Stories tagged: "Major Maria Garcia"

Military Major Maria Garcia with the Wisconsin National Guard is pictured with her sons Kobe (left) and Tyce.
Military Wisconsin’s National Guard Has Been the Backbone of the State’s Testing Operation

Meet two of its members who have helped sustain the state’s testing capacity by collecting more than 900,000 samples since March.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring November 25, 2020 9:06 am CST

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money