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Alliant Energy will retire the Columbia Energy Center by the end of 2024 — the last of its coal-fired facilities in Wisconsin. Alliant had closed its Cassville plant in 2015. Its Sheboygan facility is slated to retire at the end
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The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Feb. 19 conference whether to take Trump’s appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that he waited too long to challenge various election procedures that were in place Nov. 3. Trump asked
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to seek a
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of the 12th anniversary of signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined every Democrat in Congress, led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), to reintroduce the Paycheck
[Madison, WI] – Gov. Tony Evers is out of excuses for his botched vaccine rollout as Wisconsin remains one of the worst states in the country for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the worst in the midwest. After scoffing at the state legislature’s efforts to
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Occurring the same week, the departures of the Washington Post’s Marty Baron and the Idaho Statesman’s Christina Lords provide a window into the strengths and more numerous weaknesses of newspaper journalism in 2021.
Jennifer Psaki brings credibility — remember that? — back to the job.
Despite the devastation caused by the coronavirus, Americans have been stepping up to help out charitable causes all over the country.
Last month, Gov. Tony Evers’ new secretary-designee of the dysfunctional state Department of Workforce Development claimed victory over a massive backlog of Unemployment Insurance claims. It was a premature “mission accomplished” moment.
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About 80 percent of the voters who registered as indefinitely confined to get a ballot in last year’s presidential election have provided a photo ID in past elections to their local clerk, a new report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos slammed Gov. Tony Evers for “acting like a dictator” by declaring health emergencies to address COVID-19 without support from the Legislature. The Rochester Republican said in a WisPolitics.com virtual event Thursday the guv’s decision to keep
All seven of the state’s school superintendent candidates agreed that Wisconsin needs to increase the technology literacy of its students — but each contender has a different plan to get there. In a webcast series with WisBusiness.com-WisPolitics.com released earlier this
As coworking becomes more popular among freelancers and small business professionals, the biotechnology industry is also seeing new opportunities to leverage the model. Madison-based Forward BIOLABS is a biotech coworking space that allows biotech startups to get off the ground
Senate Republicans today amended a COVID-19 bill in an attempt to spare the state from losing millions in enhanced food stamp funding after their vote to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ public health declaration put the funding at risk. The amendment
The secret is out in Black America. Choice schools work better.
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Alliant Energy will retire the Columbia Energy Center by the end of 2024 — the last of its coal-fired facilities in Wisconsin. Alliant had closed its Cassville plant in 2015. Its Sheboygan facility is slated to retire at the end of 2022. The retirement of the almost 50-year-old Columbia facility
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The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Feb. 19 conference whether to take Trump’s appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that he waited too long to challenge various election procedures that were in place Nov. 3. Trump asked the high court in December to take the case and
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to seek a third term in 2022, had $559,333 in the bank to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of the 12th anniversary of signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined every Democrat in Congress, led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), to reintroduce the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of
[Madison, WI] – Gov. Tony Evers is out of excuses for his botched vaccine rollout as Wisconsin remains one of the worst states in the country for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the worst in the midwest. After scoffing at the state legislature’s efforts to help back in December, saying that the idea “[didn’t] even
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Occurring the same week, the departures of the Washington Post’s Marty Baron and the Idaho Statesman’s Christina Lords provide a window into the strengths and more numerous weaknesses of newspaper journalism in 2021.
Jennifer Psaki brings credibility — remember that? — back to the job.
Despite the devastation caused by the coronavirus, Americans have been stepping up to help out charitable causes all over the country.
Last month, Gov. Tony Evers’ new secretary-designee of the dysfunctional state Department of Workforce Development claimed victory over a massive backlog of Unemployment Insurance claims. It was a premature “mission accomplished” moment.
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About 80 percent of the voters who registered as indefinitely confined to get a ballot in last year’s presidential election have provided a photo ID in past elections to their local clerk, a new report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission finds. But in total, the number of those who voted
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos slammed Gov. Tony Evers for “acting like a dictator” by declaring health emergencies to address COVID-19 without support from the Legislature. The Rochester Republican said in a WisPolitics.com virtual event Thursday the guv’s decision to keep reissuing emergency orders every 60 days without getting approval from
All seven of the state’s school superintendent candidates agreed that Wisconsin needs to increase the technology literacy of its students — but each contender has a different plan to get there. In a webcast series with WisBusiness.com-WisPolitics.com released earlier this month, in partnership with Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition, each candidate
As coworking becomes more popular among freelancers and small business professionals, the biotechnology industry is also seeing new opportunities to leverage the model. Madison-based Forward BIOLABS is a biotech coworking space that allows biotech startups to get off the ground without the overhead and supply cost. On average, Forward BIOLABS
Senate Republicans today amended a COVID-19 bill in an attempt to spare the state from losing millions in enhanced food stamp funding after their vote to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ public health declaration put the funding at risk. The amendment from Sen. Steve Nass, who co-authored the joint resolution to
The secret is out in Black America. Choice schools work better.
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