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MADISON, WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Veterans Grant for Private, Nonprofit Schools is a State of Wisconsin veterans benefit available to qualified veterans, as well as certain spouses and children of qualified veterans, for use at Wisconsin private, nonprofit colleges and
Common Ground and resident leaders from Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) properties, who are engaged in an on-going multi-year campaign to reform HACM, achieved a significant victory today when the Common Council’s Steering and Rules Committee unanimously
MADISON, WI – Today, Wisconsin State Superintendent for the Department of Public Instruction Dr. Jill Underly held a press conference at Conrad Elvehjem School in McFarland, in which she enumerated several of her initiatives for the 2025-2027 budget, including increasing
“The Wisconsin 1849 law is valid – there’s nothing in that law to make it invalid.” MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a criminal abortion ban which Brad Schimel has long supported enforcing and recently called
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Kristina Boardman today joined federal and local officials, and industry partners to celebrate completion of the WIS 130-Lone Rock bridge project across the Wisconsin River. The bridges link three counties – Iowa, Richland and Sauk –
MADISON–Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jill Underly announced her 2025-27 budget initiatives today, including the desperately needed 90% reimbursement rate for special education. Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa), author of the Save Our Schools bill this legislative session, issued the following statement in response:
Oral arguments were heard today on the enforcement of Wisconsin’s original pro-life law, s.940.04. A lawsuit was filed by Attorney General Josh Kaul in June 2022 following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Kaul argued that the 1985 law that mentions prohibiting post-viability abortions replaces s.940.04. During
McFARLAND — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly announced Monday that the Department of Public Instruction will be increasing special education reimbursement and restoring revenue limit indexing to inflation for the first time since 2009-10. More from Dr. Underly’s announcement can be
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly unveiled a key part of her K-12 education budget proposal for the next two years. Joining the call first made by educators and grassroots activists, Underly has proposed closing
Dr. Jill Underly’s budget proposal increases special education reimbursement to 90%; total of new proposed spending on K-12 schools more than $4 billion as communities demand more state support MCFARLAND — As Wisconsin public schools face severe financial constraints brought
34 individuals studying while incarcerated join Phi Theta Kappa MADISON, Wis. – Madison College and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) celebrated the academic achievements of 34 persons in our care from six institutions during a virtual ceremony today inducting the
The head of Madison-based Stark Company Realtors says recent trends suggest the upward pressure on home prices “seems to be easing” despite ongoing inventory shortages. In a recent newsletter focused on south- central Wisconsin’s real estate market in the third
Public Comment Period Open Through Nov. 25 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment on a master plan variance that would authorize the development of new facilities within an existing day-use area in Newport
We need a new agenda that puts people first and relegates party politics to a back seat in Wisconsin.
Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”
It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.
Here are 17 actual reasons that Democrats lost, in no particular order.
Painters union President Jimmy Williams Jr. says “working people deserve a party that… places their issues front and center.”
Trump and his legions of yes men will stage an all-out assault on America’s institutions and its most vulnerable people during the next four years.
Donald Trump prevails in a red-wave election, Tammy Baldwin survives, the WOW shift slows, State Senate Dems shine, Republicans keep the Legislature, and much more.
MADISON, WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Veterans Grant for Private, Nonprofit Schools is a State of Wisconsin veterans benefit available to qualified veterans, as well as certain spouses and children of qualified veterans, for use at Wisconsin private, nonprofit colleges and universities. Dependent children of qualified veterans must be at least
Common Ground and resident leaders from Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) properties, who are engaged in an on-going multi-year campaign to reform HACM, achieved a significant victory today when the Common Council’s Steering and Rules Committee unanimously approved three nominees for the HACM Board of Commissioners: Westlawn
MADISON, WI – Today, Wisconsin State Superintendent for the Department of Public Instruction Dr. Jill Underly held a press conference at Conrad Elvehjem School in McFarland, in which she enumerated several of her initiatives for the 2025-2027 budget, including increasing the rate of special education reimbursement and expanding per-pupil adjustments
“The Wisconsin 1849 law is valid – there’s nothing in that law to make it invalid.” MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a criminal abortion ban which Brad Schimel has long supported enforcing and recently called “valid.” In 2012, Schimel signed onto, and supported, the Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Kristina Boardman today joined federal and local officials, and industry partners to celebrate completion of the WIS 130-Lone Rock bridge project across the Wisconsin River. The bridges link three counties – Iowa, Richland and Sauk – as a key piece of infrastructure to the local economy.
MADISON–Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jill Underly announced her 2025-27 budget initiatives today, including the desperately needed 90% reimbursement rate for special education. Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa), author of the Save Our Schools bill this legislative session, issued the following statement in response: “For the love of Wisconsin kids… Please log in to
Oral arguments were heard today on the enforcement of Wisconsin’s original pro-life law, s.940.04. A lawsuit was filed by Attorney General Josh Kaul in June 2022 following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Kaul argued that the 1985 law that mentions prohibiting post-viability abortions replaces s.940.04. During the oral arguments, attorneys representing Attor… Please log in to
McFARLAND — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly announced Monday that the Department of Public Instruction will be increasing special education reimbursement and restoring revenue limit indexing to inflation for the first time since 2009-10. More from Dr. Underly’s announcement can be found by clicking on this link. In response to Monday’s
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly unveiled a key part of her K-12 education budget proposal for the next two years. Joining the call first made by educators and grassroots activists, Underly has proposed closing the shameful special ed funding gap between public schools and
Dr. Jill Underly’s budget proposal increases special education reimbursement to 90%; total of new proposed spending on K-12 schools more than $4 billion as communities demand more state support MCFARLAND — As Wisconsin public schools face severe financial constraints brought on by over a decade of underfunding from the state,
34 individuals studying while incarcerated join Phi Theta Kappa MADISON, Wis. – Madison College and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) celebrated the academic achievements of 34 persons in our care from six institutions during a virtual ceremony today inducting the students into Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society. “Rehabilitation
The head of Madison-based Stark Company Realtors says recent trends suggest the upward pressure on home prices “seems to be easing” despite ongoing inventory shortages. In a recent newsletter focused on south- central Wisconsin’s real estate market in the third quarter, Stark Company Realtors CEO David Stark noted homes have
Public Comment Period Open Through Nov. 25 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment on a master plan variance that would authorize the development of new facilities within an existing day-use area in Newport State Park. As described in Chapter NR 44 of the
We need a new agenda that puts people first and relegates party politics to a back seat in Wisconsin.
Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”
It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.
Here are 17 actual reasons that Democrats lost, in no particular order.
Painters union President Jimmy Williams Jr. says “working people deserve a party that… places their issues front and center.”
Trump and his legions of yes men will stage an all-out assault on America’s institutions and its most vulnerable people during the next four years.
Donald Trump prevails in a red-wave election, Tammy Baldwin survives, the WOW shift slows, State Senate Dems shine, Republicans keep the Legislature, and much more.