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While the simple fact that no one working 40 hours per week should live in poverty should be reason enough, increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour would benefit everyone in Wisconsin in various ways.
Being in the trenches still counts.
Milwaukee now has an opportunity to rethink the I-94 expansion project, so let’s think big. The Stadium Freeway should be converted to a boulevard.
How the GOP-led state Legislature continues to malign Milwaukee.
The Republican-controlled Legislature, by all accounts, crafted a tight two-year budget with an eye on protection against Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ angry veto pen.
Students of color most likely to get virtual instruction. Racial gap 14th highest in Wisconsin.
Why people of color represent a mirror that white America refuses to look into.
Evers answered every call and did everything he could within his powers to assist Kenosha County in its time of greatest need.
Staff members at Lincoln Hills School for Boys, the state’s troubled juvenile offender prison, are leaving the job at an alarming pace.
GOP controlled Legislature passes state budget riddled with problems.
The personal property tax in many ways is a small business tax.
Misleading ‘Product of the USA’ label is hurting American farmers.
Act 10 sparked a nationwide attack on labor that fueled the rise of right-wing populism and helped elect Donald Trump.
Vote against removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol dishonors Civil War dead.
Johnson is out of step with other GOP senators who want to help problem-solve.
A national poll has shown that a majority — 55% — of Republicans said they support the use of force as a means to stop the decline of “the traditional American way of life.”
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has emerged as one of the leading advocates for cutting the Pentagon budget, and he makes no bones about his determination to spend less on military adventurism and more on domestic renewal.
Evers fails to lead on Lincoln Hills.
For years our state legislative leaders have not only failed to respond, but have refused to even debate the matter.
Many first served as local officials, many ran small businesses, some started as Capitol staffers.
While the simple fact that no one working 40 hours per week should live in poverty should be reason enough, increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour would benefit everyone in Wisconsin in various ways.
Being in the trenches still counts.
Milwaukee now has an opportunity to rethink the I-94 expansion project, so let’s think big. The Stadium Freeway should be converted to a boulevard.
How the GOP-led state Legislature continues to malign Milwaukee.
The Republican-controlled Legislature, by all accounts, crafted a tight two-year budget with an eye on protection against Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ angry veto pen.
Students of color most likely to get virtual instruction. Racial gap 14th highest in Wisconsin.
Why people of color represent a mirror that white America refuses to look into.
Evers answered every call and did everything he could within his powers to assist Kenosha County in its time of greatest need.
Staff members at Lincoln Hills School for Boys, the state’s troubled juvenile offender prison, are leaving the job at an alarming pace.
GOP controlled Legislature passes state budget riddled with problems.
The personal property tax in many ways is a small business tax.
Misleading ‘Product of the USA’ label is hurting American farmers.
Act 10 sparked a nationwide attack on labor that fueled the rise of right-wing populism and helped elect Donald Trump.
Vote against removing Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol dishonors Civil War dead.
Johnson is out of step with other GOP senators who want to help problem-solve.
A national poll has shown that a majority — 55% — of Republicans said they support the use of force as a means to stop the decline of “the traditional American way of life.”
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has emerged as one of the leading advocates for cutting the Pentagon budget, and he makes no bones about his determination to spend less on military adventurism and more on domestic renewal.
Evers fails to lead on Lincoln Hills.
For years our state legislative leaders have not only failed to respond, but have refused to even debate the matter.
Many first served as local officials, many ran small businesses, some started as Capitol staffers.
