Joe Zepecki

The leading contenders for the Republican nomination for Governor in this year’s election faced off in a televised debate for the first time on July 24th. Moderators Charles Benson and Shannon Sims peppered former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, businessman Tim Michels, and State Representative Tim Ramthun with questions on a range of topics over the…

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats, have announced a lawsuit against polluters for PFAS contamination of water and natural resources concentrated in rural communities. The suit, which targets Tyco, Chemguard, 3M, DuPont, and others, was authorized by Evers and introduced by Kaul in Dane County. In the complaint, the state…

Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ Task Force on Broadband Access issued its second annual report this month, highlighting progress made since the task force’s establishment in 2020. Evers created the task force in the summer of 2020 by executive order. Since taking office in January of 2019, the Evers Administration has invested nearly $300 million…

Eighty percent of Wisconsin Republicans representing the state in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against the Respect for Marriage Act this month. Every Wisconsin Democrat supported the measure, which currently awaits action in the U.S. Senate before it can become law. The measure came to the floor just weeks after Supreme Court Justice Clarence…

A July 2022 Marquette Poll found that more than 80% of Wisconsinites support ‘red flag’ laws amid a surge in deadly mass shootings across the nation.

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol has revealed startling new information to the public about former President Trump’s attempt to hold on to power despite losing the 2020 election. Most clearly, perhaps, is the fact that Trump was told repeatedly, time after time, by his own advisors, aides,…

In a recent interview with Brian Kilmeade, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson boasted about his own role in overturning Roe v. Wade. Referencing the recent Dobbs decision that overturned nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent Johnson said, “I’m fully supportive of what the Supreme Court did. I obviously confirmed the justices that handed down that…

On Friday, July 8th the Wisconsin State Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes were illegal. Popularized during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, counties across Wisconsin and the United States utilized secure drop boxes as a means to return absentee ballots throughout the 2020 election cycle without incident. As A Better…

A plan that stabilized and saved the pensions of millions of Americans passed with no support from Wisconsin Republicans.

Based on his tweets, statements, and outreach efforts to the news media in Wisconsin, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson wants the public to believe that he is, very, VERY serious about addressing the national debt. There’s just one problem. By the numbers, he’s done a terrible job at it. In 2011, when Johnson was sworn into…