Below you can hear interviews with each of the 10 Democratic candidates for governor. The Wisconsin primaries are on August 14th, 2018. Name: Tony Evers Age: 66 Current occupation: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Where he lives: Madison January 2018 campaign finance report Campaign website: https://www.tonyevers.com/ “We have to change the dialogue in our state to […]
Community Broadcasting Leader Discusses Potential Funding Cuts
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget includes cutting funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public media outlets like NPR and PBS. It’s not the first time a Republican has proposed cutting funds for the group… Trump included gutting them last year as well, and it’s not a new idea among GOP lawmakers either. […]
Madison Officials Fight for Gun Control
Dozens of Madison public school leaders and students, county officials and state representatives all packed behind a podium today asking for gun control. They want Republicans to crack down on firearms after the deadly Florida school shooting earlier this month. The county has nearly 5,000 signatures on a petition demanding action from Governor Scott Walker […]
Recap of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary
Wisconsinites have voted to move Supreme Court candidates Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock to the general election in April. Rebecca Dallet is a Milwaukee County Judge and Michael Screnock is a Sauk County Judge. Wisconsin GOP and Governor Walker support Michael Screnock. A long list of local judges and elected officials are supporting Rebecca Dallet. […]
State Assembly Passes Bill Giving Free Tuition to Teens in Foster Care...
The state Assembly has passed bills aimed at improving the foster care system. They include a bill that would waive UW tuition for kids formerly in the foster care system. The slate of bills stem from a bipartisan task force that looked into ways to improve the foster care system in Wisconsin. One of those […]
Lawmakers Highlight Minority Issues in First State of Black and Brown ...
Governor Scott Walker touted low unemployment and massive gains in education and the economy over the past year in his state of the state address last month. But today, minority leaders in both the community and the legislature painted a very different story. Leaders at the very first state of Black and Brown Wisconsin today […]
