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While the federal Centers for Disease Control have issued guidelines for the safe reopening of schools, the responsibility for doing so will fall to states and communities, where the details of doing so may vary widely. What should be beyond argument is that reopening schools and colleges safely is essential to the U.S. economy as well as students.
Plus, Milwaukee’s mask mandate, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 outbreak, landlords in the Legislature.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the effect of COVID-19 on state political conventions and the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.
The crux of the latest controversy is whether media organizations — still mostly run by white executives and dominated by white journalists — are capable of effectively covering matters of race in 2020.
The former four-term governor and federal health secretary — a man built for the arena — was announced to bipartisan acclaim as interim president of the University of Wisconsin System, riding in to rescue an organization reeling from COVID-19, fiscal calamity and a leadership crisis following its failed search for a permanent president. But it’s far more than that.
Gyms can offer a sense of community for people during hard and confusing times like these.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld laws to check the executive branch passed by the Republican Legislature in the extraordinary session of late 2018.
O’Donnell investigates the case of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission Chairman Steven DeVougas and how it pertains to calls for police reform across the country.
And FPC Chair DeVougas looks even worse. 12 takeaways on what report did and didn’t find.
It’s the most cost effective way to slow the pandemic. So why such opposition?
My advice to the peaceful protesters: Please be very strategic in your approach.
The following is an excerpt from “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy” by Larry Tye. For more information and to purchase, visit https://larrytye.com/books/ Also, see a WisPolitics.com interview with Tye below. … Senator Joe McCarthy’s college career
Wisconsin needs criminal justice data collection and reporting legislation.
Instead of doing what we can to create a more equitable society, clueless politicians do all they can to make sure the less unfortunate among us stay that way.
The April 7 election is a constant reminder of what happens when the system breaks down or fails. We should never let that happen again.
The Evers administration has — for now — dropped its plan to publicly list the names of Wisconsin businesses with reported COVID-19 cases.
White people who are afraid of the truths exposed about racism in recent weeks and months as a result of the resurgence of expressions of Black Lives Matter have cleverly hidden from the conversations by claiming they are too “political.”
The Commissioner of Health talks about managing the city’s response to the pandemic, treating racism like the crisis it is, and about her full circle journey back to the Milwaukee Health Department.
The 40-year-old activist is one of seven people running for the district that includes almost all of Madison’s isthmus.
We’re all in this pandemic together. Please do your part.
While the federal Centers for Disease Control have issued guidelines for the safe reopening of schools, the responsibility for doing so will fall to states and communities, where the details of doing so may vary widely. What should be beyond argument is that reopening schools and colleges safely is essential to the U.S. economy as well as students.
Plus, Milwaukee’s mask mandate, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 outbreak, landlords in the Legislature.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the effect of COVID-19 on state political conventions and the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.
The crux of the latest controversy is whether media organizations — still mostly run by white executives and dominated by white journalists — are capable of effectively covering matters of race in 2020.
The former four-term governor and federal health secretary — a man built for the arena — was announced to bipartisan acclaim as interim president of the University of Wisconsin System, riding in to rescue an organization reeling from COVID-19, fiscal calamity and a leadership crisis following its failed search for a permanent president. But it’s far more than that.
Gyms can offer a sense of community for people during hard and confusing times like these.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld laws to check the executive branch passed by the Republican Legislature in the extraordinary session of late 2018.
O’Donnell investigates the case of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission Chairman Steven DeVougas and how it pertains to calls for police reform across the country.
And FPC Chair DeVougas looks even worse. 12 takeaways on what report did and didn’t find.
It’s the most cost effective way to slow the pandemic. So why such opposition?
My advice to the peaceful protesters: Please be very strategic in your approach.
The following is an excerpt from “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy” by Larry Tye. For more information and to purchase, visit https://larrytye.com/books/ Also, see a WisPolitics.com interview with Tye below. … Senator Joe McCarthy’s college career
Wisconsin needs criminal justice data collection and reporting legislation.
Instead of doing what we can to create a more equitable society, clueless politicians do all they can to make sure the less unfortunate among us stay that way.
The April 7 election is a constant reminder of what happens when the system breaks down or fails. We should never let that happen again.
The Evers administration has — for now — dropped its plan to publicly list the names of Wisconsin businesses with reported COVID-19 cases.
White people who are afraid of the truths exposed about racism in recent weeks and months as a result of the resurgence of expressions of Black Lives Matter have cleverly hidden from the conversations by claiming they are too “political.”
The Commissioner of Health talks about managing the city’s response to the pandemic, treating racism like the crisis it is, and about her full circle journey back to the Milwaukee Health Department.
The 40-year-old activist is one of seven people running for the district that includes almost all of Madison’s isthmus.
We’re all in this pandemic together. Please do your part.
