Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Sick and tired

Low-wage workers actually come out ahead by cutting back on their hours to stay eligible for benefits. Under the system that’s in place, the poor are damned if they do work and damned if they don’t.

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Dan Bruch: Government for the few, paid for by the many

When powerful and self-serving interests shower our elected representatives in Washington, and here in Wisconsin, with millions in campaign contributions, they often get what they want. But it is ordinary citizens and smaller businesses that pay the price and most of us never see it coming.

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Baldwin launches run for 3rd term

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Baldwin announces reelection, visits CVTC campus

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Community offers tribute to slain officers

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Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Sick and tired

Low-wage workers actually come out ahead by cutting back on their hours to stay eligible for benefits. Under the system that’s in place, the poor are damned if they do work and damned if they don’t.

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Dan Bruch: Government for the few, paid for by the many

When powerful and self-serving interests shower our elected representatives in Washington, and here in Wisconsin, with millions in campaign contributions, they often get what they want. But it is ordinary citizens and smaller businesses that pay the price and most of us never see it coming.

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Legislative briefing highlights health care workforce concerns

While hospitals are challenged by rising labor and supply costs, the head of the Wisconsin Hospital Association says his “most fundamental concern” is attracting workers to the field.  In a legislative briefing this week, WHA President and CEO Eric Borgerding told lawmakers that creative solutions will be needed to shore

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Baldwin launches run for 3rd term

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Baldwin announces reelection, visits CVTC campus

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Community offers tribute to slain officers

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THU AM Update: Report suggests women, those in lower-paying jobs would benefit most from Evers’ proposed leave program

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed paid leave program would likely disproportionately benefit women in the workforce and those in lower-paying occupations, according to the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum. The group noted that surveys show women assume a greater share

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