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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FRI AM Update: Counties complete spring election canvasses; Libertarian Party of Wisconsin state convention kicks off today

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The state Elections Commission has received canvass numbers for the spring election from all counties and expects Chair Don Millis to certify the results late next week, a spokesperson says. Counties had faced a deadline of today to

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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.

Read More »

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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