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[Milwaukee, WI] – The UWM Popular University for Palestine Coalition has built an encampment today, Monday, April 29th. The encampment began at 12:00pm. We have seen government officials and university administrators continue to maintain ties with the occupation of Palestine,
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul, alongside 23 attorneys general and four cities, filed a motion to intervene in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicles emissions standards
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the 2023 hunter education program Instructor of the Year and Group of the Year awards as part of National Volunteer Appreciation Week and National Volunteer Month. Volunteer instructors are an
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) was awarded over $350,000 by a federal court after it successfully sued the Biden Administration for race discrimination. The order comes on the heels of the court’s decision last month,
MADISON, Wis. — Over the weekend, New York Times reporter Astead Herndon discussed his trip to Wisconsin and what he heard from voters about Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate and California bank owner Eric Hovde on CNN’s Inside Politics with Manu Raju. Click
Madison, Wisconsin. Monday morning, April 29, 2024, Madison for a World BEYOND War and many others will be on Library Mall supporting the student action “Protest for Divestment & Rally for Gaza.” World BEYOND War is a global movement to
The same poll found U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, leading Republican Eric Hovde by 7 percentage points.
MADISON – Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) released the following statement on Democrats’ legislative proposals throughout the 2023-2024 Legislative Session: “What are the priorities that the modern hard-left, non-traditional liberals would pursue if they were to capture the State Senate and Assembly
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will be conducting a full drawdown at Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area in Marquette and Green Lake counties. The drawdown will begin this spring, and water levels will
Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, April 27th, Power to the Polls Wisconsin, along with community leaders and democracy advocates from across the state, held a roundtable discussion in Milwaukee focusing on the ongoing threats to democracy, and the right to vote.
In one year he vetoed 32% of all legislative bills, compared to 3.7% for average governor.
The baffling refusal by the Wisconsin GOP-led legislature to expand Medicaid has bedeviled Wisconsin since 2014. It’s the epitome of fiscal irresponsibility and wrong-headedness, defying both common sense and math.
Few candidates actually discuss what it is they’ll do about issues the voters care about.
The unprecedented and obscenely high amount of political money being raised and spent in Wisconsin Supreme Court elections is a fairly new and horrific development in our state. It wasn’t always this way here and it cannot and should not continue.
In addition to lending his campaign $8 million from his own fortune, the watchdog organization notes, Hovde has collected $60,000 from campaign donors with California ties.
Menthol cigarettes disproportionately harm Black Americans, contributing to heart and respiratory related health inequities.
For the utilities, destroying your ability to finance solar is their way of guaranteeing a return on investment and charging you more for solar than their standard rate, and also of maintaining a monopoly on energy in their territory. This is why it’s so important that the PSC establish a fixed ratio of 1:1 for reimbursement of solar electricity to property owners for their surplus electricity delivered to the power plant.
From the Northwoods to the state line and the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan, Wisconsin’s embrace of solar, wind and energy storage projects signifies a pivotal stride toward energy resilience and a cleaner future.
Rather than acting dismissively of the protesters or reacting angrily to their message, we should listen, as they have something very important to say.
Richard Nixon’s legacy is substantial. His achievements were historic, and he surmounted great obstacles to political victory, only to destroy himself.
[Milwaukee, WI] – The UWM Popular University for Palestine Coalition has built an encampment today, Monday, April 29th. The encampment began at 12:00pm. We have seen government officials and university administrators continue to maintain ties with the occupation of Palestine, even in the face of the genocide. Their complicity stands
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul, alongside 23 attorneys general and four cities, filed a motion to intervene in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicles emissions standards for model years 2027-2032 (Final Rule). The F… Please log in
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the 2023 hunter education program Instructor of the Year and Group of the Year awards as part of National Volunteer Appreciation Week and National Volunteer Month. Volunteer instructors are an integral part of the Wisconsin’s hunter education program, providing approximately
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) was awarded over $350,000 by a federal court after it successfully sued the Biden Administration for race discrimination. The order comes on the heels of the court’s decision last month, which held that the federally run Minority Business Development Agency
MADISON, Wis. — Over the weekend, New York Times reporter Astead Herndon discussed his trip to Wisconsin and what he heard from voters about Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate and California bank owner Eric Hovde on CNN’s Inside Politics with Manu Raju. Click here to watch Eric Hovde get called out for being
Madison, Wisconsin. Monday morning, April 29, 2024, Madison for a World BEYOND War and many others will be on Library Mall supporting the student action “Protest for Divestment & Rally for Gaza.” World BEYOND War is a global movement to end all wars. The group calls on the US government
The same poll found U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, leading Republican Eric Hovde by 7 percentage points.
MADISON – Representative Jerry O’Connor (R- Fond du Lac) released the following statement on Democrats’ legislative proposals throughout the 2023-2024 Legislative Session: “What are the priorities that the modern hard-left, non-traditional liberals would pursue if they were to capture the State Senate and Assembly in 2024? With Governor Evers ready to sign their bills into…
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will be conducting a full drawdown at Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area in Marquette and Green Lake counties. The drawdown will begin this spring, and water levels will be lowered slowly until full drawdown is achieved in early
Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, April 27th, Power to the Polls Wisconsin, along with community leaders and democracy advocates from across the state, held a roundtable discussion in Milwaukee focusing on the ongoing threats to democracy, and the right to vote. During the discussion, panelists hailed U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI)
In one year he vetoed 32% of all legislative bills, compared to 3.7% for average governor.
The baffling refusal by the Wisconsin GOP-led legislature to expand Medicaid has bedeviled Wisconsin since 2014. It’s the epitome of fiscal irresponsibility and wrong-headedness, defying both common sense and math.
Few candidates actually discuss what it is they’ll do about issues the voters care about.
The unprecedented and obscenely high amount of political money being raised and spent in Wisconsin Supreme Court elections is a fairly new and horrific development in our state. It wasn’t always this way here and it cannot and should not continue.
In addition to lending his campaign $8 million from his own fortune, the watchdog organization notes, Hovde has collected $60,000 from campaign donors with California ties.
Menthol cigarettes disproportionately harm Black Americans, contributing to heart and respiratory related health inequities.
For the utilities, destroying your ability to finance solar is their way of guaranteeing a return on investment and charging you more for solar than their standard rate, and also of maintaining a monopoly on energy in their territory. This is why it’s so important that the PSC establish a fixed ratio of 1:1 for reimbursement of solar electricity to property owners for their surplus electricity delivered to the power plant.
From the Northwoods to the state line and the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan, Wisconsin’s embrace of solar, wind and energy storage projects signifies a pivotal stride toward energy resilience and a cleaner future.
Rather than acting dismissively of the protesters or reacting angrily to their message, we should listen, as they have something very important to say.
Richard Nixon’s legacy is substantial. His achievements were historic, and he surmounted great obstacles to political victory, only to destroy himself.