POLITICS
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‘Mean Girls’ Moment for GOP Staffer and Lobbyist Mocking Two Democratic Women on Live Video Feed
Whispers and chuckles while calling a legislator “ding-dong” and implying her staffer lacks “emotional capacity.”
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Proposed GOP Maps Would End Evers’ Ability to Veto Any of Their Bills
Gov. Evers: “Republicans will have to do better than this if they expect me to sign either of these bills—they need to go back to the drawing board.”
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Hostile Workplaces, Closed Minds, Hurtful Rhetoric—Welcome to the Wisconsin State Capitol
Numbers are shrinking for people of color staffing the Legislature, even as its GOP leadership tries to ban efforts to fight injustice and teach a more complete view of racial history.
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Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Gina Kildahl sued Fall Creek School District for not protecting her 7-year-old son and other students from COVID-19.
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Gableman’s Election Probe Started Out Badly. It’s Gotten Even Worse.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice’s fumbled investigation has even come under attack from GOP Elections Conspiracist.
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Kleefisch Tested Positive for COVID One Day After Speaking at Anti-Vax Group’s Event, Campaign Staff Confirms
GOP gubernatorial hopeful spoke at a Wisconsinites United For Freedom (WUFF) event on Sept 15. She tested positive for the virus on Sept. 16.
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Op-Ed: Passing ‘Build Back Better’ Is a Test of Democracy Itself
The most sweeping reforms in 50 years are being debated in Congress, and it’s up to us to push it over the finish line, writes Robert Kraig of Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
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Latino Workers’ Group Plans Strike to Pressure Democrats to Pass Immigration Reform
President Joe Biden and Fellow Democrats Campaigned in 2020 in Part on the Promise to Deliver a Path to Citizenship for Millions of Undocumented Essential Workers.
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Evers’ Commission Proposed New Electoral Maps. Here’s What That Means.
Redistricting expert calls the proposed maps a “good-faith effort,” though they need some work to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
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‘Critical Race Theory’ Bills Draw Comparison to Strategy Used to Get Southern Racists to Vote GOP
Authors of legislation say they want to ban ‘CRT’ in public schools, but the measure instead prohibits a wide range of topics such as white supremacy, equity, and racial justice.
