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 [...]

By Cassandra Lans An audit from the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau found that last year the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) didn’t verify or require performance information or financial statements from companies receiving financial incentives and awarded nearly $1 million in tax credits to companies for actions taken before they had signed their contracts with [...]

A group of over 40 Wisconsin health care providers and business groups are urging the state legislature to amend Gov. Walker’s budget proposal by taking federal health care financing to strengthen the BadgerCare program. The coalition made the request in a letter delivered this week to all state lawmakers. Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee), member of [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Following Governor Walker’s rejection of billions in federal Medicaid funds to fill the holes in BadgerCare, county elected officials from five counties spoke out this week during a media call. The leaders are calling on the legislature to overturn the decision by Governor Walker to reject billions in federal funds to [...]

Former State Rep. Jason Fields of Milwaukee was awarded the 2012 Wisconsin Financial Literacy Award by Governor Scott Walker in a ceremony at the State Capitol on March 1. Fields was one of 21 recipients of the award, which was given by the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy. Governor Walker saluted the recipients for “excelling [...]

By Cassandra Lans It’s like going back in history again. Governor Scott Walker announced that he plans to reject $12 billion from the federal government that would expand the state’s Badger- Care program with no additional cost from Wisconsin’s taxpayers. Many legislators and community leaders say that the governor is playing politics with literally the [...]

MADISON – Following this weeks State of the State address, State Senator Nikiya Harris (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement: In Governor Walker’s state of the state address, he highlighted the continued need to prioritize job growth. But the governor is 212,000 jobs short of his promise, and Wisconsin ranks 42nd in the nation for job [...]

Community encouraged to use holiday as day of service in honor of Dr. King WHAT: The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee (the Y) will host its 16th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast with presenting sponsor Harley-Davidson Motor Company at the Delta Center. Approximately 600 community and state leaders are expected to gather at the [...]

By Cassandra Lans The Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Black Caucus on Wednesday called on Governor Scott Walker to denounce the outrageous comments about the Kwanzaa holiday celebration made by his key ally and top Republican Sen. Glenn Grothman. Grothman, who made headlines when he attacked the legitimacy of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in [...]

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Reps. Ron Kind (WI-3), Gwen Moore (WI-4) and Representative-elect Mark Pocan (WI-2) sent a letter to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker this week asking him to move forward in implementing Wisconsin’s state-based health insurance exchange, made possible through the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Walker [...]