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How about, for once, law-abiding citizenry contact all 37 members to encourage YES votes on two resolutions.
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How about, for once, law-abiding citizenry contact all 37 members to encourage YES votes on two resolutions.
CEO’s decision to remove art works raises questions about governance of public entity.
For decades, when sports teams from Milwaukee and Chicago have played each other, I-94 gets a lot of traffic and thus has been dubbed the path for I-94 Rivalries. Perhaps with the recent announcement that the Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago in August of 2024, combined with the RNC in Milwaukee a month earlier, the interstate should get an additional nickname. How about the Pathway to Politics?
When Tammy Baldwin announced last week that she would seek a third term as Wisconsin’s junior U.S. senator, she did so as a frontrunner — which is somewhat remarkable in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
After liberal state Supreme Court victory, groups ask Republican lawmakers to enshrine Act 10 and school choice in state constitution.
On the surface, Milwaukee’s latest year-over-year crime statistics show promise for the safety of the state’s largest city. Some city officials have even touted the aggregate numbers as cause for optimism. But the numbers tell a different story when examined in context: Milwaukee is in trouble.
This bill is so vague and so broad and so unnecessary and so punitive. And my fear is it would disproportionately be applied to those who are demanding racial justice.
It’s not enough to reference the ‘baby blues’ that many women experience during pregnancy. We need to provide real resources and services.
As our state legislators balance priorities, we hope they’ll consider the struggle families are facing to find child care. We’re all in this together. And things are going to get worse if the state doesn’t address this crisis now.
Actually, he doesn’t want you to have a car at all. Neither does the World Economic Forum.
We know one thing for sure about the 2023–24 election cycle: Republicans will label Democrats and their policy proposals as “socialist,” one of the most successful one-word epithets in the arsenal of political opposition rhetoric.
Recently, too many candidates around the country have refused to admit they lost, even when the objective evidence they did is recognized by fair-minded people of both parties.
Celebrating Middle Eastern heritage matters, countering post-9/11 anti-Arab sentiments and promoting inclusion within the American mosaic.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz’s double-digit victory means change is “blowing in the wind” in Wisconsin.
Like all those on the right, I was certainly disappointed by last Tuesday’s election results, but the cause marches on to the next battles in every corner of the state and the nation.
Court restores the people’s constitutional right to seek redress in federal court.
Why can’t our justices see the harm they are doing to themselves and to an institution they have promised to serve by refusing to pledge themselves to clearly stated standards of ethical conduct?
With so much at stake right now, we need a fighter who can keep taking on the biggest fights and winning for all of our communities.
Democrats’ choice of Chicago makes progressive sense.
While the Libertarians have not won statewide elections in Wisconsin, they have elected a number of members to county and municipal posts over the years. And, at several turns, they have influenced the politics of the state.
How about, for once, law-abiding citizenry contact all 37 members to encourage YES votes on two resolutions.
CEO’s decision to remove art works raises questions about governance of public entity.
For decades, when sports teams from Milwaukee and Chicago have played each other, I-94 gets a lot of traffic and thus has been dubbed the path for I-94 Rivalries. Perhaps with the recent announcement that the Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago in August of 2024, combined with the RNC in Milwaukee a month earlier, the interstate should get an additional nickname. How about the Pathway to Politics?
When Tammy Baldwin announced last week that she would seek a third term as Wisconsin’s junior U.S. senator, she did so as a frontrunner — which is somewhat remarkable in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
After liberal state Supreme Court victory, groups ask Republican lawmakers to enshrine Act 10 and school choice in state constitution.
On the surface, Milwaukee’s latest year-over-year crime statistics show promise for the safety of the state’s largest city. Some city officials have even touted the aggregate numbers as cause for optimism. But the numbers tell a different story when examined in context: Milwaukee is in trouble.
This bill is so vague and so broad and so unnecessary and so punitive. And my fear is it would disproportionately be applied to those who are demanding racial justice.
It’s not enough to reference the ‘baby blues’ that many women experience during pregnancy. We need to provide real resources and services.
As our state legislators balance priorities, we hope they’ll consider the struggle families are facing to find child care. We’re all in this together. And things are going to get worse if the state doesn’t address this crisis now.
Actually, he doesn’t want you to have a car at all. Neither does the World Economic Forum.
We know one thing for sure about the 2023–24 election cycle: Republicans will label Democrats and their policy proposals as “socialist,” one of the most successful one-word epithets in the arsenal of political opposition rhetoric.
Recently, too many candidates around the country have refused to admit they lost, even when the objective evidence they did is recognized by fair-minded people of both parties.
Celebrating Middle Eastern heritage matters, countering post-9/11 anti-Arab sentiments and promoting inclusion within the American mosaic.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz’s double-digit victory means change is “blowing in the wind” in Wisconsin.
Like all those on the right, I was certainly disappointed by last Tuesday’s election results, but the cause marches on to the next battles in every corner of the state and the nation.
Court restores the people’s constitutional right to seek redress in federal court.
Why can’t our justices see the harm they are doing to themselves and to an institution they have promised to serve by refusing to pledge themselves to clearly stated standards of ethical conduct?
With so much at stake right now, we need a fighter who can keep taking on the biggest fights and winning for all of our communities.
Democrats’ choice of Chicago makes progressive sense.
While the Libertarians have not won statewide elections in Wisconsin, they have elected a number of members to county and municipal posts over the years. And, at several turns, they have influenced the politics of the state.