COWS report calls for higher state minimum wage

A UW-Madison think tank is urging policymakers to raise the state’s minimum hourly wage, arguing low-income workers in Wisconsin are “falling behind.”  The progressive COWS High Road Strategy Center yesterday released a new report on how the state would be

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Dan O’Donnell: The ugly face of the radicalized left

Easily the most disheartening aftereffect of Hamas’ systematic slaughter of more than 1,300 innocent Israelis is that it has been met with outright jubilation in what were once the most radical corners of American liberalism but increasingly feel like its mainstream.

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Mike McCabe: A GenZified America

Once Gen Z matures to full force, its influence will be as transformative as the Greatest Generation that lived through the Great Depression, went off to fight World War II and returned to fuel prolonged prosperity.

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DC Wrap: Republicans stalled on speaker vote with all Wisconsin GOP members supporting Jordan

Republicans are stalled on electing a new speaker to replace U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy after far-right Republicans ousted him for cutting a deal with Dems to avert a government shutdown. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in two House votes failed to gain enough support to become speaker. Minority Dems have all voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., in both speaker votes. 

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MEUW: More than 80 utility trucks circled Capitol in Madison

SUN PRAIRIE, Wisconsin – On Wednesday, Oct. 18, representatives from the Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW) met at the State Capitol with 108 legislators to talk about issues important to more than 80 communities in Wisconsin that count on their community-owned utilities to keep the power on. The meetings

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Fair Maps Coalition: Advocates oppose redistricting bill (SB 488 and AB 415) at public hearing on Thursday, October 19

MADISON WI – Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition members will travel from across the state to give testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 488 and Assembly Bill 415, the fast-tracked legislative redistricting proposal finally receiving a public hearing before the State Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection. When: Thursday, October 19

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COWS report calls for higher state minimum wage

A UW-Madison think tank is urging policymakers to raise the state’s minimum hourly wage, arguing low-income workers in Wisconsin are “falling behind.”  The progressive COWS High Road Strategy Center yesterday released a new report on how the state would be impacted by upping the minimum wage from its current level

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Dan O’Donnell: The ugly face of the radicalized left

Easily the most disheartening aftereffect of Hamas’ systematic slaughter of more than 1,300 innocent Israelis is that it has been met with outright jubilation in what were once the most radical corners of American liberalism but increasingly feel like its mainstream.

Read More »

Mike McCabe: A GenZified America

Once Gen Z matures to full force, its influence will be as transformative as the Greatest Generation that lived through the Great Depression, went off to fight World War II and returned to fuel prolonged prosperity.

Read More »

DC Wrap: Republicans stalled on speaker vote with all Wisconsin GOP members supporting Jordan

Republicans are stalled on electing a new speaker to replace U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy after far-right Republicans ousted him for cutting a deal with Dems to avert a government shutdown. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in two House votes failed to gain enough support to become speaker. Minority Dems have all voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, of N.Y., in both speaker votes. 

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