Category: Announcements

Just a reprise of an earlier post: This is the last week to in-person absentee vote. For most cities in Milwaukee County the last day is Friday, October 30th The City of Milwaukee is an exception, the last day is Sunday, November 1st Please contact your municipal clerks office for…

at this point it is too late for the USPS to insure delivery by November 3rd. So take them to your municipal clerk or election commission office. If you are in a city with ballot drop boxes locate the nearest one and drop it there.

I guess that we didn’t report on it because it seemed like a futile effort…which in fact it turned out to be. But the effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers came up short in the signature count. A week after insisting she had enough signatures, the woman organizing a…

After being coy last week about his filing with the FEC, today Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson did this: Originally, candidate Ron Johnson said he would only serve two terms if he were elected to the Senate. But during the Trump era he seems to be getting the hang of…

from the Milwaukee Election Commission via the email inbox this morning: This is the last week to in-person absentee vote. For most cities in Milwaukee County the last day is Friday, October 30th The City of Milwaukee is an exception, the last day is Sunday, November 1st Please contact your…

In the absence of a unified state plan while facing a surge in COVID-19 cases around nearly the entire state, Governor Tony Evers again took action to limit the capacity in state businesses: Gov. Tony Evers took action Tuesday to limit indoor gatherings including in bars and restaurants as coronavirus…

A week ago the Trump Campaign was still ridiculing former Vice-President Joe Biden for hiding in his basement instead of campaigning on the road. And then over the weekend while an enfeebled president was hospitalized with COVID-19, the Trump Campaign suggested that out of fair play, Mr. Biden should suspend…

I am reprinting it in its entirety, but here’s the link: My Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be a Supreme Court clerk. She’d studied at two of our finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she…

The one major travesty in Governor Evers’ administration has been the handling of unemployment claims during this COVID-19 pandemic. No matter what actions have been taken, including hiring additional staff, the state just hasn’t been able to keep up with claims for unemployment. To the tune of hundreds of thousands…