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Her greatest cause was a lifetime of advocacy for the women and children of Wisconsin, serving as the executive director of the Wisconsin Council on Children & Families for more than 20 years (now called Kids Forward) where she oversaw the publication of Kids Count, the first database to track the well-being of children’s health in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Elections Commission website lists more than 250 deadlines that candidates, voters and local clerks must meet to make all that happen.
How Republicans did an end-run around two different prohibitions.
Plan fails to address reason property taxes keep rising: his own “400-year veto”
The Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program, which since 1989 has acquired public lands for conservation and outdoor recreation in Wisconsin, is set to expire in 2026.
I wonder if Rollins or her boss, Trump, could eat these recommendations seven times a week? Would they even want to?
Across the nation, workers are coming together to demand unions because when we have a voice on the job, we have power to shift the scales back to prioritizing our communities.
Forced busing destroyed Milwaukee schools and killed its middle class.
Widescale marketing of mentholated tobacco – a chemical compound used in commercial tobacco products which makes them easier to inhale, more appealing to use, and more difficult to quit – has been strategically aimed at Black communities.
The 2020 presidential election — held in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century — was not perfect, but it was not stolen.
How much money was raised, and from who, tells us a lot about the candidates.
The bottom line is that it’s a close game with no clear favorite right now.
State agencies are not legally or ethically bound to be zombies to federal guidance. But they are also not obligated to replace it with recommendations from private associations that promote their own agendas, and their own bottom lines.
In making his La Crosse appearance to bolster a Democratic candidate in a swing district ahead of the midterms — and perhaps to stick his toe in the water ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run — Buttigieg connected with rural and blue-collar Midwestern voters.
When, oh, when will the Wisconsin congressional delegation take a loud, hard stand against new levels of outrageous policy coming out of the mind and mouth of President Donald Trump?
Trump has aggressively sought to use the power of government to control the information that the public receives through intimidation, lawsuits, the power of the Federal Communication Commission and the money of his MAGA billionaire buddies.
Dad was a tenant farmer, never satisfied him, longed for land of his own.
The law is settled on abortion in Wisconsin with a 20-week compromise. The issue has been resolved as far as the judiciary is concerned. I follow and uphold the law, and I will continue to do so.
Impacts are minimal in comparison to what might have occurred
On the third Monday in January, communities across the nation celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a day of events, church services, and community breakfasts. Yet Dr. King would not have envisioned the day as just one of reflection but also a call for action, driven by a commitment to justice.
Her greatest cause was a lifetime of advocacy for the women and children of Wisconsin, serving as the executive director of the Wisconsin Council on Children & Families for more than 20 years (now called Kids Forward) where she oversaw the publication of Kids Count, the first database to track the well-being of children’s health in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Elections Commission website lists more than 250 deadlines that candidates, voters and local clerks must meet to make all that happen.
How Republicans did an end-run around two different prohibitions.
Plan fails to address reason property taxes keep rising: his own “400-year veto”
The Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program, which since 1989 has acquired public lands for conservation and outdoor recreation in Wisconsin, is set to expire in 2026.
I wonder if Rollins or her boss, Trump, could eat these recommendations seven times a week? Would they even want to?
Across the nation, workers are coming together to demand unions because when we have a voice on the job, we have power to shift the scales back to prioritizing our communities.
Forced busing destroyed Milwaukee schools and killed its middle class.
Widescale marketing of mentholated tobacco – a chemical compound used in commercial tobacco products which makes them easier to inhale, more appealing to use, and more difficult to quit – has been strategically aimed at Black communities.
The 2020 presidential election — held in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century — was not perfect, but it was not stolen.
How much money was raised, and from who, tells us a lot about the candidates.
The bottom line is that it’s a close game with no clear favorite right now.
State agencies are not legally or ethically bound to be zombies to federal guidance. But they are also not obligated to replace it with recommendations from private associations that promote their own agendas, and their own bottom lines.
In making his La Crosse appearance to bolster a Democratic candidate in a swing district ahead of the midterms — and perhaps to stick his toe in the water ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run — Buttigieg connected with rural and blue-collar Midwestern voters.
When, oh, when will the Wisconsin congressional delegation take a loud, hard stand against new levels of outrageous policy coming out of the mind and mouth of President Donald Trump?
Trump has aggressively sought to use the power of government to control the information that the public receives through intimidation, lawsuits, the power of the Federal Communication Commission and the money of his MAGA billionaire buddies.
Dad was a tenant farmer, never satisfied him, longed for land of his own.
The law is settled on abortion in Wisconsin with a 20-week compromise. The issue has been resolved as far as the judiciary is concerned. I follow and uphold the law, and I will continue to do so.
Impacts are minimal in comparison to what might have occurred
On the third Monday in January, communities across the nation celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a day of events, church services, and community breakfasts. Yet Dr. King would not have envisioned the day as just one of reflection but also a call for action, driven by a commitment to justice.
