Ben Cominos is a voice in the wilderness for frustrated progressives. His take-no-prisoners, yet deeply thoughtful, approach to politics has made him to go-to guy for the left
He joins a growing number of progressive clergy to directly enter politics after mainline Protestantism had all but ceded that ground to Evangelical Christians, the Christian Right and Christian Nationalists over the past several decades.
Retired Army Lt. Colonel says that while it is important to call out Wied for his failure to speak out against policies hurting working class Americans, he wants to focus more on achievable goals to remedy them.
In Milwaukee County, the property tax rate – what each homeowner pays – has actually fallen every year Crowley has been in office. For a $250,000 home, the amount of property taxes going to the county is projected to decrease on average by $30 next year.
In Milwaukee County, the property tax rate – what each homeowner pays – has actually fallen every year Crowley has been in office. For a $250,000 home, the amount of property taxes going to the county is projected to decrease on average by $30 next year.
Whether its restrictions are rolled back would also depend on the party in power in the Legislature, adding additional stakes to the upcoming legislative elections as Democrats try to take control of the Senate and Assembly for the first time since 2010.
He joins a growing number of progressive clergy to directly enter politics after mainline Protestantism had all but ceded that ground to Evangelical Christians, the Christian Right and Christian Nationalists over the past several decades.
Though he acknowledges Democrats are rightly angry over being locked out of the state government over the past 16 years of Republican dominance, revenge can’t be the guiding principle should the Democrats earn a trifecta on Nov. 3.
She’s learned a lot from 2024 and now has that all-important name recognition. Between that and the past two years she has spent out in the community advocating for veterans, she says she is a known quantity this time around.
Just two proposed projects have requested nearly four gigawatts of electricity. That is more than all Wisconsin households combined. Meeting that demand will drive decisions about power plants, transmission lines, and water systems for decades.
U.S. Rep. Tony Wied, a millionaire who represents Wisconsin's northeastern district, reported at least $1.3 million in trades in February. Experts say it's only a matter of time before his stock trading becomes a problem.
A recent Marquette Law Poll found that 55% of Wisconsinites believe the costs of AI data centers outweigh the benefits. The results were nearly identical no matter which party the respondents preferred.
