
Frank Emspak: How the UW nurses can win union recognition
On Feb. 24 nurses and their supporters will gather outside the emergency entrance of the University Hospitals in Madison to ask that management voluntarily recognize their union.
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On Feb. 24 nurses and their supporters will gather outside the emergency entrance of the University Hospitals in Madison to ask that management voluntarily recognize their union.
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Evers used his State of the State Address Tuesday night to call for $150 election-year bribes to help Wisconsinites pay for…the inflation that President Biden and the Democrats caused.
Evers’ shamelessly took credit for a Republican-built budget that delivered the largest tax cuts in state history.
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Four proposed bills buttress civil rights, making it easier for more people to vote.
Johnson’s strategy is likely to cost Republicans votes up and down the ballot for years to come. This is a shame, because Wisconsin has a lot of pent-up demand for a rational conservative vision.
Education Week reported recently that calls to ban books by Black authors are increasing across the country. All this while we observe Black History Month.
Wisconsin public schools are in crisis, and only parental engagement can turn this around.
Enrollment in the Madison school district is on a concerning, downward trend.
Bill to help veterans find jobs is paid for with money that the federal government probably won’t let us use for such a purpose.
Democrats should support bail reform for two reasons: it’s the right thing to do and it’s good politics.
Yes, Milwaukee has huge problem, but it’s part of a worrisome national trend.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to extend a stay on a ridiculous circuit court decision not only on the use of drop boxes through the April 5 elections in Wisconsin, but also on the ability of people to get assistance in the delivery of their absentee ballots for the April elections.
The devaluation of Black people in the criminal justice system.
This record-breaking year presents an incredible opportunity and the momentum needed to strengthen our state as a leader for agricultural exports.
Unless kids are killed or maimed, gun battles at school are just police blotter items.
In the run-up to Tuesday’s primary election, the same people who actively voted to defund the police — or endorsed as much — are trying to convince Milwaukee voters they’re all about public safety.
Healthy workers make better employees.
On Feb. 24 nurses and their supporters will gather outside the emergency entrance of the University Hospitals in Madison to ask that management voluntarily recognize their union.
Yes, improvements are needed, but breaking up the district won’t accomplish this.
Evers used his State of the State Address Tuesday night to call for $150 election-year bribes to help Wisconsinites pay for…the inflation that President Biden and the Democrats caused.
Evers’ shamelessly took credit for a Republican-built budget that delivered the largest tax cuts in state history.
We deserve a senator who is on our side, but Johnson has made it clear that he sides with big corporations, not the middle class.
Four proposed bills buttress civil rights, making it easier for more people to vote.
Johnson’s strategy is likely to cost Republicans votes up and down the ballot for years to come. This is a shame, because Wisconsin has a lot of pent-up demand for a rational conservative vision.
Education Week reported recently that calls to ban books by Black authors are increasing across the country. All this while we observe Black History Month.
Wisconsin public schools are in crisis, and only parental engagement can turn this around.
Enrollment in the Madison school district is on a concerning, downward trend.
Bill to help veterans find jobs is paid for with money that the federal government probably won’t let us use for such a purpose.
Democrats should support bail reform for two reasons: it’s the right thing to do and it’s good politics.
Yes, Milwaukee has huge problem, but it’s part of a worrisome national trend.
The coronavirus pandemic has demanded “shared sacrifice” from nurses, bus drivers, teachers and other frontline workers for the better part of two years. But Pfizer isn’t sacrificing a thing.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to extend a stay on a ridiculous circuit court decision not only on the use of drop boxes through the April 5 elections in Wisconsin, but also on the ability of people to get assistance in the delivery of their absentee ballots for the April elections.
The devaluation of Black people in the criminal justice system.
This record-breaking year presents an incredible opportunity and the momentum needed to strengthen our state as a leader for agricultural exports.
Unless kids are killed or maimed, gun battles at school are just police blotter items.
In the run-up to Tuesday’s primary election, the same people who actively voted to defund the police — or endorsed as much — are trying to convince Milwaukee voters they’re all about public safety.
Healthy workers make better employees.