Politics
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Opinion: It’s open enrollment time for Medicare, and it’s better than ever thanks to changes by Biden and Baldwin
The Inflation Reduction Act ended 30 years of taxpayers not being able to use their buying power to get lower prices from big drug companies.
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Report cards for schools and school district achievement show continued recovery from the pandemic
Public school advocates say more schools would get an A if the Legislature weren’t getting an F for failure to fully support education.
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Two years in, here’s what Biden’s infrastructure law has done for Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, $5.6 billion in funding has been announced, with over 300 specific infrastructure projects identified for funding. Nearly $4 billion will go to transit upgrades, and over $350 million for clean water and water infrastructure.
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Opinion: For-profit healthcare is killing us. It’s past time for a BadgerCare expansion and a public option.
Wisconsin is one of only 10 states yet to accept federal funds to provide more families with consistent, affordable healthcare coverage. When I first started working as a rural public health nurse, 40 years ago, I’d get calls from folks saying things like: “Could you check on my neighbor, Margaret? She’s elderly and I haven’t…
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Ohio conservatives join Wisconsin and Michigan in seeking ways to overturn what voters said about abortion rights
Despite overwhelming public support to protect women’s healthcare rights, extremists in three states are seeking ways to undermine democracy.
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Biden supporters take a victory lap in Milwaukee on 2nd anniversary of a landmark infrastructure bill
DNC billboard mocks Donald Trump for turning “Infrastructure Week” into a running joke while Biden cemented billions in Wisconsin investments.
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Trump wants to use internment camps and calls opponents ‘vermin,’ evoking Hitler and Mussolini
Trump’s plans and rhetoric suggest a second term would represent one of the darkest chapters of American life—one that looks increasingly likely as polls show Trump in a toss-up race with President Joe Biden.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs fast-tracking a lawsuit to end private school vouchers
Education advocates say the voucher programs have become a massive drain on public schools and want the state’s highest court to take up the case immediately. As the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers a request to immediately take up a lawsuit that would eliminate the state’s taxpayer-funded voucher schools program, voucher supporters filed briefs Tuesday making…
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State Senate approves a modified Milwaukee Brewers stadium repair plan
The Senate decreased the state contribution, increased the Brewers’ share, and added ticket surcharges—which the Assembly must agree to before sending to Gov. Evers The Wisconsin state Senate narrowly approved a plan Tuesday to spend more than half a billion dollars to help the Milwaukee Brewers repair their stadium over the next three decades, brushing aside arguments…
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How a Republican-led government shutdown would affect you
If a shutdown occurs, travelers could face delays at airports, millions of workers would go without paychecks, and public safety, disaster preparedness and response, and food and safety inspections could also be affected.
