Initial security perimeter map released for 2020 DNC

The Milwaukee Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service provided a briefing for Friday on security considerations for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which included an initial map of the planned security perimeter. According to the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of

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Sen. Stroebel: DSPS continues to fail builders

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Socialism had a big influence on Milwaukee politics

By Gregg Hoffmann For Battlegroundwis2020.com Socialism can be a lightning rod in modern politics. Bernie Sanders has described himself as a “democratic socialist.” And President Trump has declared America will never become a socialist country under his watch. Milwaukee, the

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Jan. 23: WisPolitics.com Luncheon with AG Josh Kaul

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Rep. Kitchens: Introducing stewardship renewal plan

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Dave Zweifel: Don’t let the vote suppressors win in Wisconsin

Rick Esenberg and the rest of his staff at WILL have long been in cahoots with Wisconsin Republicans to suppress the vote, whether it be voter ID, fewer days and hours for absentee voting or now, purging voting lists because people have either moved or didn’t take the time to return a postcard to confirm their address.

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Evers raised $1 million in last half of ’19

Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign tells WisPolitics.com that he raised just over $1 million during the second half of 2019. The haul from nearly 8,000 contributions helped Evers finish the year with nearly $1.3 million in the bank. For his first

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Church denounces effort to impeach Trump in latest TV ad

Republican Jason Church’s latest TV ad in his bid for the 7th CD denounces the effort to impeach President Trump as “a circus trying to undo an election.” The campaign declined to comment on where the ad is running, on what mediums and how much is being put behind the

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‘UpFront’: Baldwin calls for fair, honest impeachment trial

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she’s hopeful witnesses will be called and senators will be allowed to ask questions during the impeachment trial of President Trump. “We need a full, fair and honest trial,” the Madison Democrat said an interview aired Sunday on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. The

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Initial security perimeter map released for 2020 DNC

The Milwaukee Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service provided a briefing for Friday on security considerations for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which included an initial map of the planned security perimeter. According to the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, no businesses in the area will be asked to

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WisDems: DNC chairman: Wisconsin ‘the tipping point state’

(MILWAUKEE, WI) — DNC Chairman Tom Perez blasted Donald Trump for his broken promises on health care to Wisconsinites at a roundtable at Coffee Makes You Black in Milwaukee yesterday. Trump has repeatedly tried to take protections away from Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions and has fought against legislation that would lower

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Sen. Stroebel: DSPS continues to fail builders

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Socialism had a big influence on Milwaukee politics

By Gregg Hoffmann For Battlegroundwis2020.com Socialism can be a lightning rod in modern politics. Bernie Sanders has described himself as a “democratic socialist.” And President Trump has declared America will never become a socialist country under his watch. Milwaukee, the host city of the DNC Convention in 2020, has a

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Jan. 23: WisPolitics.com Luncheon with AG Josh Kaul

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Rep. Kitchens: Introducing stewardship renewal plan

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Dave Zweifel: Don’t let the vote suppressors win in Wisconsin

Rick Esenberg and the rest of his staff at WILL have long been in cahoots with Wisconsin Republicans to suppress the vote, whether it be voter ID, fewer days and hours for absentee voting or now, purging voting lists because people have either moved or didn’t take the time to return a postcard to confirm their address.

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Evers raised $1 million in last half of ’19

Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign tells WisPolitics.com that he raised just over $1 million during the second half of 2019. The haul from nearly 8,000 contributions helped Evers finish the year with nearly $1.3 million in the bank. For his first full year in office, Evers raised nearly $1.7 million. Fundraising

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