Johnson, Barnes exchange personal barbs in final debate

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Dem challenger Mandela Barnes exchanged a series of personal barbs on Thursday as the GOP incumbent referred to the lieutenant governor as a performer.

Barnes fired back that Johnson’s biggest achievement in business was “saying I do,” suggesting the senator’s in-laws set the stage for the business he once owned.

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DNR: Wisconsin NRB meeting Oct. 25-26

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will meet in-person for the October board meeting to consider several proposed rulemaking documents, hearings and donations. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, originating from Menominee Casino Resort

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NRSC: Barnes brigade bailout

Washington, D.C. – Mandela Barnes is getting desperate… so he’s turning to D.C. politicians for help..?! He is reaching out to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders to join him on the campaign trail. Yikes. Three people who are unpopular

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WisDems: Tim Michels is radical and wrong on education

MADISON, Wis. — Tim Michels’ radical education agenda will decimate Wisconsin’s public schools by slashing funding for education, raising Wisconsin property taxes, and using students and teachers as political pawns while stoking division in the classroom. Despite not having attended a school board

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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin : Overtly anti-abortion Republican candidate Ron Johnson to debate pro-choice champion Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes in second Wisconsin Senate debate TONIGHT

WISCONSIN –  Tonight, at 6PM Republican candidate Ron Johnson will debate reproductive health champion Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes in the second U.S. Senate debate. The overturning of Roe v. Wade stripped away the Federal Constitutional Right to choose an abortion,

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Johnson, Barnes exchange personal barbs in final debate

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Dem challenger Mandela Barnes exchanged a series of personal barbs on Thursday as the GOP incumbent referred to the lieutenant governor as a performer.

Barnes fired back that Johnson’s biggest achievement in business was “saying I do,” suggesting the senator’s in-laws set the stage for the business he once owned.

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Dept. of Health Services: Program of assertive community treatment marks 50 years of helping people with mental health challenges

Fifty years have passed since a team of clinicians at today’s Mendota Mental Health Institute on Madison’s north side opened the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) in a house in downtown Madison, marking the beginning of the world’s first community-based mental health treatment service. This work revolutionized approaches to care and

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DOA: Visit highlights over $5 million state investment for Wauwatosa businesses

Wauwatosa, Wis. – Today, Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld toured Main Street businesses with Mayor Dennis McBride as part of a visit to highlight state investments. Governor Tony Evers made a $5 million investment in Wauwatosa small businesses as part of pandemic relief efforts, with Milwaukee County receiving more

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DNR: Wisconsin NRB meeting Oct. 25-26

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will meet in-person for the October board meeting to consider several proposed rulemaking documents, hearings and donations. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, originating from Menominee Casino Resort in the Five Clans Ballroom 1 & 2, N277 State

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NRSC: Barnes brigade bailout

Washington, D.C. – Mandela Barnes is getting desperate… so he’s turning to D.C. politicians for help..?! He is reaching out to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders to join him on the campaign trail. Yikes. Three people who are unpopular in the Badger State and three people who the Barnes

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WisDems: Tim Michels is radical and wrong on education

MADISON, Wis. — Tim Michels’ radical education agenda will decimate Wisconsin’s public schools by slashing funding for education, raising Wisconsin property taxes, and using students and teachers as political pawns while stoking division in the classroom. Despite not having attended a school board meeting in Wisconsin in the past year and admitting that he’s

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Democratic Governors Association: In new audio, Tim Michels calls 12-year-old rape victim’s pregnancy “created by God”

While Tim Michels has desperately scrambled to hide his extreme stances on abortion, Michels has long opposed abortion access, including in cases of rape or incest. In a recently rediscovered 2004 interview, Michels said he would tell a 12-year-old rape victim that her pregnancy was “created by God.” During his gubernatorial campaign, Michels has

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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin : Overtly anti-abortion Republican candidate Ron Johnson to debate pro-choice champion Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes in second Wisconsin Senate debate TONIGHT

WISCONSIN –  Tonight, at 6PM Republican candidate Ron Johnson will debate reproductive health champion Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes in the second U.S. Senate debate. The overturning of Roe v. Wade stripped away the Federal Constitutional Right to choose an abortion, which means that the people elected to state and federal

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Committee to Protect Health Care: Doctors call on Sen. Ron Johnson to explain in tonight’s debate his opposition to Inflation Reduction Act, reducing prescription drug prices

MADISON – As the first health care provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are being implemented this month, Wisconsin physicians are calling on Senator Ron Johnson to explain to voters during tonight’s debate why he opposed the legislation to help lower prescription drug costs. They also urged him to

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