Amy Sikma: Why a reluctant conservative is voting Tuesday

Despite my lack of excitement for the election this year, I will be voting with a sense of urgency because experience has taught me that the Wisconsin Democratic Party is as determined to overturn conservative social and individual freedom policies from the past eight years as it is to repeal conservative fiscal policies.

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Jim Maas: 2018 voter misinformation

Want to be an informed voter? Reading newspapers and watching the “news” in Wisconsin won’t make one an informed voter in 2018. Can we have a democracy without accurate information on our political choices?

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‘Rewind’: Your week in review

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the feds’ approval of Medicaid work requirements for Wisconsin and the school voucher program’s cost.

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Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan: Vote Republican, keep America prosperous

If you look at what we’ve accomplished, we have earned your vote. We stopped typical gridlock and have grown our nation’s economy. The military is stronger today. Opportunities are more prevalent. Even with all of those accomplishments, we have more we can do to make things better for millions of Americans, and we’re asking you for that chance on Tuesday.

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Amy Sikma: Why a reluctant conservative is voting Tuesday

Despite my lack of excitement for the election this year, I will be voting with a sense of urgency because experience has taught me that the Wisconsin Democratic Party is as determined to overturn conservative social and individual freedom policies from the past eight years as it is to repeal conservative fiscal policies.

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Jim Maas: 2018 voter misinformation

Want to be an informed voter? Reading newspapers and watching the “news” in Wisconsin won’t make one an informed voter in 2018. Can we have a democracy without accurate information on our political choices?

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Absentee ballots cast already 46 percent higher than 2014

The number of absentee ballots cast is already 46 percent higher than in the last guv election, according to the latest update from the Elections Commission. So far, 547,954 ballots had been cast through Sunday, the last day available for in-person absentee voting, and that number is expected to climb

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VP Pence decries illegal immigration at Hudson rally

Vice President Mike Pence dialed up his immigration rhetoric at a stop in Hudson today, blaming migrant caravans in Mexico in part on Democratic policies as he urged voters to back Wisconsin’s Republican ticket. Pence’s stop comes as Republicans Gov. Scott Walker, U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir and their Democratic

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‘Rewind’: Your week in review

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the feds’ approval of Medicaid work requirements for Wisconsin and the school voucher program’s cost.

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Warren slams GOP policies, praises Baldwin at Madison rally

MADISON — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren slammed Republican-backed policies and touted U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as a fighter who believes “government ought to work for everyone.” Warren, speaking before around 250 at a “Women for Tammy” rally at Madison’s Monona Terrace, also knocked the GOP tax overhaul effort and attempts

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Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan: Vote Republican, keep America prosperous

If you look at what we’ve accomplished, we have earned your vote. We stopped typical gridlock and have grown our nation’s economy. The military is stronger today. Opportunities are more prevalent. Even with all of those accomplishments, we have more we can do to make things better for millions of Americans, and we’re asking you for that chance on Tuesday.

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Walker pledges state will adopt ACA language on pre-existing conditions

Gov. Scott Walker is pledging the state will pass a bill to guarantee pre-existing condition coverage using “the exact same language that’s in the Affordable Care Act.” Walker’s comments Thursday, during a campaign stop in Waukesha, go further than he has before in committing Wisconsin to safeguarding pre-existing conditions. “No

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