Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Stubbs disqualifies herself

A couple of weeks ago Dane County Executive Joe Parisi appointed former Supervisor and current State Rep. Shelia Stubbs to lead the county’s human services agency. On paper, Stubbs looked like a good choice, but she has managed to disqualify herself with her actions since the appointment.

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Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Puzzling out the rural riddle

In my lifetime, there were rural voters in many communities who were electing Democrats to represent them. I bet if enough politicians with a D behind their names ever figure out that rural folks want more for their communities than reasons to be resentful, they’d do it again.

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Pocan demands accountability from the Pentagon

Along with a bipartisan group of House members that includes some of the chamber’s most progressive and most conservative members, Pocan on Thursday introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act, a proposal to require transparency and accountability in a Department of Defense budget that is growing so rapidly that it will soon pass the $1 trillion-a-year mark.

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TUE AM Update: JFC to take first votes on 2023-25 state budget today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will take its first votes on the 2023-25 state budget today, including a motion that would remove 545 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals. The GOP-controlled committee agenda today also includes a motion

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AFL-CIO report highlights workplace deaths in 2021

The head of the state AFL-CIO is calling for greater efforts to improve worker safety after a national report found 105 workplace deaths in Wisconsin in 2021.  According to the national AFL-CIO’s latest report, 21 of the Wisconsin workers that died on the job in 2021 were killed in assaults

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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Stubbs disqualifies herself

A couple of weeks ago Dane County Executive Joe Parisi appointed former Supervisor and current State Rep. Shelia Stubbs to lead the county’s human services agency. On paper, Stubbs looked like a good choice, but she has managed to disqualify herself with her actions since the appointment.

Read More »
Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Puzzling out the rural riddle

In my lifetime, there were rural voters in many communities who were electing Democrats to represent them. I bet if enough politicians with a D behind their names ever figure out that rural folks want more for their communities than reasons to be resentful, they’d do it again.

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Pocan demands accountability from the Pentagon

Along with a bipartisan group of House members that includes some of the chamber’s most progressive and most conservative members, Pocan on Thursday introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act, a proposal to require transparency and accountability in a Department of Defense budget that is growing so rapidly that it will soon pass the $1 trillion-a-year mark.

Read More »