
Bill Barth: Change system, build in fairness
Wisconsin’s history of legislative gerrymandering underpins yet another court challenge, this time involving congressional districts.
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Wisconsin’s history of legislative gerrymandering underpins yet another court challenge, this time involving congressional districts.
I am excited to introduce Assembly Bill 269 with Sen. Julian Bradley, R-New Berlin. It will give Wisconsinites who work on app-based platforms access to “portable” benefits they can take with them no matter where they work.
To combat Wisconsin’s skilled labor shortage in construction, the data argue for a reconsideration of public policies that promote investment in registered apprenticeship training.
‘Go woke, go broke’ strikes again.
The solution isn’t complicated; it requires legislators to implement the blue ribbon commission recommendations they received and endorsed over six years ago. … demand that our elected officials finally act on their recommendations and work together to make 60% special education reimbursement a reality.
More than 100 citizens from an array of grassroots groups packed the Wisconsin state Senate parlor and marched on Gov. Tony Evers’ office Tuesday, their chants bouncing off the marble walls inside the Capitol.
We take care of each other. That’s the Wisconsin way. An ERPO law is just another way to do what we do best: show up, speak up and protect the people we love fiercely and without apology.
I await news of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson forging ahead with his investigative prowess and bravery in partisan battles as he tackles the Trump White House.
In Dane County, the demand for foster homes is acute, especially for teenagers and sibling groups.
Police monitor hard at work undermining public safety.
We need you to listen to the shifting opinions of the American people, including your Wisconsin constituents, who the AP/NORC poll shows want you to do just that.
In Wisconsin and neighboring states, only 16 percent of violent crimes result in arrest.
Grassroots Republicans are still embracing rigid views on abortion, despite a barrage of headlines detailing the deaths and suffering of women under similar bans.
So Make America Healthy Again finally found its way to Madison this month when lawmakers gave a pair of Republican-sponsored bills each a hearing, and while groups such as Wisconsin United for Freedom were ecstatic, and rightly so, some libertarian-ish types were reaching for their Tums.
We must protect Medicaid for the millions who rely on it. Tell Congress not to endanger the health of our country.
By moving the United States another step toward the wealth-dominated oligarchy that FDR warned against, Tiffany and his fellow Republicans made American less equal, less free and more vulnerable to “the most ancient of mankind’s enemies.”
I have always believed the Trump administration contained a troubling undercurrent of racism. The question is how we confront this injustice moving forward.
Donald Trump and his administration are slowly but inexorably eroding our American democracy in multiple ways. The end result may not be all that different than a military takeover and suspension of constitutional government, but it’s happening incrementally and on many fronts.
Our obligation is to work together to create and advance a care plan that will honor the defenseless and protect our most vulnerable. This is a call for action, a call to the people who have the ability and responsibility to make changes and regulate a critical industry. We want and need safe, affordable housing for our aging friends and family members—and for ourselves.
It is right and important that we remember and grieve with the families, the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, who lost loved ones in America’s wars.
Wisconsin’s history of legislative gerrymandering underpins yet another court challenge, this time involving congressional districts.
I am excited to introduce Assembly Bill 269 with Sen. Julian Bradley, R-New Berlin. It will give Wisconsinites who work on app-based platforms access to “portable” benefits they can take with them no matter where they work.
To combat Wisconsin’s skilled labor shortage in construction, the data argue for a reconsideration of public policies that promote investment in registered apprenticeship training.
‘Go woke, go broke’ strikes again.
The solution isn’t complicated; it requires legislators to implement the blue ribbon commission recommendations they received and endorsed over six years ago. … demand that our elected officials finally act on their recommendations and work together to make 60% special education reimbursement a reality.
More than 100 citizens from an array of grassroots groups packed the Wisconsin state Senate parlor and marched on Gov. Tony Evers’ office Tuesday, their chants bouncing off the marble walls inside the Capitol.
We take care of each other. That’s the Wisconsin way. An ERPO law is just another way to do what we do best: show up, speak up and protect the people we love fiercely and without apology.
I await news of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson forging ahead with his investigative prowess and bravery in partisan battles as he tackles the Trump White House.
In Dane County, the demand for foster homes is acute, especially for teenagers and sibling groups.
Police monitor hard at work undermining public safety.
We need you to listen to the shifting opinions of the American people, including your Wisconsin constituents, who the AP/NORC poll shows want you to do just that.
In Wisconsin and neighboring states, only 16 percent of violent crimes result in arrest.
Grassroots Republicans are still embracing rigid views on abortion, despite a barrage of headlines detailing the deaths and suffering of women under similar bans.
So Make America Healthy Again finally found its way to Madison this month when lawmakers gave a pair of Republican-sponsored bills each a hearing, and while groups such as Wisconsin United for Freedom were ecstatic, and rightly so, some libertarian-ish types were reaching for their Tums.
We must protect Medicaid for the millions who rely on it. Tell Congress not to endanger the health of our country.
By moving the United States another step toward the wealth-dominated oligarchy that FDR warned against, Tiffany and his fellow Republicans made American less equal, less free and more vulnerable to “the most ancient of mankind’s enemies.”
I have always believed the Trump administration contained a troubling undercurrent of racism. The question is how we confront this injustice moving forward.
Donald Trump and his administration are slowly but inexorably eroding our American democracy in multiple ways. The end result may not be all that different than a military takeover and suspension of constitutional government, but it’s happening incrementally and on many fronts.
Our obligation is to work together to create and advance a care plan that will honor the defenseless and protect our most vulnerable. This is a call for action, a call to the people who have the ability and responsibility to make changes and regulate a critical industry. We want and need safe, affordable housing for our aging friends and family members—and for ourselves.
It is right and important that we remember and grieve with the families, the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, who lost loved ones in America’s wars.