By Cassandra Lans Young people in Milwaukee organized a rally and march on Tuesday evening, July 12 to demonstrate unity against violence in the aftermath of the BP gas station mob looting and … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – Should Unemployment Benefits be extended?
By State Representative Leon D. Young Last month, a state advisory council offered a unanimous recommendation (9-0) to endorse legislation to make available $89 million in federally funded … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – So much for local control
There appears to be no end to the degree of Republican duplicity and its power grabbing obsession. As we have seen time and time again, this Republican-controlled Legislature is bent on trampling any … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – Supreme Strife
By State Representative, Leon D. Young One would have to be deaf, blind and damn near dead to be oblivious to the political turmoil that has ensued since Scott Walker took office. In many … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – It’s all about jobs!
Talk to any politicians these days and invariably the hot-button issues of economic development and job creation become part of the discussion. It’s no secret that the nation’s economic recovery has … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT: Capitol Siege… Again!
This week the State Assembly began deliberations on Scott Walker’s 2011-13 biennial budget. A document that is so draconian and horrendous in its content that it’s almost impossible to quantify the … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – Concealed Carry (in any form) makes no sense!
Like a reoccurring bad dream, the Republican-controlled Legislature appears committed to passing some form of concealed carry legislation this session. There are three different versions of this … [Read more...]
Young and Coggs congratulate recipient of WHEDA tax credits
State Representatives Leon D. Young (D-Milwaukee) and Elizabeth Coggs (D-Milwaukee) congratulate Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation in receiving over $9.6 million in Wisconsin Housing … [Read more...]
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Capitol Report – Is it or Isn’t… Law?
By State Representative Leon D. Young There appears to be no limit or degree to which Republicans will stoop in attempting to enact their union-busting bill, which denies public sector workers … [Read more...]
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CAPITOL REPORT – Strong-arming Democracy!
By State Representative, Leon D. Young Wisconsin has long prided itself on its forward political thinking and progressiveness as a state. Wisconsin also takes considerable pride in its … [Read more...]