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ICYMI: 15,500 Fewer Wisconsinites Receiving SNAP Benefits Than Last July MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, Spectrum News reported on Wisconsin’s decline in SNAP enrollment just nine months after Republicans passed the Big Ugly Bill, which attacks SNAP benefits in the state. Since then, Republicans have been unable to lower unemployment rates or ease the affordability […]

ICYMI: GOP Leaders to Pay Lawyers up to $550 an Hour to Defend Use of Private Attorneys MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Republican lawmakers forcing Wisconsinites to pay for their expensive, out-of-state lawyers to represent them in a lawsuit against this very issue—requiring Wisconsin taxpayers to foot the bill for […]

ICYMI: Wisconsin Governor Candidate Tom Tiffany Now Critical of Energy Company that Funded his Election Campaigns MADISON, Wis. — Recent reporting from Heartland Signal highlights Tom Tiffany’s record of raising utility costs for Wisconsin’s working families. This follows his recent criticisms of We Energies, despite taking thousands in campaign donations from them. In Washington, Tiffany […]

ICYMI: ‘Tiffany Loves Billionaires’: Union Members Protest Outside Milwaukee GOP Office MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from the Milwaukee Courier details Wisconsin union workers rallying on Tax Day to protest Tom Tiffany’s vote gutting affordable healthcare to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. During a campaign stop in November, Tiffany admitted that after more than […]

ROUND UP: Senator Tammy Baldwin Fights to Make Watching Brewers, Bucks and Packers More Affordable MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Senator Tammy Baldwin rolled out legislation that would make viewing sports such as Brewers, Packers, and Bucks games more accessible for Wisconsinites. The legislation is part of a larger Democratic effort to fight against big corporations […]

WHINE WEDNESDAY: Van Orden’s Twitter Use Wrapped Welcome to Whine Wednesday with Derrick Van Orden, America’s fiercest keyboard warrior. We comb through the hundreds of tweets DVO posts during a week so you don’t have to. Grab a glass and join us for Whine Wednesday! MADISON, Wis. — Van Orden has had quite the head-spinning […]

ICYMI: Your grocery bill could get even more expensive as fuel prices climb MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, new reporting detailed how Trump and the GOP’s illegal war with Iran continues to exacerbate the affordability crisis. The report shows that soaring fuel costs impact supply chains and translate to higher grocery costs for consumers, adding more […]

GOP Candidate for Governor Tom Tiffany Hits Million-Dollar Reset Button Fresh Off Massive Statewide Republican Loss MADISON, Wis. — Fresh off of admitting that Republicans up and down the ballot “got our butts kicked” in last week’s election, Tom Tiffany announced a new seven-figure ad buy trying to hit the reset button on his campaign […]

ICYMI: Liberals dominated Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race. Will it carry over to November? MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, WPR reported on Democrats’ massive win in Tuesday night’s Supreme Court election, highlighting how Republicans lost ground in their reliable conservative counties while Democrats increased their margins in their strongholds. Judge Chris Taylor’s win set a record with […]