Stories tagged: "congress"

Infrastructure U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. (Photo provided)
Infrastructure Baldwin Now Heads Senate Panel Key to Expanding Broadband Across Rural U.S.

Subgroup of the powerful Appropriations Committee helps coordinate all who are working to fill the gaps in service.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow February 26, 2021 6:57 am CST
Editor's Letter Congressional staffers hold their hands up while Capitol Police Swat teams check everyone in the room as they secure the United States Capitol. The supporters of President Donald Trump stormed a session of Congress on January 6, attempting to disrupt or halt efforts to certify Joe Biden's election win (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
Editor's Letter Opinion: Johnson and Tiffany Must Resign or Be Expelled

Breaking their oath to uphold the Constitution, they cannot be trusted to serve all of us if their loyalty is to mob rule.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow January 8, 2021 12:15 pm CST
Healthcare For the second day straight, Wisconsin sees record number of COVID-19 cases. (Shutterstock image)
Healthcare Baldwin Bill Helps People Find Health Coverage They Lost During Pandemic

Proposal could help 6 million Americans. Biden wants to beef up Affordable Care Act. Trump COVID health plan not keeping promises.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski September 11, 2020 2:19 pm CDT
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Politics Ron Johnson Calls Postmaster General Before Committee to Praise Cutbacks

Senator showers praise on the Trump mega-donor who says hundreds of sorting machines won’t come back.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow August 21, 2020 12:16 pm CDT
Politics Congressional leadership including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, on Capitol Hill, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)
Politics We Tracked Everything Congress Has Done on Coronavirus Aid

Democrats and Republicans have reached a deal four times. Can they assemble a fifth package of help before going on vacation?

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow August 4, 2020 3:32 pm CDT

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vaccine sign outside Milwaukee mill road library Coronavirus Library Clinics? Door-to-Door Vaccines? Milwaukee Is Getting Creative To Get Shots In Arms
Derrick Van Orden (Via Derrick Van Orden/Facebook) Politics GOP Congressional Candidate Testifies Against Mask-Wearing Before School Board Drops Requirement
Julian Thomas Elementary School in Racine, built in the 1850s as Garfield School, will receive updates as part of the $1 billion referendum district voters passed in spring 2020. (Photo via Julian Thomas Elementary/Facebook) Education Are Schools Infrastructure? Ask the Wisconsin Students and Educators Using Buildings Dating Back Over 100 Years.
A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Coronavirus The Price of Vaccine Hesitancy: More Than 1,000 Wasted Doses a Week in Wisconsin
Coronavirus Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison)
Coronavirus Baldwin, Pocan to Trump: Stop Screwing Up Wisconsin Supply Orders to Fight COVID-19

Needed items still haven’t arrived, other supplies don’t work.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson June 1, 2020 6:54 pm CDT
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Coronavirus How Coronavirus Relief Will Help Farmers

Baldwin touts benefits for rural communities in stimulus bill.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 31, 2020 8:53 pm CDT