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Ten percent of DOJ’s special agent positions are currently vacant, along with 13 percent of the slots for criminal prosecutors, according to numbers the agency released to WisPolitics.com.
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Ten percent of DOJ’s special agent positions are currently vacant, along with 13 percent of the slots for criminal prosecutors, according to numbers the agency released to WisPolitics.com.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway today announced the city is turning its absentee ballot drop boxes into an art project displaying quotes from women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. The city is working with New York-based artist Jenny Holzer on the project.

Dem Brad Pfaff’s campaign released a new TV ad with a veteran criticizing Republican 3rd CD candidate Derrick Van Orden for allegedly being on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. Pfaff, a state senator from Onalaska, is running for the

GOP guv candidate Tim Michels released a new TV ad featuring three Republican county sheriffs saying they stand with him because he knows how to “keep Wisconsin safe.” Michels’ campaign said the spot will run statewide and is part of

The Inflation Reduction Act provides a historic opportunity for Wisconsin to accelerate the transition to affordable clean energy, electric vehicles and fleets, energy-efficient buildings, advanced manufacturing, agricultural innovation, and environmental justice to significantly reduce emissions, create thousands of jobs, cut costs for consumers, strengthen energy supply chains, and improve the health of our communities.

Johnson has spent the last 12 years in Washington as a national embarrassment, and if the Democrats fail to get that message across, he’ll spend another six years in the nation’s capital sucking up to Donald Trump and acting like Joe McCarthy reincarnated.

Knowing that Republicans were planning to gavel in and out of the session without taking any action, Evers and a phalanx of other Democratic candidates proceeded to a pre-planned rally on the Capitol steps, where they denounced Republicans and turned the failed special session into a campaign issue.

The governor is not only challenging the state’s 1849 law on abortion rights, he’s proposing to expand direct democracy in the state.

While Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign goes about casting stones, don’t forget the former lord of Wisconsin public education stood by while his agency approved licenses for teachers accused of sexual misconduct involving students.

The GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor has fallen into a capitulation spiral.

Why are we still debating the Big Lie?

Be prepared to vote. Learn what you can about the candidates. Think about the kind of government you really want, and support the candidate who best represents that view. Try to vote for someone, not against someone.

We allowed this to happen and now, at the very least, we should endure his painful spectacle because as long as we allow the people who continually set Darrell Brooks, Jr. free to serve in the justice system in any capacity whatsoever, we should feel the consequences of our actions. Because Darrell Brooks, Jr. never did.
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Five weeks out from the election, Wisconsin Dems sought to place a spotlight on abortion as Gov. Tony Evers told a Capitol rally he and Dem AG Josh Kaul have been a “brick wall” against GOP efforts to restrict access to the procedure.

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised more than $20.1 million during the third quarter, his campaign said, a dramatic rise in fundraising after he secured the party’s nomination to face GOP incumbent Ron Johnson. By comparison, Barnes had raised

Ten percent of DOJ’s special agent positions are currently vacant, along with 13 percent of the slots for criminal prosecutors, according to numbers the agency released to WisPolitics.com.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway today announced the city is turning its absentee ballot drop boxes into an art project displaying quotes from women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. The city is working with New York-based artist Jenny Holzer on the project. The 14 drop boxes were shuttered since the state Supreme

Dem Brad Pfaff’s campaign released a new TV ad with a veteran criticizing Republican 3rd CD candidate Derrick Van Orden for allegedly being on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. Pfaff, a state senator from Onalaska, is running for the seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, against

GOP guv candidate Tim Michels released a new TV ad featuring three Republican county sheriffs saying they stand with him because he knows how to “keep Wisconsin safe.” Michels’ campaign said the spot will run statewide and is part of a seven-figure buy. The ad features Washington County Sheriff Martin

The Inflation Reduction Act provides a historic opportunity for Wisconsin to accelerate the transition to affordable clean energy, electric vehicles and fleets, energy-efficient buildings, advanced manufacturing, agricultural innovation, and environmental justice to significantly reduce emissions, create thousands of jobs, cut costs for consumers, strengthen energy supply chains, and improve the health of our communities.

Johnson has spent the last 12 years in Washington as a national embarrassment, and if the Democrats fail to get that message across, he’ll spend another six years in the nation’s capital sucking up to Donald Trump and acting like Joe McCarthy reincarnated.

Knowing that Republicans were planning to gavel in and out of the session without taking any action, Evers and a phalanx of other Democratic candidates proceeded to a pre-planned rally on the Capitol steps, where they denounced Republicans and turned the failed special session into a campaign issue.

The governor is not only challenging the state’s 1849 law on abortion rights, he’s proposing to expand direct democracy in the state.

While Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign goes about casting stones, don’t forget the former lord of Wisconsin public education stood by while his agency approved licenses for teachers accused of sexual misconduct involving students.

The GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor has fallen into a capitulation spiral.

Why are we still debating the Big Lie?

Be prepared to vote. Learn what you can about the candidates. Think about the kind of government you really want, and support the candidate who best represents that view. Try to vote for someone, not against someone.

We allowed this to happen and now, at the very least, we should endure his painful spectacle because as long as we allow the people who continually set Darrell Brooks, Jr. free to serve in the justice system in any capacity whatsoever, we should feel the consequences of our actions. Because Darrell Brooks, Jr. never did.
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Five weeks out from the election, Wisconsin Dems sought to place a spotlight on abortion as Gov. Tony Evers told a Capitol rally he and Dem AG Josh Kaul have been a “brick wall” against GOP efforts to restrict access to the procedure.

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised more than $20.1 million during the third quarter, his campaign said, a dramatic rise in fundraising after he secured the party’s nomination to face GOP incumbent Ron Johnson. By comparison, Barnes had raised nearly $6.1 million for his campaign between his announcement in