Electric vehicle market driving clean energy job growth

Wisconsin’s clean transportation sector added nearly 400 new jobs last year, reflecting growth in the electric vehicle market.  That’s according to the 2023 Clean Jobs Midwest report, which shows this sector’s employment grew by nearly 7 percent in 2022, reaching

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NRDC Action Fund: Endorses Baldwin for Senate 

WASHINGTON (September 20, 2023) – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced it has endorsed Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Baldwin is among 51 House and Senate candidates named by the group

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Dan O’Donnell: Justice is the whim of a judge

To great fanfare from local media, Planned Parenthood resumed performing abortions in Milwaukee and Madison this week in direct violation of Wisconsin’s law forbidding the practice. Only Wisconsin’s law never actually forbade abortions at all; at least not according to Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper, who ruled in July that the Wisconsin statute titled “Abortion” doesn’t cover abortion.

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Electric vehicle market driving clean energy job growth

Wisconsin’s clean transportation sector added nearly 400 new jobs last year, reflecting growth in the electric vehicle market.  That’s according to the 2023 Clean Jobs Midwest report, which shows this sector’s employment grew by nearly 7 percent in 2022, reaching 6,158 workers. Report authors noted EV-related jobs accounted for most

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NRDC Action Fund: Endorses Baldwin for Senate 

WASHINGTON (September 20, 2023) – The NRDC Action Fund, a national environmental organization, today announced it has endorsed Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Baldwin is among 51 House and Senate candidates named by the group in its first endorsement slate of the 2024 election cycle. 

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Baldwin joins amicus brief against big pharma, in support of medicare negotiating lower prescription drug costs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined thirteen of her colleagues in filing an amicus brief in Merck & Co. v. Becerra in the District Court for the District of Columbia urging the federal court to uphold the constitutionality of Congress allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for consumers.

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Dept. of Natural Resources: Waterfowl hunters: Wear your life jackets

MADISON, Wis. – With more than 74,000 waterfowl hunters expected on waterways this year, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding waterfowl hunters to follow best safety practices as they hit the water this season. Wisconsin has had 18 boating accident deaths so far this year, according to DNR

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Cap Times: Bernie Sanders, Judy Woodruff, Keith Ellison, Adam Kinzinger among featured speakers at Cap Times Idea Fest

MADISON, Wisconsin –– The seventh annual Cap Times Idea Fest is now underway, featuring outstanding discussions on a wide range of topics from politics to artificial intelligence, climate change and health care worker burnout. Well-known guests include U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders — the iconic progressive leader who has been a contender for

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UW-Health: transplant patient marks 35th anniversary of new life

MADISON, Wis. – Richard Matecki says he has lived two lives, one life before his simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant and one life afterward.             Matecki celebrated the 35th anniversary of his simultaneous pancreas-kidney in July; he is one of the longest-living recipients of this type of transplant

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Opportunity Wisconsin: House GOP funding bills would hurt hard-working Wisconsinites

MADISON, Wis. – In case you missed it, a new Wisconsin-specific White House fact sheetoutlines the devastating consequences of government funding proposals introduced by House Republicans. Wisconsin’s congressional delegation, including Congressmen Bryan Steil, Derrick Van Orden, and Tom Tiffany, have refused to speak out against these proposals, even though they would harm

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Dan O’Donnell: Justice is the whim of a judge

To great fanfare from local media, Planned Parenthood resumed performing abortions in Milwaukee and Madison this week in direct violation of Wisconsin’s law forbidding the practice. Only Wisconsin’s law never actually forbade abortions at all; at least not according to Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper, who ruled in July that the Wisconsin statute titled “Abortion” doesn’t cover abortion.

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