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In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Tony Wied, R-De Pere, travels to Israel and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, goes on a statewide tour over the August recess.
GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says he’ll continue holding in-person town halls despite the recent raucous meeting he hosted in Elkhorn. Meanwhile, Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore dismissed Republican claims that left-wing activists are hijacking Republican town halls.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss lobbying the Capitol, a new Supreme Court justice, the Texas Dem lawmaker protest echoing Act 10, a ‘setback’ in modernizing the state’s unemployment system and more.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez says child care funding was a win in the budget, but she would have liked more funding for schools…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a
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Madison’s woke progressives invoke “economic justice, social justice,” and “racial justice” as phonetic talismans to justify redistribution, disorder, and race-shaming.
When radicals lose an argument, they try to silence the opposition. I was reminded of that simple truth yet again this week.
It showed how far he’s come — progress that, not long ago, felt out of reach. I made mental notes of the areas where we still need to do some work, but mostly I just sat with the joy of seeing comments like “participates well in class” and “a pleasure to have in class.”
Wisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget includes several provisions aimed at improving the affordability of childcare in the Badger state, ending the misguided effort to directly support private childcare providers’ operating expenses with taxpayer dollars — and instead focusing on reducing costs for families through regulatory reform and targeted assistance.
Donald Trump’s conquering of the country is complete. The blows he’s inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to heal.
Caroline Grover, the gentle woman her family referred to as Mother Teresa, will be put to rest tomorrow in Gresham where she was born 86 years ago.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza under Israel’s blockade is now receiving daily press coverage. But it was clear in March, after Israel broke the ceasefire in Gaza, that conditions had become increasingly desperate.
The news this morning is unsettling. The FBI is forcing out more senior officials, including a former acting director who resisted Trump administration demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigations and the head of the bureau’s Washington field office.
Chances are you have never heard of Cove, Mumbies, Service ID or Vitaminis, but if the owners and supporters of those four young companies are successful, those might be familiar names in the years ahead.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Tony Wied, R-De Pere, travels to Israel and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, goes on a statewide tour over the August recess.
GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says he’ll continue holding in-person town halls despite the recent raucous meeting he hosted in Elkhorn. Meanwhile, Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore dismissed Republican claims that left-wing activists are hijacking Republican town halls.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss lobbying the Capitol, a new Supreme Court justice, the Texas Dem lawmaker protest echoing Act 10, a ‘setback’ in modernizing the state’s unemployment system and more.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez says child care funding was a win in the budget, but she would have liked more funding for schools…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs
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Madison’s woke progressives invoke “economic justice, social justice,” and “racial justice” as phonetic talismans to justify redistribution, disorder, and race-shaming.
When radicals lose an argument, they try to silence the opposition. I was reminded of that simple truth yet again this week.
It showed how far he’s come — progress that, not long ago, felt out of reach. I made mental notes of the areas where we still need to do some work, but mostly I just sat with the joy of seeing comments like “participates well in class” and “a pleasure to have in class.”
Wisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget includes several provisions aimed at improving the affordability of childcare in the Badger state, ending the misguided effort to directly support private childcare providers’ operating expenses with taxpayer dollars — and instead focusing on reducing costs for families through regulatory reform and targeted assistance.
Donald Trump’s conquering of the country is complete. The blows he’s inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to heal.
Caroline Grover, the gentle woman her family referred to as Mother Teresa, will be put to rest tomorrow in Gresham where she was born 86 years ago.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza under Israel’s blockade is now receiving daily press coverage. But it was clear in March, after Israel broke the ceasefire in Gaza, that conditions had become increasingly desperate.
The news this morning is unsettling. The FBI is forcing out more senior officials, including a former acting director who resisted Trump administration demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigations and the head of the bureau’s Washington field office.
Chances are you have never heard of Cove, Mumbies, Service ID or Vitaminis, but if the owners and supporters of those four young companies are successful, those might be familiar names in the years ahead.