http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/weather-lighting-s5.jpgStorms from June 21 to June 25 that caused widespread tree and structural damage, road washouts, power outages, and flooding.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/trump-jan6-attack-s450.pngJustice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative, accused the court of completing “textual backflips” to find “some way – any way” – to narrow the subsection’s reach.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/trump-biden-debate-2024-s460.png“This is an honest-to-God nightmare,” one Biden ally said. “I can’t believe what I’m watching. I am watching us lose this election in slow motion.”
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/union-protest-capitol-police-250.jpgWisconsin should adopt a plan similar to Iowa where a legislative agency, like our Legislative Reference Bureau, draws their voting maps with public input based on the usual districting criteria mandated by state and federal law.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/seniors-happy-s5.jpgAct would help nearly a million people in small businesses and farmers in Wisconsin who work without a retirement plan. AARP estimates increased retirement savings could reduce state spending by up to $3.1 billion a year.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/municipal-concrete-project-s5.jpgWisconsin Contractor Coalition reports 53 percent increase over 2016 in new municipal projects being awarded to out-of-state companies after governor’s plan to do away with prevailing wage for state-funded contracts.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/uwgb-students-s5.jpgRepublicans introduce alternative plan that does nothing to lower student loan payments for the nearly 1 million Wisconsinites who are struggling with student loan debt.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/walker-signs-rtw-s5.jpgThe most recent LAB report again points out that WEDC does not collect the information necessary to report on the jobs promised when taxpayer dollars are used. Is our money effectively and efficiently invested?
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/medical-transport-s5.jpgThe American Health Care Act passed in the House cuts $839 billion from Medicaid, removes coverage from millions, and drastically alters healthcare protections for the rest. It would shift billions to Wisconsin taxpayers and does nothing to reduce health care costs, it only reduces the revenue available to pay them.
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