POLITICS
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Candidates for Wisconsin’s Top Education Job Have Decidedly Different Positions
Voucher schools, resuming in-person instruction among the contrasts in a contentious race.
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Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Puts Money Into the Pockets of Wisconsinites Who Need It
This approach, which includes a “revolutionary” expansion of the child tax credit, is likely to boost the economy more effectively than Trump’s coronavirus response signed one year ago, economists say.
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Filibuster FAQs: What Is This Senate Procedure and Why Does It Matter for You?
While it’s easy to tune out all the political noise, the future of this Senate procedure does directly affect you and your family.
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From LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’ to Protecting Polluters, GOP Uses a Rules Committee to Bypass Lawmaking
COVID aid and renter relief are also among the areas affected by an obscure but powerful legislative panel.
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Learning From Past Mistakes, Dems Taking Nothing for Granted on Support for COVID Relief
With broad support for direct checks, business relief and Medicaid expansion, groups backing the Biden plan slam Republicans who opposed it.
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Green Bay Gets Big Help From the COVID Bill. Their Congressman Says He Hates It.
City of Green Bay is getting $25 million in recession relief, but Gallagher calls a financial boost for essential workers a “bonus for bureaucrats.”
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‘Saying the Racist Part Out Loud’: Mandela Barnes Blasts Ron Johnson on National TV
Lt. Governor adds to a chorus of criticism against the senator. Rep. Grothman slammed for separate comments about Black Lives Matter.
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90% of Wisconsinites Are Likely to Get Direct Aid Through the American Rescue Plan
Legislation signed Thursday includes stimulus checks affecting 5.5 million in the state and a broad range of other types of pandemic relief.
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GOP Elections Hearing Held to Accuse Green Bay of… What Exactly?
Curiously timed to coincide with a conservative group’s ‘investigation’ that feeds a self-fulfilling cycle of accusations but shows no fraud.
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Wisconsin Dems Say GOP Bills to Limit Voting Show Republicans Can’t Win on Issues
Tagged as “the party that’s against voting,” even after controlling election rules for a decade.
