by Holly Bland | Feb 4, 2021 | Newsroom
Our Legislature could be doing more to help Wisconsinites, but they aren’t By Mel Barnes It didn’t have to be this way. Our state Legislature could be doing more to help Wisconsinites, but they aren’t. Why? Because too many legislative districts are drawn so that...
by Holly Bland | Jan 27, 2021 | Newsroom
By Deon J. Hampton At one point during the pandemic, Black residents of Milwaukee County were six times more likely to die from the coronavirus than Wisconsin’s white residents, state health officials said. The state’s governor, Tony Evers, a Democrat in...
by Holly Bland | Jan 27, 2021 | Newsroom
By David Foust Dear Editor: I recently saw an alarming op-ed written by Jay Heck about some GOP proposals surrounding how electoral votes are counted in Wisconsin. Apparently, there is a new proposal to apportion them by congressional district in the state...
by Holly Bland | Jan 25, 2021 | Newsroom
By Stef W. Kight Democrats are preparing a mix of tech and legal strategies to combat expected gerrymandering by Republicans, who are planning to go on legal offense themselves. Why it matters: Democrats failed to regain a single state legislature on Election Day,...
by Holly Bland | Jan 22, 2021 | Newsroom
By Hansi Lo Wang The U.S. Census Bureau has stopped working on a Trump administration-initiated project to produce citizenship data that could have politically benefited Republicans when voting districts are redrawn. Citing President Biden’s executive order...
by Holly Bland | Jan 19, 2021 | Newsroom
Taking a position as inflammatory as refusing to certify a fair election would be riskier for G.O.P. lawmakers if they needed to appeal to an electorate beyond their next set of primary voters. By Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio...
