American Action Network launches ads praising Van Orden, Steil

The GOP-aligned American Action Network announced new ads praising U.S. Reps. Derrick Van Orden in western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD and Bryan Steil in southeastern Wisconsin’s 1st. The group said it was spending nearly $1 million combined on the buy that’s part of a national broadcast, digital and mail advertising campaign.

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Capitol Chats: WI Head Start Association’s Mauer says federal Head Start changes will ‘deteriorate quality and access’

On this week’s “Capitol Chats”, Jennie Mauer, executive director of the Wisconsin Head Start Association, discusses a federal proposal that would increase Head Start class sizes and eliminate non-English instruction, among other changes…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription

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Marquette University Law School: Marquette Law School Poll to release first Wisconsin survey after primaries, Wednesday, Aug. 26

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University Law School will release the results of its first statewide survey after the Wisconsin primary elections with an in-person event featuring Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, and Derek Mosley, director of the school’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education,

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NeighborWorks Green Bay: NeighborWorks Green Bay hosts open house for newly built home at 158 N. Maple Avenue

GREEN BAY, WI — NeighborWorks Green Bay (NWGB) invites community members, prospective homebuyers, and local partners to an open house for its newest single-family residence located at 158 N. Maple Avenue in the Fort Howard Neighborhood. Representing the 472nd housing unit built or renovated by NeighborWorks Green Bay, this home underscores the organization’s ongoing

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Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee: Public demands Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin restore gender-affirming care for youth

Milwaukee, WI — On Monday, August 17, 2026, members of Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee (RJAM) hand-delivered more than 1,028 petition signatures from members of the public demanding that Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) resume gender-affirming care for youth. The petition was circulated over a two-month period and calls on CHW

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Weekly Dem radio address: Gov. Evers delivers radio address, warns against disastrous consequences of new Trump Administration efforts to roll back Head Start Program standards

Audio File of Radio Address Hey there. Governor Tony Evers here. Long before becoming governor, I adopted the motto, “what’s best for our kids is what’s best for our state,” but President Trump and Republicans out in D.C. must have missed the memo. The Trump Administration is bound and determined to mess with

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