What Can Lurk in a Budget
Julaine Appling2023 | Week of May 29 | Radio Transcript #1518Itโs amazing what can lurk in a bill thatโs over eighteen hundred pages long. ย In February, Governor Tony Evers released his…
A Memorial Day message
David Blaskafrom State Sen. Melissa Agard, D-Madison WI ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด, ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ โ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ…
Wisconsin Congressman Glenn Grothman Leading Investigation Into Biden Administration Decision to Cease DNA Testing At Southern Border
M.D. KittleU.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) and his subcommittee have opened an investigation into the Biden administrationโs decision to end familial DNA testing at the U.S. Mexico border. DNA testing is…
A bad bill gets worse
OwenHere is my full column that ran earlier in the week in the Washington County Daily News. A couple of weeks ago this column criticized the Shared Revenue bill advancing…
Senator Tammy Baldwin is Vulnerable if She Actually Runs in 2024
Paris ProcopisRecently, I wrote about Sarah Godlewski being much more visible since Governor Tony Evers appointed her to assume the Wisconsin Secretary of State role after Doug LaFollette โsuddenlyโ resigned. I…
The Political Intolerance of the Religious Zealot
Alexandra SchweitzerWe have just come out of one of the hardest-fought election battles ever to take place here in Wisconsin. It was undoubtedly the election with the most eyes on it…
Was it the eye patch?
Aaarggh! A tale of two cities! Election Deniers have their Nelson Mandela, now that the founder of the Oath Keepers is sentenced to 18 years in the Big House for…
Three Questions with: Joy Goeben, Wisconsin State Representative, District 5
Evan Hafenbreadl1. What is the biggest issue youโre hearing from your constituents? Lack of childcare which is amplifying workforce issues. Childcare centers have wait lists, so parents are not able to…
Education Watch โ College Enrollment Down, Even After The Pandemic
From IRG, since no one has reported it:ย High school graduates immediately enrolling in college dropped from 59.2% in 2019 to 54.3% in 2020 to 53.2% in 2021, understandably driven by…
Oversight Watch: Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau finds holes in DHSโ administration of pandemic funding and supplies
A note from IRG CIO Director Anthony LoCoco:ย โThe Department of Health Services (DHS) received $202.5M during the pandemic to support grants to long term health care facilities and emergency…