This afternoon, as traffic blew by on North Pinckney Street, a group of about a dozen folks were constructing an altar outside the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s offices. On the altar, also known as an ofrenda, demonstrators laid food, candles, incense and the photos of those who have lost their lives during interactions with the U.S. […]
Senate Republicans to launch new investigation into November election
Earlier today, Republicans in the state Senate announced they’d be launching an investigation into the November 2020 presidential election. The state Assembly has spent the past few months conducting its own investigation, led by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. For more on what Senate Republicans are planning next, our Producer Jonah Chester spoke […]
Unpacking President Biden’s American Families Plan
Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled a $1.8-trillion dollar plan to invest in child care and education. The American Families Plan comes hot on the heels of last month’s American Rescue Plan and while Congress is still mulling Biden’s American Jobs Plan. To unpack yesterday’s announcement, our Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Timothy Smeeding, a Professor […]
In federal PRO Act, labor activists see path to ending some Walker-era...
In 2015, then-Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a so-called “Right-to-Work” bill. The legislation, which undercut private sector unions, came four years after the Walker administration launched an opening salvo with Act Ten — which hamstrung Wisconsin’s public sector unions. Now, Wisconsin’s labor activists have a path to repealing some Walker-era labor […]
Wisconsin to extend vaccine eligibility to all adults starting Monday
Beginning next Monday, Wisconsinites sixteen and older can register to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “It won’t happen all at once, but I know I’m not alone in feeling the hope, excitement and relief that we all have anxiously awaited for this year,” Governor Tony Evers told reporters earlier today. The announcement speeds up the deadline […]
Outside Biden’s Milwaukee Town Hall
WORT 89.9FM Madison · As Biden addressed nation, protesters gathered in Milwaukee (MILWAUKEE) — On Tuesday night, President Biden delivered a town hall from Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre. There, he took questions on pressing issues facing the nation, making the case for a nearly two trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package and promising to make COVID-19 […]
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