At a news conference at the Brown County Courthouse last Thursday afternoon which received substantial coverage on local television, local leaders called on State Senators Robert Cowles and Frank Lasee to join a rising chorus of GOP senators who have been wavering in support of Walker’s plan to reject billions in federal Medicaid dollars for [...]

Milwaukee and Racine have highest Health Insurance Costs in State for 2013 Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 7th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report Wednesday morning on a statewide media call. On the media call to comment on the report were Congressman Ron Kind and State Representative Jon Richards. The full report includes [...]

Internal documents shed light on Walker decision Now that President Obama has been re-elected, the Walker Administration faces a major deadline for a core element of the Affordable Care Act. The statutory deadline for submitting Wisconsin’s blueprint for a new health insurance exchange is November 16. Governor Scot Walker took the public position after the [...]

Announce formal complaint against Rite-Hite CEO Michael White’s illegal voter intimidation On Monday at a major media event in Milwaukee, faith and community leaders announced the filing of a formal complaint with the Government Accountability Board (GAB) against Rite- Hite CEO Michael White for violating Wisconsin election law. The complaint states that White’s illegal and [...]

By Robert Kraig There is a coordinated effort to rewrite Wisconsin history to undermine the legitimacy of the recall of Scott Walker. The stakes could not be higher. The transparent objective is to persuade a small but decisive group of voters that they should not recall Walker even if they disapprove of his conduct in [...]

Milwaukee health insurance 27 percent more costly than Madison, and much lower quality Citizen Action of Wisconsin released its 6th Annual Wisconsin Health Insurance Cost Ranking report earlier this week on a state-wide media call. On the media call to comment on the report were Congressman Ron Kind, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Representative Jon [...]