by Cherita Booker | May 16, 2024 | LOCAL VIDEO
WATCH: GOP senators were in Madison, not to release funds for PFAS cleanup, but to hold a likely-to-fail veto override session. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted to override nine vetoes by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including $125 million in grants for...
by Cherita Booker | May 15, 2024 | LOCAL VIDEO
Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Milwaukee on Thursday as part of her nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour, while aiming to connect with Black voters in this key battleground state. It will be her fourth trip to Wisconsin this year. Mayor Cavalier Johnson and...
by Pat Kreitlow | May 15, 2024 | HEALTHCARE
What’s supposed to be simple health insurance coverage for America’s retirees has ballooned into a complex, debt-inducing array of private “Advantage” plans. For the uninitiated, it sounds nonsensical: outlandish levels of medical debt for America’s elderly, despite a...
by Bonnie Fuller | May 15, 2024 | Election 2024
“Why would anyone want a senator that hates old people?” asks Rep. Francesca Hong about the US Senate candidate. Rep. Francesca Hong (D-Madison) may be one of the younger members of the Wisconsin State Assembly, but she couldn’t be more emphatic about defending...
by Pat Kreitlow | May 15, 2024 | MONEY AND JOBS
“I’m bad because I’m the One Percent?” On July 24, 2009, movie theaters were showing a pair of rom-coms, “500 Days of Summer” and “The Ugly Truth.” The ugly truth right now for Wisconsin workers is that it has been nearly 5,500 days since that date when the minimum...
