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MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced Milwaukee will receive $25 million in federal funding to make needed safety improvements along Center Street, where some of the most serious injury crashes in Milwaukee occur. The funding, from the
La Crosse, Wisconsin – President Biden announced today that Dairyland Power Cooperative will receive nearly $573 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. This funding will support Dairyland’s procurement of 1,080 megawatts of clean
Donald Trump’s campaign is making a stop in Milwaukee today as part of a “policy tour” to tout his proposals for a second term – which will be headlined by one of the contributors of the extreme Project 2025 agenda
Key Point: “Crowley, who will be in town for the ‘Team Trump Agenda 47 Policy Tour,’ was also listed as a contributor to Project 2025… Crowley is among those credited with contributing to a chapter on the U.S. Treasury Department… [Trump’s]
WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released a new report on the dire state of reproductive health care in Wisconsin since the overturning of Roe v. Wade over two years ago. The report includes new findings on how many women were denied access
MADISON, Wis. — Tonight, Bryan Steil will act as a mouthpiece for Donald Trump’s extreme Project 2025 agenda in Milwaukee, appearing on stage with Project 2025 contributor Monica Crowley. Here’s who Bryan Steil is campaigning alongside this evening: Someone who supports cutting Social
The NRSC and Hovde released a series of new spots, including one that features two people saying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “created this mess” and “Tammy Baldwin has been right there with them.”
Boosted by strong scores in metrics measuring public service and an improved score in social mobility, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is ranked first among national public universities and 12th overall in Washington Monthly’s 2024 College Guide and Rankings. Last year,
Yesterday in New Hampshire, Vice President Harris unveiled a new plan to help small businesses and entrepreneurs across America grow and thrive. It’s already resonating. Small business owners and local leaders across the battlegrounds are talking about how the plan
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced the launch of Wisconsin’s new Driver Education Grant Program. The program, funded by the 2023-25 biennial budget signed into law by Gov. Evers, aims to reduce barriers
MADISON, Wis. — Five months ago today, Eric Hovde said that most nursing home residents shouldn’t be allowed to vote because he believes they only have “five, six months life expectancy.” Hovde later doubled down on these insulting claims, saying that “a large percentage” of nursing home residents
The 30-second ad knocks Barca’s opponent U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, for his stance on abortion. The ad said Steil’s agenda would ban abortion “nationwide, with surveillance of pregnancies and restricting birth control and fertility treatments.”
Fox Valley foundry workers praise Tammy Baldwin in a new TV ad for working to ensure federally funded infrastructure projects are made with American iron and steel, saying the Madison Dem’s effort has resulted in more work for Wisconsin.
We urge our representatives to pursue policies that prioritize both compassion and security, not merely one or the other.
The vast majority of economists on both sides of the political aisle see eroding the Fed’s independence as dangerous.
Proximity to technical schools a primary reason to explore further closure.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany has proposed the area for a national park.
“Joe Biden’s return to Wisconsin is the comeback tour that no one wanted. For four years, the Biden-Harris Administration delivered nothing but runaway inflation and mayhem at the southern border. To make matters worse, Kamala Harris and White House officials
The new movie “Reagan” masterfully explains our 40th president’s obsession with defeating Soviet-style communism.
MADISON — A report on more than 40 years of research on Wisconsin lakes is highlighting some of the lessons scientists have learned about aquatic invasive species, including that far more ecosystems are playing host to non-native species than previously
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced Milwaukee will receive $25 million in federal funding to make needed safety improvements along Center Street, where some of the most serious injury crashes in Milwaukee occur. The funding, from the Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be used to plan, design
La Crosse, Wisconsin – President Biden announced today that Dairyland Power Cooperative will receive nearly $573 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. This funding will support Dairyland’s procurement of 1,080 megawatts of clean energy through power purchase agreements for four solar and four
Donald Trump’s campaign is making a stop in Milwaukee today as part of a “policy tour” to tout his proposals for a second term – which will be headlined by one of the contributors of the extreme Project 2025 agenda that Trump has tried to distance himself from. Trump’s Project
Key Point: “Crowley, who will be in town for the ‘Team Trump Agenda 47 Policy Tour,’ was also listed as a contributor to Project 2025… Crowley is among those credited with contributing to a chapter on the U.S. Treasury Department… [Trump’s] platform overlaps with Project 2025’s proposals on such topics as
WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released a new report on the dire state of reproductive health care in Wisconsin since the overturning of Roe v. Wade over two years ago. The report includes new findings on how many women were denied access to care, the impacts of those who were forced to
MADISON, Wis. — Tonight, Bryan Steil will act as a mouthpiece for Donald Trump’s extreme Project 2025 agenda in Milwaukee, appearing on stage with Project 2025 contributor Monica Crowley. Here’s who Bryan Steil is campaigning alongside this evening: Someone who supports cutting Social Security and Medicare funding Someone who would ban abortion nationwide
The NRSC and Hovde released a series of new spots, including one that features two people saying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “created this mess” and “Tammy Baldwin has been right there with them.”
Boosted by strong scores in metrics measuring public service and an improved score in social mobility, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is ranked first among national public universities and 12th overall in Washington Monthly’s 2024 College Guide and Rankings. Last year, UW was ranked second among national public universities and 11th
Yesterday in New Hampshire, Vice President Harris unveiled a new plan to help small businesses and entrepreneurs across America grow and thrive. It’s already resonating. Small business owners and local leaders across the battlegrounds are talking about how the plan would benefit them – and slamming Trump’s Project 2025 agenda
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today announced the launch of Wisconsin’s new Driver Education Grant Program. The program, funded by the 2023-25 biennial budget signed into law by Gov. Evers, aims to reduce barriers for low-income students to take driver education courses and become
MADISON, Wis. — Five months ago today, Eric Hovde said that most nursing home residents shouldn’t be allowed to vote because he believes they only have “five, six months life expectancy.” Hovde later doubled down on these insulting claims, saying that “a large percentage” of nursing home residents “are not in the mental capacity to (vote).” Hovde’s comments
The 30-second ad knocks Barca’s opponent U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, for his stance on abortion. The ad said Steil’s agenda would ban abortion “nationwide, with surveillance of pregnancies and restricting birth control and fertility treatments.”
Fox Valley foundry workers praise Tammy Baldwin in a new TV ad for working to ensure federally funded infrastructure projects are made with American iron and steel, saying the Madison Dem’s effort has resulted in more work for Wisconsin.
We urge our representatives to pursue policies that prioritize both compassion and security, not merely one or the other.
The vast majority of economists on both sides of the political aisle see eroding the Fed’s independence as dangerous.
Proximity to technical schools a primary reason to explore further closure.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany has proposed the area for a national park.
“Joe Biden’s return to Wisconsin is the comeback tour that no one wanted. For four years, the Biden-Harris Administration delivered nothing but runaway inflation and mayhem at the southern border. To make matters worse, Kamala Harris and White House officials deliberately misled the public about Biden’s rapid decline and inability
The new movie “Reagan” masterfully explains our 40th president’s obsession with defeating Soviet-style communism.
MADISON — A report on more than 40 years of research on Wisconsin lakes is highlighting some of the lessons scientists have learned about aquatic invasive species, including that far more ecosystems are playing host to non-native species than previously thought. However, the researchers note, those species aren’t necessarily detrimental