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Wisconsin’s major utility companies announced that they will only use union labor moving forward for construction and maintenance of renewable energy projects, which will have an inflationary impact on electricity costs.
Rulemaking for the men and women who work hard and too often do not have union protections that can improve their pay or health concerns on the job then becomes our responsibility as fellow citizens. That is how a humane society works together.
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas opened a decade of turbulence. The remarkable stability of the Eisenhower 1950s had ended. One result was the unexpected announcement by President Lyndon B. Johnson not to seek reelection to the White House. This is a precedent for Biden’s decision, contrary to some comments that his action is “unprecedented.”
So firm a grip do these tyrants have that even the President they forced out is claiming that a vote against their hand-picked successor is a vote against the democratic process itself. The truth is that there is no greater threat to democracy than a party that refuses to let even its own voters have any say in its elections.
Democrats have an institutional advantage in the election, but we can—shall—overcome.
The national news media used the term over and over again at the RNC in Milwaukee … Usually, when you’re trying to win someone over, common practice is not to address them with an insult. Democrats could do themselves a lot of good if they went on a rant against “Rust Belt” and started off by better understanding who we really are and where we really live.
The folks in Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin should be proud of the job they did in hosting the RNC. Let’s hope the momentum and unity cemented at the convention carry through to a November victory, regardless of who’s on the other side.
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin, a tuition-free virtual school serving students across the state, is committed to providing students with learning opportunities that meet them where they are and set them up for success after graduation.
Incumbent Democratic faces heavy opposition from his own party backing challenger Jarrod Anderson.
If we give new constitutional powers to a group of legislators who have not demonstrated the will to work, to govern together, or to work with the other branches of government, we can expect even more dysfunction and red tape.
The state of Wisconsin is sitting on a comfortable budget surplus of between $3 and $4 billion, yet a huge number of its cities, villages and towns are facing unprecedented deficits.
I’m as much in love with Wisconsin as ever, but there is one major disappointment: the substantial loss of what used to be Wisconsin’s well-earned national reputation for a political culture that was clean, civil and progressive.
Radio host Vicki McKenna discusses Vice President Kamala Harris taking the helm as the presumptive Dem nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
ilwaukee soared in its moment in the spotlight.
Democrats would love to knock off Stroebel, a dominant GOP senator. They see a possible victory in District 8 because of Sinykin’s strong showing in 2023.
In their book The Fourth Turning, Howe and Strauss identified a predictable rhythm to social conditions and change, with alternating periods of progress, decay and renewal. … If historical patterns hold, Gen Z—today’s teens and twenty-somethings—will assume the role the Greatest Generation played the last time our nation went through a fourth turning.
If she beats Republican Donald Trump in November, Harris will make history as the first woman elected to the presidency, and as a child of immigrants from Jamaica and India who has risen to the nation’s most powerful position. She would also bring a Wisconsin tie to the White House.
GOP congressman’s latest: says Democrats support Kamala Harris due to ‘her ethnicity.’
Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.
Wisconsin’s major utility companies announced that they will only use union labor moving forward for construction and maintenance of renewable energy projects, which will have an inflationary impact on electricity costs.
Rulemaking for the men and women who work hard and too often do not have union protections that can improve their pay or health concerns on the job then becomes our responsibility as fellow citizens. That is how a humane society works together.
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas opened a decade of turbulence. The remarkable stability of the Eisenhower 1950s had ended. One result was the unexpected announcement by President Lyndon B. Johnson not to seek reelection to the White House. This is a precedent for Biden’s decision, contrary to some comments that his action is “unprecedented.”
So firm a grip do these tyrants have that even the President they forced out is claiming that a vote against their hand-picked successor is a vote against the democratic process itself. The truth is that there is no greater threat to democracy than a party that refuses to let even its own voters have any say in its elections.
Democrats have an institutional advantage in the election, but we can—shall—overcome.
The national news media used the term over and over again at the RNC in Milwaukee … Usually, when you’re trying to win someone over, common practice is not to address them with an insult. Democrats could do themselves a lot of good if they went on a rant against “Rust Belt” and started off by better understanding who we really are and where we really live.
The folks in Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin should be proud of the job they did in hosting the RNC. Let’s hope the momentum and unity cemented at the convention carry through to a November victory, regardless of who’s on the other side.
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin, a tuition-free virtual school serving students across the state, is committed to providing students with learning opportunities that meet them where they are and set them up for success after graduation.
Incumbent Democratic faces heavy opposition from his own party backing challenger Jarrod Anderson.
If we give new constitutional powers to a group of legislators who have not demonstrated the will to work, to govern together, or to work with the other branches of government, we can expect even more dysfunction and red tape.
The state of Wisconsin is sitting on a comfortable budget surplus of between $3 and $4 billion, yet a huge number of its cities, villages and towns are facing unprecedented deficits.
I’m as much in love with Wisconsin as ever, but there is one major disappointment: the substantial loss of what used to be Wisconsin’s well-earned national reputation for a political culture that was clean, civil and progressive.
Radio host Vicki McKenna discusses Vice President Kamala Harris taking the helm as the presumptive Dem nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
ilwaukee soared in its moment in the spotlight.
Democrats would love to knock off Stroebel, a dominant GOP senator. They see a possible victory in District 8 because of Sinykin’s strong showing in 2023.
In their book The Fourth Turning, Howe and Strauss identified a predictable rhythm to social conditions and change, with alternating periods of progress, decay and renewal. … If historical patterns hold, Gen Z—today’s teens and twenty-somethings—will assume the role the Greatest Generation played the last time our nation went through a fourth turning.
If she beats Republican Donald Trump in November, Harris will make history as the first woman elected to the presidency, and as a child of immigrants from Jamaica and India who has risen to the nation’s most powerful position. She would also bring a Wisconsin tie to the White House.
GOP congressman’s latest: says Democrats support Kamala Harris due to ‘her ethnicity.’
Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.
