Republican who left party after Trump thinks appeal to values can win him state senate seat
Mark Becker, a former GOP county party chair, is running as an Independent for Andre Jacque's seat in District 1
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Big picture, folks: Support your candidate now, then get behind the nominee on Aug. 11
I get the frustration from voters, certainly. Fight against it by getting out for your preferred candidate. Talk to your neighbors, family and friends. Debate approach, vision, and qualifications with other democrats — with respect. Then we rally together.
Crosson calls on qualities, skills he learned in the military to help him win primary, unseat Wied
He says he knows there are voters out there who either voted for Wied and Trump in 2024 and who are dissatisfied and those who didn’t vote at all. Winning them over is the key, he says
deVille running for Congress to protect rights, promote economic protections
She supports single-payer Medicare for all, a $22 minimum wage, free childcare for all, affordable housing, ending Citizens United, and repairing the country’s failing infrastructure. Her guiding light is protecting democracy and holding those accountable who are dismantling it.
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Big picture, folks: Support your candidate now, then get behind the nominee on Aug. 11
I get the frustration from voters, certainly. Fight against it by getting out for your preferred candidate. Talk to your neighbors, family and friends. Debate approach, vision, and qualifications with other democrats — with respect. Then we rally together.
Education
With funding gone, child care owners warn of dire future
A survey estimated 1,000 centers around the state will close -- nearly one in four --and 30,000 more openings will go unfilled. Forty percent anticipate raising tuition 35 percent; 75 percent will have longer waiting lists and 40 percent will have to close some classrooms.
Providers, families worry what happens next now that childcare support has come to an end
The Child Care Bridge Payment Program, which extended childcare stabilization for a year after the end of Child Care Counts, ends on June 30.
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Big picture, folks: Support your candidate now, then get behind the nominee on Aug. 11
I get the frustration from voters, certainly. Fight against it by getting out for your preferred candidate. Talk to your neighbors, family and friends. Debate approach, vision, and qualifications with other democrats — with respect. Then we rally together.
Republican who left party after Trump thinks appeal to values can win him state senate seat
Mark Becker, a former GOP county party chair, is running as an Independent for Andre Jacque's seat in District 1
Business
Rural Wisconsin is asking the right questions about data centers
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.
This wealthy Wisconsin congressman keeps aggressively trading stocks; a bipartisan bill would ban the practice
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.
Ideas abound for data center regulations but it's critical that legislation addresses all issues
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.