Stories tagged: "Tammy Baldwin"

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
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Healthcare Enrollment Ends Dec. 15 for Insurance Coverage Through Affordable Care Act

Advocates warn not to wait until the last minute.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring December 7, 2020 3:42 pm CST
Politics A Wisconsin farmer works his field outside Marshall in early August. (Photo © Andy Manis)
Politics Pandemic Help for Wisconsin Farmers Was Too Little, Too Late

Dollars sent to other states, trade wars, and a long delay from Congress leave agriculture no less precarious than when the year started.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson October 12, 2020 5:24 pm CDT
Agriculture A farm in the town of Springfield. (Photo © Andy Manis)
Agriculture Trump Farm Aid Dollars Meant for Wisconsin End up in Ag Secretary’s Region

A report by the Government Accountability Office shows how America’s Dairyland is subsidizing large Southern producers.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson September 25, 2020 1:29 pm CDT
Coronavirus Joshua Crouse and his 10-year-old daughter, Marley, sit outside their Janesville apartment at the end of July. Crouse is among thousands of Wisconsin residents struggling to pay rent each month because of the economy during the pandemic. (Photo © Andy Manis)
Coronavirus $23 Million Coming to Wisconsin to Help Keep People in Their Homes

Many say the third round of Community Development Block Grant funding is welcome relief, but not enough.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson September 14, 2020 3:13 pm CDT

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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
Coronavirus Wisconsin National Guard members Sgt. Nathaniel Nyquist, left, Sgt. John Clark and Spc. Madeline Westrick gather samples at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site near Baraboo on April 29. (Photo © Andy Manis)
Coronavirus Sen. Tammy Baldwin Calls Out Pence on Wisconsin’s Continuing Medical Supply Shortage

Before VP Pence can face Kamala Harris, he has to deal with Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others wanting him to explain supply chain failings.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson August 12, 2020 3:28 pm CDT
Elections Biden’s Jobs Plan Gets Thumbs-Up at Its Midwest Unveiling
Elections Biden’s Jobs Plan Gets Thumbs-Up at Its Midwest Unveiling

Virtual events target Superior and Kenosha for reviving manufacturing.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson August 10, 2020 3:48 pm CDT