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Hospitals in state and metro area have further cut the percent of revenue for this.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘America was given its colored people a bad check, marked ‘insufficient funds.” Do you believe this still holds today?

It was never about DEI. DEI was only the crumbs they allowed us to have, while simultaneously undermining any advancement with harmful policies.

President Trump is fixated on tariffs as an ultimate solution to many problems. Did he and we not learn from his tariff war in his first term that they are often counter-productive on prices and inflation?

The Constitution of the United States makes no mention of “special government employees,” and it certainly does not suggest that they should be able to roll over the Congress in a wholesale effort to turn the federal government into a billionaire’s playground.
Wisconsin taxpayers can file their taxes online directly for free with WisTax and new Direct File programs MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR), announcedthat the individual income tax filing season began on Mon., Jan. 27, 2025, and encouraged Wisconsin taxpayers to use the

Since January 20th, it’s obvious that the Democrats did not learn a thing from the brutal shellacking they received on November 5th, 2024.

Trump may well be justified in dialing back federal spending; the nation has run a deficit every year since 2001 and spending has grown to about 24% of gross domestic product. What’s alarming is that university research seems like a counter-productive place to start.

Liberals hated the Supreme Court and the filibuster. Now those things are among the last lines of defense against an authoritarian state.

Amid the torrent of bad news gushing from Washington like sewage from a busted pipe, there are fragments of good news fluttering around us.
WI-Bishops-Pastoral-Letter-on-Immigration-in-EnglishDownload… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.
WAUKESHA, Wisc. – Susan Crawford lied to millions of Wisconsin voters about her devious intentions to use the Wisconsin Supreme Court as a political weapon. This comes just days after Crawford was caught soliciting changes to Wisconsin’s congressional maps for financial
UW-Madison estimates illegal policy will cut $65 million, disrupt cancer research, and mean layoffs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is highlighting the dire consequences for lifesaving research at Wisconsin’s Universities after President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced that
Madison – As the situation regarding bird flu infections in American livestock receives increasing coverage, State Representative Lindee Brill (R-Sheboygan Falls) calls on Governor Evers to share how he would better protect the rights and liberties of Wisconsinites in a
MADISON, Wis. — Last week, Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a multi-state lawsuit to stop Elon Musk and anonymous Republican ‘DOGE’ political staffers from accessing Wisconsinites’ personal information like bank account and Social Security details. Donald Trump and
Young adults are experiencing elevated rates of mental health problems. Today’s college students were in, or starting, high school when the pandemic pivoted much of their educational and social lives to online experiences. The majority of today’s college students report
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today Senator Dora Drake and State Representative Russell Goodwin announced they will be introducing legislation and meeting with state lawmakers to increase technological innovation and provide crypto-currency education for entrepreneurs and small businesses at the Ambition Center
MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin announced its fundraising haul of $2.29 million since the beginning of 2025 which is over 40 times more than the same report in 2023. “After historic wins in November, the Republican Party
Amid an era of unchecked Republican power in Washington, the DLCC has a clear strategy to continue building Democratic power in the states to fight Project 2025 and the MAGA agenda WASHINGTON — Today the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) released

The state Dem and Republican parties turned to heavy hitters for much of their fundraising over the first month of 2025 and then made seven-figure transfers to their preferred Supreme Court candidates, a WisPolitics review shows.

Hospitals in state and metro area have further cut the percent of revenue for this.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘America was given its colored people a bad check, marked ‘insufficient funds.” Do you believe this still holds today?

It was never about DEI. DEI was only the crumbs they allowed us to have, while simultaneously undermining any advancement with harmful policies.

President Trump is fixated on tariffs as an ultimate solution to many problems. Did he and we not learn from his tariff war in his first term that they are often counter-productive on prices and inflation?

The Constitution of the United States makes no mention of “special government employees,” and it certainly does not suggest that they should be able to roll over the Congress in a wholesale effort to turn the federal government into a billionaire’s playground.
Wisconsin taxpayers can file their taxes online directly for free with WisTax and new Direct File programs MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR), announcedthat the individual income tax filing season began on Mon., Jan. 27, 2025, and encouraged Wisconsin taxpayers to use the state’s WisTax and new federal&nbs… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you

Since January 20th, it’s obvious that the Democrats did not learn a thing from the brutal shellacking they received on November 5th, 2024.

Trump may well be justified in dialing back federal spending; the nation has run a deficit every year since 2001 and spending has grown to about 24% of gross domestic product. What’s alarming is that university research seems like a counter-productive place to start.

Liberals hated the Supreme Court and the filibuster. Now those things are among the last lines of defense against an authoritarian state.

Amid the torrent of bad news gushing from Washington like sewage from a busted pipe, there are fragments of good news fluttering around us.
WI-Bishops-Pastoral-Letter-on-Immigration-in-EnglishDownload… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products.
WAUKESHA, Wisc. – Susan Crawford lied to millions of Wisconsin voters about her devious intentions to use the Wisconsin Supreme Court as a political weapon. This comes just days after Crawford was caught soliciting changes to Wisconsin’s congressional maps for financial support. When asked about her decision to sell out Wisconsin’s
UW-Madison estimates illegal policy will cut $65 million, disrupt cancer research, and mean layoffs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is highlighting the dire consequences for lifesaving research at Wisconsin’s Universities after President Donald Trump and Elon Musk announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be making significant,
Madison – As the situation regarding bird flu infections in American livestock receives increasing coverage, State Representative Lindee Brill (R-Sheboygan Falls) calls on Governor Evers to share how he would better protect the rights and liberties of Wisconsinites in a future public health emergency. “It seems that more and more
MADISON, Wis. — Last week, Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a multi-state lawsuit to stop Elon Musk and anonymous Republican ‘DOGE’ political staffers from accessing Wisconsinites’ personal information like bank account and Social Security details. Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s actions are an invasion of the privacy of
Young adults are experiencing elevated rates of mental health problems. Today’s college students were in, or starting, high school when the pandemic pivoted much of their educational and social lives to online experiences. The majority of today’s college students report struggling with substantial levels of stress. Emotional stress is the
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today Senator Dora Drake and State Representative Russell Goodwin announced they will be introducing legislation and meeting with state lawmakers to increase technological innovation and provide crypto-currency education for entrepreneurs and small businesses at the Ambition Center MKE with notable tech experts and entrepreneurs. “Every day new
MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Republican Party of Wisconsin announced its fundraising haul of $2.29 million since the beginning of 2025 which is over 40 times more than the same report in 2023. “After historic wins in November, the Republican Party of Wisconsin has continued to receive vast support to elect
Amid an era of unchecked Republican power in Washington, the DLCC has a clear strategy to continue building Democratic power in the states to fight Project 2025 and the MAGA agenda WASHINGTON — Today the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) released the 2025-2026 target map and the strategy to boost state power across

The state Dem and Republican parties turned to heavy hitters for much of their fundraising over the first month of 2025 and then made seven-figure transfers to their preferred Supreme Court candidates, a WisPolitics review shows.