Northeastern Wisconsin’s surge in diversity forged by opportunity, grit and inclusion
Feb. 2, 2022
The region’s Hispanic, Black, Asian and Indigenous communities boomed over the past decade.
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The region’s Hispanic, Black, Asian and Indigenous communities boomed over the past decade.
In the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council's latest "Your Right to Know" column, Wisconsin Watch managing editor Dee J. Hall writes about the Wisconsin Local Media Advertising Tax Credit, which she says deserves to pass, because preserving the public’s right to know hinges on keeping local news outlets — and the local businesses that advertise with them — alive and well. The column is available for republication and can be downloaded here.
The U.S. remains an outlier in failing to guarantee paid family leave. Efforts in Congress and the Wisconsin Legislature have stalled.
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Jan. 19 to 31 were asked what issues they believed should be the top government and election priority in 2022.
Out of 526 respondents, 44% said voting and/or election laws should be the top priority, while 26% said inflation and the economy were most important. Fourteen percent of respondents chose COVID-19 and health care as their top priority, while another 16% were split.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kevin Nicholson told WisPolitics.com he is running against a GOP “machine” that failed to do more on school choice, election security and critical race theory when it had a chance. He lumped rival Rebecca Kleefisch in with a “decaying” party establishment.
If below-zero temperatures had a sound, it would be this: the clang of an iron maul striking the frozen apron of a manure spreader.
Alcohol-induced deaths rose nearly 25% in Wisconsin in 2020, the biggest one-year increase in at least two decades.
It’s always this time of winter with the cold and snow that the prospect of hibernation seems pretty darned attractive.
Republican legislative campaign committees significantly outraised their Democratic counterparts over the last half of 2021 and begin the election year with a big cash advantage, according to Wisconsin fundraising reports reviewed by WisPolitics.com.
Speaker Robin Vos has brought in the National Conference of State Legislatures to survey Wisconsin State Assembly staffers about their job duties and pay amid bipartisan concerns over recruiting and retaining aides to state representatives.
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