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The GOP priority: Their Job, Not Yours By Democratic State Rep. Brett Hulsey Rep. Robin Vos (R-Burlington) is pushing a major constitutional change to protect Wisconsin jobs. A fairly diverse group of Wisconsinites hold these jobs. Employees commute from all over the state to come to their offices, and the interview process leading up [...] 
EMILY’s List: Working in Wisconsin by Denise Feriozzi, Director of EMILY’s List’s WOMEN VOTE! Project It has been amazing watching Wisconsin show the rest of America how democracy is done. When Wisconsin’s governor pushed a radical anti-woman, anti-family, and anti-worker agenda, Wisconsin didn’t just get angry — it got organized. The tens of thousands of [...] The following is a guest blog by Democratic State Rep. Brett Hulsey of Madison: Good News: Walker Creates Clean Energy Jobs, Bad News: They are in Canada In another blow to jobs and clean energy efforts in Wisconsin, Republican Governor Scott Walker signed the “Clean Energy Jobs for Canada Act” SB 81 this week to [...] The following is a guest blog authored by Democratic State Rep. Brett Hulsey, who represents the 77th Assembly District. Wisconsin Legislature Allows Hidden Guns while Voting Against Officer Safety and Common-Sense Safety Measures By Representative Brett Hulsey GOP legislators delivered a one-two punch to local law enforcement officers over the last several days. Tuesday, the [...] The following is a guest blog by Blogging Blue commenter Steve Carlson: At his recent town hall meeting in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, Congressman Sean Duffy told me that when I had my own town hall meeting I could get up and give a presentation. http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/25/sean-duffy-loses-cool/ Yes, that’s me in the grey stocking cap trying to [...] This is a guest blog by C.A. Butler: Each of us brings to the table ideology that represents our respective positions on issues; on the way elected officials perform; and on the relevance of democracy and the constitution as it applies to today’s nation. Each of our perspectives can be valuable if seeded in understanding [...] A statewide ban on composing text and email messages while driving went into effect the first of this month. At less than a page the law is brief, but not necessarily simple. Reading text messages is still legal, but this from the Beloit Daily News stands out; [Town of Beloit Sgt. Laura] Palmer said officers [...] The Cook Political Report recently changed the assessment of Wisconsin’s 3rd CD from “Likely Democrat” to “Leans Democrat.” Republican candidate Dan Kapanke is bragging about the change, and includes this excerpt from Cook in a press release; This usually sleepy Western Wisconsin district has become a tantalizing target for GOP outside groups, including the 60 [...] State Senator Glenn Grothman, always entertaining, proposes an amendment to the Clean Energy Jobs Act cutting the required percentage of renewable energy use in Wisconsin by 2015, from 10% to 8%. Grothman claims, “the state currently has far more energy supply than energy demand” and the mandate for renewable energy will result in the unnecessary [...] This is a guest blog by Kevin: Remember all the criticism from the Right when Obama spoke before 200,000 in Berlin this past May, and many in the crowd chanted his name? For some conservatives, it was as though the fact that Europeans liked him was a reason, in and of itself, for Americans not [...] |
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