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What an ugly incident at high school sports event tells about current state of the nation.

One of the several revelations about George Floyd in the book about his troubled life was that his great-great-grandfather in North Carolina had been able to amass 500 acres of farmland in the roughly 30 years after being freed as a slave following the Civil War.

For a party that, until recently, struggled to connect with younger voters, it’s a risky move to send the message: ‘We trust you with guns— but not with Google’
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From WisPolitics … — The state Senate will be on the floor today with a calendar that has two Assembly bills, one of which would require DOJ to collect information on criminal cases, including whether the defendant was released without

In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, praises a GOP plan to overhaul SNAP benefits as Dems argue the proposal would hurt those in need.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the House Agriculture Committee’s budget reconciliation bill: “Transparency, sustainability, accountability: these are the three things this bill delivers for the American people. Every SNAP
Madison, Wis. – Child care providers, educators, parents, and community members from across the state will remain at the state Capitol today as they continue the “State Without Child Care” rally to demand the restoration of the $480 million in
From WisPolitics … — Income tax collections last month dropped 9.1% compared to April 2024 while corporate taxes were down 13.2%, according to new numbers the Evers administration released today. The fiscal year-to-date collections have also now fallen behind the
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Delafield Police Department announced that Terrion D. Walker, 31, of Milwaukee, Wis., was charged with one count of first-degree reckless homicide for his connection with
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on mass layoffs at the agency that are impacting Wisconsin families, including
The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives just concluded its markup of their portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill. The bill as it currently stands would cut $715 billion from the Medicaid program over the

What an ugly incident at high school sports event tells about current state of the nation.

One of the several revelations about George Floyd in the book about his troubled life was that his great-great-grandfather in North Carolina had been able to amass 500 acres of farmland in the roughly 30 years after being freed as a slave following the Civil War.

For a party that, until recently, struggled to connect with younger voters, it’s a risky move to send the message: ‘We trust you with guns— but not with Google’
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From WisPolitics … — The state Senate will be on the floor today with a calendar that has two Assembly bills, one of which would require DOJ to collect information on criminal cases, including whether the defendant was released without bail. Senate co-author Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, on Monday introduced an

In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, praises a GOP plan to overhaul SNAP benefits as Dems argue the proposal would hurt those in need.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after voting to pass the House Agriculture Committee’s budget reconciliation bill: “Transparency, sustainability, accountability: these are the three things this bill delivers for the American people. Every SNAP dollar fraudulently spent is a dollar that does not go
Madison, Wis. – Child care providers, educators, parents, and community members from across the state will remain at the state Capitol today as they continue the “State Without Child Care” rally to demand the restoration of the $480 million in funding for wages in the 2025-27 biennial state budget. “While
From WisPolitics … — Income tax collections last month dropped 9.1% compared to April 2024 while corporate taxes were down 13.2%, according to new numbers the Evers administration released today. The fiscal year-to-date collections have also now fallen behind the pace that the Legislative Fiscal Bureau had projected for the
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Delafield Police Department announced that Terrion D. Walker, 31, of Milwaukee, Wis., was charged with one count of first-degree reckless homicide for his connection with a fentanyl-related overdose death that occurred in Hartland in 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on mass layoffs at the agency that are impacting Wisconsin families, including firing lead experts that could be helping Milwaukee Public Schools
The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives just concluded its markup of their portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill. The bill as it currently stands would cut $715 billion from the Medicaid program over the next 10 years and result in 13.7 million people losing