“These bills should be thrown out and not even given the dignity of a response.”
Category: Wisconsin
Republicans’ budget means the continuation of Wisconsin’s mental health crisis
Evers has announced he will sign a budget that contains few if any of the mental health measures he once described as urgently needed.
Milwaukee News Roundup for June 30, 2023
Where there’s smoke…
Wisconsin Republicans’ budget is class warfare. Will Evers fight back?
Wisconsin Republicans’ budget would give hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to the state’s wealthiest families while refusing to fund programs aimed at supporting the state’s working class.
Advocates to rally again for child care support as Legislature sets votes on budget
Child care advocates and providers plan rallies around Wisconsin Tuesday to reiterate their call for more child care support in the state budget before it goes to the floor of the Legislature.
Why are Wisconsin Republicans pretending to support progressive housing policies?
Should we believe that we can solve our housing crisis by tweaking the market, or are liberals being taken for a ride?
Milwaukee News Roundup: June 23, 2023
Like the familiar smell of Milorganite wafting from Jones Island, Milwaukee’s media cycle kind of stinks. That’s why we bring you the week’s unduly overlooked
Tony Evers Just Signed Off on the Largest Voucher School Expansion in 30 Years
Public school advocates say they feel betrayed by Wisconsin’s “Education Governor” and that the budget package that was on his desk is “a bad deal” that includes “a pittance to public schools.”
Milwaukee News Roundup: June 16, 2023
A prix fixe menu of suffering for Milwaukee workers
Will the ‘education governor’ go along with GOP funds transfer from public to private schools?
Who would have thought the biggest transfer of money into private schools in state history would happen under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, the former state schools superintendent and a champion of public education?