11:10News StorySpeaker Robin Vos at ALEC 2020 | YouTubeXby Melanie Conklin, July 30, 2020by Melanie Conklin, July 30, 2020Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has a few regrets about the notorious lame duck session he oversaw in December of 2018.You may recall that Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald — with help and a signature from then-Gov. Scott Walker who had just lost an election to Gov.-elect Tony Evers —  set about to in various ways. Laws passed in the lame  duck session ensured that Evers, a Democrat, could not undo laws the Republican-led Legislature ...…11:10News StorySpeaker Robin Vos at ALEC 2020 | YouTubeXby Melanie Conklin, July 30, 2020by Melanie Conklin, July 30, 2020Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has a few regrets about the notorious lame duck session he oversaw in December of 2018.You may recall that Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald — with help and a signature from then-Gov. Scott Walker who had just lost an election to Gov.-elect Tony Evers —  set about to in various ways. Laws passed in the lame  duck session ensured that Evers, a Democrat, could not undo laws the Republican-led Legislature ...WW…

6:30News StoryRep. Rob Brooks and Sen. Duey StroebelXby Melanie Conklin, March 23, 2021by Melanie Conklin, March 23, 2021Recent open records requests to state legislators show what happens when state lawmakers delete records, an exception alone when they wrote the law forcing all other government officials and state agencies to retain and provide such records.Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) and Rep. Rob Brooks (R-Saukville) were asked for records on a specific election law bill by the progressive group A Better Wisconsin Together (ABWT). After receiving the results from the request, the...…6:30News StoryRep. Rob Brooks and Sen. Duey StroebelXby Melanie Conklin, March 23, 2021by Melanie Conklin, March 23, 2021Recent open records requests to state legislators show what happens when state lawmakers delete records, an exception alone when they wrote the law forcing all other government officials and state agencies to retain and provide such records.Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) and Rep. Rob Brooks (R-Saukville) were asked for records on a specific election law bill by the progressive group A Better Wisconsin Together (ABWT). After receiving the results from the request, the...WW…

8:14BriefSen. Tammy Baldwin joins other Senate Democrats in a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Thursday morning, June 4, 2020 in Emancipation Hall to commemorate the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.Photo by Senate DemocratsI have signed my name in support of this Senate resolution condemning white supremacy and we welcome support from Senate Republicans.— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin)Xby Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021by Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021After paying her respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was lying in state...…8:14BriefSen. Tammy Baldwin joins other Senate Democrats in a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds Thursday morning, June 4, 2020 in Emancipation Hall to commemorate the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.Photo by Senate DemocratsI have signed my name in support of this Senate resolution condemning white supremacy and we welcome support from Senate Republicans.— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin)Xby Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021by Melanie Conklin, February 4, 2021After paying her respects to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was lying in state...WW…

13:03BriefElizabeth and Richard Uihlein (Screenshot from the New York Times YouTube video“Meet the Billionaire Couple Trying to Reshape the Republican Party”)Xby Melanie Conklin, January 15, 2021by Melanie Conklin, January 15, 2021Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, owners of Uline shipping supply company located in Pleasant Prairie, WI, and major donors to Republican candidates including President Donald Trump, contributed more than $4 million to the Tea Party Patriots.The group participated in the rally before the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. While the organizers have taken down...…13:03BriefElizabeth and Richard Uihlein (Screenshot from the New York Times YouTube video“Meet the Billionaire Couple Trying to Reshape the Republican Party”)Xby Melanie Conklin, January 15, 2021by Melanie Conklin, January 15, 2021Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, owners of Uline shipping supply company located in Pleasant Prairie, WI, and major donors to Republican candidates including President Donald Trump, contributed more than $4 million to the Tea Party Patriots.The group participated in the rally before the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. While the organizers have taken down...WW…

6:15News StoryMembers of the state Senate 2019(Photo by Melanie Conklin)Xby Melanie Conklin, January 12, 2021by Melanie Conklin, January 12, 2021The stripped down state Senate COVID-19 response bill that was given a public hearing on Monday has shed many of the controversial provisions from the Assembly version that passed the lower house last week.Gone are bans on mandatory vaccines for employment, required school board supermajority votes to convene virtually, prohibitions against closing houses of worship and other provisions that could cripple public health officials’...…6:15News StoryMembers of the state Senate 2019(Photo by Melanie Conklin)Xby Melanie Conklin, January 12, 2021by Melanie Conklin, January 12, 2021The stripped down state Senate COVID-19 response bill that was given a public hearing on Monday has shed many of the controversial provisions from the Assembly version that passed the lower house last week.Gone are bans on mandatory vaccines for employment, required school board supermajority votes to convene virtually, prohibitions against closing houses of worship and other provisions that could cripple public health officials’...WW…

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Residents using SNAP benefits can now buy groceries online.//end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban MilwaukeeFresh food. Pixabay License.Grocery shopping has taken on new risks and obstacles during the pandemic, from cashiers encased in plexiglass, bans on cloth bags and X marks on the floor for social distancing between shopping carts. For the elderly, immune-compromised individuals or others worrying about exposure to COVID-19, shopping online has proven to be a good alternative.But up until this week, it has not been an option for Wisconsinites who buy...…Residents using SNAP benefits can now buy groceries online.//end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban MilwaukeeFresh food. Pixabay License.Grocery shopping has taken on new risks and obstacles during the pandemic, from cashiers encased in plexiglass, bans on cloth bags and X marks on the floor for social distancing between shopping carts. For the elderly, immune-compromised individuals or others worrying about exposure to COVID-19, shopping online has proven to be a good alternative.But up until this week, it has not been an option for Wisconsinites who buy...WW…