Day: September 24, 2013

From the email inbox, courtesy of Graeme Zielinski. A top Milwaukee courthouse official told me Monday that they saw Steve Biskupic and Michael Steinle walking together near the adjoining Criminal Safety Building last week on the same day the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel piously announced it would be filing a motion…

History was made today when In First, Senate confirms out fed’l appeals judge. The U.S. Senate made history on Tuesday with little fanfare when it unanimously confirmed for the first-time ever an openly gay person to a federal appellate court. By a vote of 98-0, the Senate confirmed Todd Hughes…

The UN General Assembly’s annual General Debate begins today at the UN Headquarters in New York and continues until October 1st. On the agenda will be the Millennium Development Goals (MG8) to combat poverty and to cement sustainability agendas world wide. A reminder of the 8 UN Millennium Development Goals:…

Watch and listen as Republican State Sen. Glenn Grothman explains that individuals who live near the proposed Gogebic Taconite strip mine in the northwoods of Wisconsin have absolutely nothing to worry about in regards to their drinking water, because the mining company will solve mine leakage problems with “industrial caulk.”

Scoring political points on the backs of the poor? One word: Disgusting. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is notifying 92,000 Wisconsin residents this month that their health insurance through BadgerCare Plus will end this year, requiring them to buy a subsidized but potentially more costly commercial health plan through the federal…