Stories tagged: "Tammy Baldwin"

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Politics Baldwin’s Bill to Codify Roe v. Wade Puts All Senators on Record About Women’s Health Rights

The Women’s Health Protection Act would have prevented a state-to-state checkerboard of rights, bans, and gray areas if Roe were to be struck down by a conservative, activist Supreme Court.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow May 11, 2022 3:30 pm CDT
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Courts Baldwin an Enthusiastic Yes, Johnson a Silent No as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Confirmed to the US Supreme Court

Wisconsin's Republican senator had previously voted for Judge Jackson’s nomination to a federal judgeship.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 7, 2022 2:29 pm CDT
Politics Wisconsin's U.S. senators Ron Johnson, a Republican, and Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat.
Politics Two Senators, One Budget: Baldwin Delivers Investments, Johnson Attacks Healthcare Reform

Sen. Tammy Baldwin secured more than $187 billion in federal investments for Wisconsin. Ron Johnson voted against those investments and said he wanted to take away healthcare from more than 200,000 Wisconsinites.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 15, 2022 7:25 am CDT
Elections Washington High School was one of only five Milwaukee polling places open on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Jonathon Sadowski)
Elections New Marquette Poll Shows 2022 Candidates Have a Lot of Work to Do to Introduce Themselves

Sen. Ron Johnson gets the highest unfavorability rating in the survey’s nine-year history.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow March 2, 2022 3:53 pm CST
National A local citizen stands between debris of his house following Ukrainian shelling in the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops have launched a three-pronged assault on Ukraine that opened with air and missile strikes on Ukrainian military facilities and included ground troops invading from Crimea. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
National ‘Hold Russia Accountable’: Wisconsin Leaders Condemn Invasion of Ukraine

Putin’s attack draws bipartisan rebuke from Wisconsin’s elected officials as Russian forces kill Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski February 24, 2022 3:12 pm CST

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(Illustration by Morgaine Ford-Workman) Elections Governor Candidate Adds Another Republican Threat to Kill Bipartisan Election Oversight
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Politics Johnson Flip-Flops on a Wisconsin Judicial Nominee, Even After Helping Him Become a Nominee

Milwaukee County judge, brother of a Democratic congressman, was on a list assembled along with Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Associated Press Associated Press February 17, 2022 2:18 pm CST
Business In this photo supplied by Sen. Tammy Baldwin's office, the Wisconsin Democrat hosts a forum with residents of Brokaw in 2016 about the closing of a paper mill years earlier and her proposed legislation to increase transparency of stock purchases by activist hedge funds that frequently take control of a company and sell off assets in order to maximize their investment.
Business Sen. Tammy Baldwin Gets a Victory in the Fight Against Hedge Fund Vulturism

Prompted by the closure of the paper mill in Brokaw a decade ago, the SEC plans to tighten rules on secret stock positions.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow February 17, 2022 10:11 am CST