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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle generally agreed moving forward with a plan to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison with a new facility in Milwaukee is good, but some from the area balked at plans to get there by
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to consider agency requests, including an Evers administration’s proposal to spend $194 million in federal ARPA funds on child care programs. A committee member objected
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle today generally agreed moving forward with a plan to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison with a new facility in Milwaukee is good, but some from

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matt Rothschild says a series of Republican-authored election bills would hog-tie the Wisconsin Elections Commission by nit-picking and hyper-monitoring the commission. Republicans introduced a series of bills they say are aimed at addressing election integrity

Addressing Milwaukee’s budget challenges and public safety concerns along with making sure formerly incarcerated people have resources they need to reenter the community are mayoral candidate Lena Taylor’s main priorities if she becomes the city’s next top leader. The current

Providing strong leadership, addressing public safety issues and improving on Milwaukee’s fiscal challenges would be former Ald. Bob Donovan’s top priorities if he’s elected the city’s next mayor. The 66 year-old who served as alderman for the 8th district on

While it is generally a good idea to reflect on ways to improve our system, it is often unwise to completely overhaul that system based on an extreme case or small number of outlier cases.

Wisconsin’s Republicans, led by Sen. Alberta Darling, will be introducing a series of education reform bills that will put more power in the hands of parents and families.

Latest proposal to break up school system is latest of such proposals going back decades.

As insane as it sounds, President Joe Biden’s Transportation Security Administration allows illegal immigrants to use arrest warrants as a form of identification to board flights. Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants that practice to end.

Sen. Lena Taylor highlights the case of human trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer, who at age 16 was accused of killing her alleged abuser.

Wisconsin can embrace rational, effective conservatism and help lead the way.

Members are privy to information that the average Joe does not have, and insisting otherwise only builds on the public belief that we have a rigged economy which benefits only the elites.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan wants his employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, and back home in Wisconsin, to be able to organize a union to represent their interests.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle generally agreed moving forward with a plan to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison with a new facility in Milwaukee is good, but some from the area balked at plans to get there by revamping an existing DOC work-release facility. During a Senate Judiciary
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will meet today to consider agency requests, including an Evers administration’s proposal to spend $194 million in federal ARPA funds on child care programs. A committee member objected to the Department of Children and Families proposal to use
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle today generally agreed moving forward with a plan to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison with a new facility in Milwaukee is good, but some from the area balked at plans to get there by revamping

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matt Rothschild says a series of Republican-authored election bills would hog-tie the Wisconsin Elections Commission by nit-picking and hyper-monitoring the commission. Republicans introduced a series of bills they say are aimed at addressing election integrity concerns that surfaced during and after the last presidential election.

Addressing Milwaukee’s budget challenges and public safety concerns along with making sure formerly incarcerated people have resources they need to reenter the community are mayoral candidate Lena Taylor’s main priorities if she becomes the city’s next top leader. The current Democratic state senator and attorney in a WisPolitics.com interview said

Providing strong leadership, addressing public safety issues and improving on Milwaukee’s fiscal challenges would be former Ald. Bob Donovan’s top priorities if he’s elected the city’s next mayor. The 66 year-old who served as alderman for the 8th district on the city’s near south side from 2000 to 2020 is

While it is generally a good idea to reflect on ways to improve our system, it is often unwise to completely overhaul that system based on an extreme case or small number of outlier cases.

Wisconsin’s Republicans, led by Sen. Alberta Darling, will be introducing a series of education reform bills that will put more power in the hands of parents and families.

Latest proposal to break up school system is latest of such proposals going back decades.

As insane as it sounds, President Joe Biden’s Transportation Security Administration allows illegal immigrants to use arrest warrants as a form of identification to board flights. Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants that practice to end.

Sen. Lena Taylor highlights the case of human trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer, who at age 16 was accused of killing her alleged abuser.

Wisconsin can embrace rational, effective conservatism and help lead the way.

Members are privy to information that the average Joe does not have, and insisting otherwise only builds on the public belief that we have a rigged economy which benefits only the elites.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan wants his employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, and back home in Wisconsin, to be able to organize a union to represent their interests.