The state’s Assembly Committee on Education held an executive meeting today to discuss two new bills that, if passed, would require schools that make frequent calls to police to hire […]
Disabilities Committee Looks for Solutions to Caregiver Crisis
“It’s not a shortage, it’s a crisis.” That’s District 12 Alder Barbara Vedder, who is sounding the alarm on the lack of home caregivers for disabled and older adults. According […]
2022 CSW Change-Maker Award recipients
An hour-long interview with the recipients of the 2022 Change-Maker Awards from Community Shares of Wisconsin. The recipients include Dana Pellebon from the LGBTQ+ Community Center, Phyllis Greenberger, Lead Advocacy […]
State Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal.
On Friday, the state Supreme Court ruled that drop boxes for absentee ballots are illegal. The boxes were used prominently during the 2020 presidential election, particularly here in Madison, which […]
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Allows Absentee Ballot Boxes to be Used in ...
Earlier today, to let absentee ballot dropboxes be used for the upcoming primary election. But the decision is not permanent – it’s a temporary allowance made by the courts to […]
Representative Jimmy Anderson on disability and voting rights.
A recent article in Wisconsin Watch— “We’re not going to be quiet; disability community in Wisconsin demands better access to voting” by Nora Eckert, published earlier this week, shows just […]
