RUN FOR SOMETHING, MAKE A DIFFERENCE – If you’re having thoughts about getting more involved in your community, you should know this is the time of year when some Wisconsin groups are actively encouraging, recruiting, and training potential first-time candidates for office. Whether it’s school board, legislature, or a host of other local offices, you can help your hometown by learning what it takes to run for office or support someone else in their candidacy.

Former legislative candidate LuAnn Bird is working with Motherhood for Good to offer up advice, support, and resources that can help you bring a fresh perspective to an elected post in your area. LuAnn also hosts “Bird on a Wire,” a podcast from Civic Media, which also hosts UpNorthNews Radio.

Groups that encourage progressives to become candidates include Run for Something, Wisconsin Progress, and Emerge Wisconsin.

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There have been activities across the country this week to mark National Voter Registration Day, reinforcing the message that voting isn’t only a right—it’s also one of the best defenses against ongoing assaults on election integrity and security (and maybe even democracy itself).

Hannah Fried, the national executive director for the group All Voting Is Local, said on UpNorthNews Radio that all states should have a pro-voter agenda—one that not only encourages voter registration, but also removes hurdles to voting. That’s something especially challenging in Wisconsin, where Republicans and conservative judges and justices have taken numerous steps over the past decade to put roadblocks between eligible voters and the ballot box.

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‘LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING’ – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched a new ad campaign in the state’s media markets on Thursday. The new ad—which is also getting a limited run on national cable TV—is narrated by Kilah Engelke, a Milwaukee mom and cement mason, as the video shows her fellow road builders staying busy on Wisconsin projects.

The ad is part of a 16-week, $25 million advertising campaign targeting voters in battleground states. It’s designed to build public recognition of what Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are saying about rebuilding the economy through their legislative trifecta of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Chips and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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