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We urge policy makers to listen to doctors’ concerns about the risks of losing legal abortion access in Wisconsin and nationwide. The risks are too high for physicians, patients, and the people of Wisconsin.
There is no right to abortion in the Constitution.
It’s long past time we followed the science.
Evers is maintaining a 49% favorable rating. That’s not great, but it’s dramatically better than other prominent Democrats and Republicans.
A lot of governors running for re-election this year are pretty popular. Tony Evers isn’t one of them.
A previous wealthy governor did this, to eliminate a conflict of interest. It did not go well.
There are five broad issue areas that my Democratic colleagues and I are cultivating for our shared values: education, environment, health care, cannabis and labor.
Wisconsin should require routine mental health screenings for gun ownership to prevent suicide.
Several towns in northwestern Wisconsin have the powerful Wisconsin Dairy Business Association up in arms over local efforts to regulate the operation of confined animal feeding operations.
The four Republican candidates for Secretary of State want to give control of Wisconsin’s elections to a political party rather than the people.
Wisconsin law only allows for a measly amount of up to $5,000 per year in state compensation for each year of imprisonment in a wrongfully convicted person’s life, capped at $25,000 in total for all years wrongfully imprisoned.
Lawmakers’ exemption from the retention rules in place for everyone else should be eliminated.
The Russians have invaded Ukraine; Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas had imposed an increased inspection processes at the border with Mexico, halting truck traffic; and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared war on Walt Disney World.
Wisconsin congressional Republicans continue blasting negative partisan press releases accusing Biden of being “weak”, not doing more and attacking him with an unrelated laundry list of complaints.
The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.
I was the Walker-appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. I was the one who flagged this urgent problem just three weeks into the administration, only to be rejected.
Pipelines are easily the safest and most environmentally friendly methods to transport oil across land.
I’d counsel against the punditry that suggests this is becoming a Barnes-Lasry race that pits two Milwaukeeans against one another.
After spending $4.4 million of his personal wealth on media ads, Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has moved up in the Marquette University Law School poll.
We urge policy makers to listen to doctors’ concerns about the risks of losing legal abortion access in Wisconsin and nationwide. The risks are too high for physicians, patients, and the people of Wisconsin.
There is no right to abortion in the Constitution.
It’s long past time we followed the science.
Evers is maintaining a 49% favorable rating. That’s not great, but it’s dramatically better than other prominent Democrats and Republicans.
A lot of governors running for re-election this year are pretty popular. Tony Evers isn’t one of them.
A previous wealthy governor did this, to eliminate a conflict of interest. It did not go well.
There are five broad issue areas that my Democratic colleagues and I are cultivating for our shared values: education, environment, health care, cannabis and labor.
Wisconsin should require routine mental health screenings for gun ownership to prevent suicide.
Several towns in northwestern Wisconsin have the powerful Wisconsin Dairy Business Association up in arms over local efforts to regulate the operation of confined animal feeding operations.
The four Republican candidates for Secretary of State want to give control of Wisconsin’s elections to a political party rather than the people.
Wisconsin law only allows for a measly amount of up to $5,000 per year in state compensation for each year of imprisonment in a wrongfully convicted person’s life, capped at $25,000 in total for all years wrongfully imprisoned.
Lawmakers’ exemption from the retention rules in place for everyone else should be eliminated.
The Russians have invaded Ukraine; Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas had imposed an increased inspection processes at the border with Mexico, halting truck traffic; and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared war on Walt Disney World.
Wisconsin congressional Republicans continue blasting negative partisan press releases accusing Biden of being “weak”, not doing more and attacking him with an unrelated laundry list of complaints.
The Federal Reserve is trapped; if it keeps interest rates steady, inflation will never abate. If it raises them even slightly higher, a recession is almost inevitable.
I was the Walker-appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. I was the one who flagged this urgent problem just three weeks into the administration, only to be rejected.
Pipelines are easily the safest and most environmentally friendly methods to transport oil across land.
I’d counsel against the punditry that suggests this is becoming a Barnes-Lasry race that pits two Milwaukeeans against one another.
After spending $4.4 million of his personal wealth on media ads, Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has moved up in the Marquette University Law School poll.
