A new initiative launched by Black Lives Matter activists seeks to re-focus the movement’s efforts on state capitols, building on momentum at the national level to push back against Donald Trump’s political agenda on issues such as policing and immigration.The online platform OurStates.org is the latest indication that Democrats and left-leaning groups are turning their attention to stateh.... Read More
A grassroots shareholder group has filed a resolution that calls for Madison Gas & Electric to lead in the transition to electrified transportation.The resolution offered by MGE Shareholders for Clean Energy is included in MGE’s 2017 Proxy Statement and votes will be tallied on May 16 at MGE’s annual shareholder meeting in Middleton.The shareholders, in a statement, said they b.... Read More
Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Jiménez and her husband, Manuel, 36, used to do the grocery shopping together. They would take the kids and make a day of it. But, lately, Manuel goes alone.“Imagine if they (immigration authorities) picked us up there. I won’t take the risk of them taking my children,” Jiménez says, bursting into tears as she sits in her kitchen on a recent afternoon.The c.... Read More
A Republican mega-donor has contributed $2 million to a super PAC to support a widely expected run for the U.S. Senate against Tammy Baldwin.The Solutions for Wisconsin PAC announced this week that Richard Uihlein, who founded Uline Corp. in Pleasant Prairie in 1980, made the donation to help persuade former Marine and political newcomer Kevin Nicholson to challenge Baldwin.Nicholson, of D.... Read More
In the behind-the-scenes drama of who’s up and who’s down in Donald Trump’s White House, chief of staff Reince Priebus is playing a starring role.Priebus, a Midwesterner with deep ties to the Republican establishment that Trump toppled, has faced questions about his future since the day he set foot in the West Wing.And the focus on him is intensifying following Trump’s failure to g.... Read More
Leaders in the movement for immigrant and worker rights will join constituents of House Speaker Paul Ryan on April 1 to hold a town hall-style forum.Ryan rejected invitations to attend the forum, according to a news release from Voces de la Frontera, a leading immigrant rights group in Wisconsin.The town hall event comes as leaders from more than a dozen immigrant and civil rights organiz.... Read More
The National Rifle Association fired praise. Democratic lawmakers denounced the Republican-authored “Right to Carry” gun legislation announced March 28 in Madison.Republican lawmakers said the “Right to Carry” measure would simplify state law and fortify the Second Amendment rights of Wisconsinites. Backers said the bill would eliminate the concealed carry licensure requirement, alig.... Read More
Wisconsin’s spring ballots contain 65 school referendums.That comes after 122 were approved in 2016, the continuation of a trend that began three or four years ago as schools struggled to make ends meet under state-imposed spending limits, budget tightening and changing student populations with a growing range of needs.Around 80 percent of school referendums passed last year and voters a.... Read More
A federal judged this week ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review health standards for hazardous air pollutants from 13 types of industrial sources, including tire, plywood, fiberglass, and other facilities.Clean Wisconsin and three other environmental groups sued the EPA in 2016 for missing legally required deadlines to protect public health from toxic air pollution.T.... Read More
One Wisconsin Now this week rolled out an online calendar for activists to post events and to find out what’s happening all across the state.“There’s incredible energy and determination by the hardworking people of Wisconsin to fight back and to have their voices heard,” One Wisconsin Now program director Analiese Eicher said in a news release. “What we’ve put together is a great t.... Read More
