Politics
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Hedge funds prey on communities. A new rule fights back.
The paper mill in Brokaw is long gone, but its demise triggered a campaign by Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others to tighten rules on hedge funds’ secret stock positions.
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We read 50 days of Trump’s Truth Social posts so you didn’t have to
Trump posts on his Truth Social platform dozens of times a day and his messages there are becoming increasingly angry, violent, and dark, suggesting a second term in the White House could be even more extreme than his first.
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How many votes are needed for Speaker of the House?
It usually takes 218 votes—a simple majority of the 435 members of the House—to become House Speaker, but due to two vacancies, only 217 votes are currently needed. For more than two weeks though, Republicans have failed to agree on a new leader, leaving the federal government paralyzed.
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Unprecedented: GOP Senators fire several Evers appointees, after admitting they knew an earlier firing was bogus
The Natural Resources Board no longer had a quorum to meet. Two former legislators are among those fired. A domestic abuse survivor is dropped from a board because a senator didn’t like her tweets and asked if she was emotional and hated men.
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Pharmacies expand access to abortion pills under new Biden policy
Although these pharmacies dispensing the drug marks a victory for reproductive freedom, a looming Supreme Court case could cut off access to the medication in states where abortion is still legal.
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Despite record surplus, Republicans again reject childcare help for Wisconsin families
Gov. Tony Evers’ special session bill has been replaced with another tax cut geared toward higher incomes. Evers is responding with funding that will keep the childcare assistance coming into 2025. Republican legislators have dashed any remaining hopes that a fall legislative session would address critical workforce issues in Wisconsin—doing to Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal…
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Trump’s rhetoric grows more violent as he builds 2024 primary lead
In recent months, Donald Trump has called for the execution of a US military official, mocked the assault of an 83-year-old man, used rhetoric that echoes Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and verbally attacked prosecutors and judges.
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Even after conservative former justices warn against it, Vos may still try to impeach Protasiewicz
Only a justice for two months, Protasiewicz has yet to hear a challenge to Republicans’ gerrymandered maps—but the Assembly Speaker is threatening impeachment if he doesn’t like how she rules on the case.
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Biden moves to ban all junk fees and hidden charges for Wisconsinites
“[These] charges are taking real money out of the pockets of American families. These junk fees can add up to hundreds of dollars, weighing down family budgets, making it harder to pay family bills,” President Biden said on Wednesday.
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Vos backs down from impeaching Protasiewicz, while hinting the US Supreme Court could intervene
A conservative former justice advised Rep. Robin Vos not to pursue impeachment for “partisan politics,” but the Speaker telegraphed potential US Supreme Court interference in Wisconsin’s political maps—again.
