden will visit Milwaukee on Wednesday to promote his economic policies, the White House said.

Read More »

Kooyenga predicts substantial development of Chicago-Milwaukee corridor in coming years

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Incoming MMAC President Dale Kooyenga predicts the corridor between Chicago and Milwaukee will see substantial development in the coming years, anchored by Microsoft’s operations in the region.  “There’ll be a point here I think in the next five, six years where you see no agricultural land; it’s all developed,” the

Read More »

Dan O’Donnell: Ranked choice is the worst possible choice for Wisconsin

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Ranked-choice is a disaster and should be rejected the second it is proposed.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: I’m okay with the end around

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

This one is not about a football play. It’s about legislative Republicans discovering a novel way of getting around both a Democratic Governor and a liberal Supreme Court.

Read More »

Tiffany Green and Jenny Higgins: Dobbs forced at least 1,500 unintended births, causing harm to Wisconsin communities

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Dobbs is just the latest abortion restriction to harm Wisconsinites, especially low-income Wisconsinites.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

James Causey: 3 terrifying words: out of network. A medical mystery solved but fear remains.

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

We have all heard horror stories where a patient with insurance goes to the hospital in their network, and still, weeks later, they end up with bills of $20,000 or more.

Read More »

Jerry Hanson: Wisconsinites: We need to deal with reality

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Our GOP, legislating shrinking wages and small business growth through divide and conquer politics, has made us struggle to keep our heads above water. We have found the enemy, it is us, not some national policy issue.

Read More »

Scott Frostman: Mark Pocan can’t solve inflation problem he helped create

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

The true irony in getting mail from Pocan regarding challenges in affording groceries is that he and his Democratic friends in Congress are the chief architects of this economic scourge of inflation we are experiencing.

Read More »

Biden-Harris campaign announces Wisconsin leadership team

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

Garren Randolph, a senior adviser to the state Dem Party, will serve as the Wisconsin campaign manager for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ reelection bid.

Read More »

Evers, DNR announce $414M for wastewater and stormwater projects

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Regents closed session likely breached open meetings guidance, Legis Council says

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear lawsuit challenging voucher school program

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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All 6 Wisconsin Republicans vote to authorize Biden impeachment inquiry

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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DHS cuts off funding to four more infant mortality firms, citing fraud

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Sen. Wimberger open to legislation banning PFAS in certain products

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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Wisconsin Democrats propose protections for same-sex marriages

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

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THU AM Update: Vos says deal with UW regents ‘first step’ in eliminating DEI on campuses; Dems knock regents’ reversal

Thursday, Dec 14, 2023

From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is calling a reversal by the UW Board of Regents to approve a deal he struck with university leaders “just the first step” in eliminating “cancerous DEI practices” on campuses. Meanwhile, Rep. Dora Drake, chair of the Black Legislative Caucus, knocked the

Read More »

Study details new method for extracting useful nutrients from manure

Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023

Farmers may be able to reduce emissions and chemical runoff while boosting revenues by using a new method for extracting useful nutrients from manure, according to a recent UW-Madison study.  Scientists in Madison have developed a new technique for pulling ammonia and potassium out of livestock manure, which can be

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Regents point to what’s amiss with Democrats

Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023

Saturday morning’s vote by the majority of the UW Board of Regents to reject a grand compromise worked out by their own system president says everything we need to know about what’s wrong with the Democratic Party right now.

Read More »
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