Ruth Conniff: May Day could signal the beginning of a bigger backlash

On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.

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Dugan seeks acquittal ahead of sentencing

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Wisconsin Black Democrats: Chair condemns the Supreme Court’s decision to undermine the Voting Rights Act

MILWAUKEE – Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court sided with a claim from a group of non-black Louisiana voters that their state’s second-majority black district was unconstitutional and intentionally discriminatory despite Black Americans making up one third of their state’s population. This ruling drastically undermines Section 2 of the Voting Rights

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Ruth Conniff: May Day could signal the beginning of a bigger backlash

On Friday, May 1, labor unions and immigrants rights groups are coming together to organize mass walkouts in more than 3,000 cities across the U.S. “No work. No school. No shopping” is the tag line for the national campaign, joined in Wisconsin by Madison Teachers Inc., the Southcentral Federation of Labor, and myriad civic groups.

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Dugan seeks acquittal ahead of sentencing

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Economist says boosting housing stock is key to lowering inflation

Lowering construction costs to boost U.S. housing inventories will be key to reducing inflation, a top national economist told attendees of the Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon.  Robert Dietz is the chief economist and senior vice president for economics and housing policy for the National Association of Home Builders. He was

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