Politics

• Obama Budget ‘A Non-starter,’ Cuts $50 Million from Federal Great Lakes Restoration Efforts

  Feb 2nd, 2015 by Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition

  Coalition: Bi-Partisan leaders in Congress will need to, once again, restore funding after cuts by Obama Administration.

• Baldwin, Warren Honor January as “National Blood Donor Month”

  Jan 30th, 2015 by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

  U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have introduced a Senate resolution to honor January as “National Blood Donor Month.”

• Exploring state lawmakers’ “New Opportunities for Milwaukee”

  Jan 30th, 2015 by Common Council President Ashanti Hamilton

  Statement of Alderman Ashanti Hamilton January 30, 2015

• U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Introduces Bill to Increase Federal Investment in Research

  Jan 30th, 2015 by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

  Medical Innovation Act asks big drug companies caught breaking the law to reinvest in NIH research

• U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Statement on Keystone Vote

  Jan 29th, 2015 by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

  Senate GOP rejects amendments that would have ensured American economy and consumers benefit from construction of pipeline

• Flip Flop Applesauce

  Jan 29th, 2015 by Milwaukee Riverkeeper

  Dysfunction Around the Estabrook Dam Continues at Milwaukee County as Finance Committee Votes to Switch County Policy on Dam. Again.

• Legislators Opposed to Birth Control Issue an Outrageous Request to Unnecessarily Audit Charitable Health Care Providers Working to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy

  Jan 29th, 2015 by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin

  PPWI Says There is No Wrongdoing, It’s Time to Take Politics out of Women’s Health

• UW System is Collateral Damage from Walker’s Rejection of Federal BadgerCare Dollars

  Jan 29th, 2015 by Citizen Action of Wisconsin

  This headless decision is a disaster not only for health care but also for higher education.

• Governor Walker is Wrong

  Kenosha Casino Would Be a Taxpayer Bonanza

  Jan 29th, 2015 by State Rep. Peter Barca

  Project would create up to 10,000 jobs, draw millions of new tourists each year

• Proposal to create inner city opportunities deserves a close look

  Jan 29th, 2015 by Ald. Bob Donovan

  Statement from Alderman Bob Donovan January 29, 2015

• U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls for a Clean Homeland Security Funding Bill

  Jan 29th, 2015 by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

  With Homeland Security funding set to expire, full funding bill for 2015 fiscal year urgently needed to maintain counterterrorism efforts

• Statement by President Michael Bonds, Ph.D., regarding the New Opportunities for Milwaukee document

  Jan 28th, 2015 by Milwaukee Public Schools

  Milwaukee Public Schools was not sent a copy of this plan, which was provided to the district by the news media.