By Karen Stokes During National Stroke Awareness Month, the CDC convened a briefing attended by prominent scientists and public health leaders to unveil recent stroke-related data and delve into the real-world implications of stroke in the United States. Stroke stands as the fifth leading cause of both death and long-term disability in the country. A […]
Senator Agard’s “Grass Routes” Tour Stops in Wauwatosa to Discuss Cannabis Legalization
By Karen Stokes On Wednesday, May 10, Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard along with special guest Representative Robyn Vining hosted a town hall as part of Senator Agard’s “Grass Routes” Tour discussing the current landscape of cannabis legalization in Wisconsin. Agard, a Democrat of Madison, has long made legalization her key issue. She first introduced […]
Wisconsin’s Only Black-0wned Bank Celebrates Its 98th Annual Meeting, Largest in More Than 40 Years
(Milwaukee)—Columbia Savings & Loan Association held its Ninety-Eighth Annual Meeting with more than 60 members and guests attending, making it the savings and loan’s largest Annual Meeting in decades. Attendance was so great that Columbia had to rent space at a much larger facility to accommodate all the participants. Lafayette McKinney reflected on t he […]
Republican Debt Ceiling Proposal Could Have a Detrimental Effect on Healthcare for Veterans
By Karen Stokes The amount of care and services VHA can provide is determined by funding that Congress appropriates each year. On Wednesday, House Republicans passed their debt ceiling proposal by the narrow margin of 217 to 215. The bill now heads to the Senate where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised it will be […]
Wisconsin Republicans Clear Out Projects Stalled by Secretive ‘Pocket Veto’
Gov. Tony Evers is considering next steps as conservation groups question legal authority of Legislature to block projects anonymously by Jacob Resneck Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin’s powerful Republican-controlled budget committee, under fire for using a secretive “pocket veto” to block certain funding, denied several of those requests in a public meeting Tuesday, including for one of […]
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Clarence Thomas is in Trouble – Again
Clarence Thomas has served on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1991. African American and born in poverty in Pinpoint, Georgia, Thomas attended Yale Law School and took the place of Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights attorney and first African American on the Supreme Court. Those facts should bring pride to the Black community. Unfortunately, from […]
Judge Janet Protasiewicz Wins
By Karen Stokes Janet Protasiewicz, a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Judge Janet Protasiewicz, defeated conservative Dan Kelly, by 11 percentage points. It’s his second loss in a race for Supreme Court in three years. In a narrowly divided Wisconsin, a one seat edge […]
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The April 4 Election for Wisconsin Supreme Court Represents a Clear Choice
Vote For Judge Janet Protasiewicz By Milwaukee Courier Staff This is an election that has been nationally-watched, and drawn record spending. It’s an election that has already brought out hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites to vote early. And with the court split 4-3 in favor of so-called “conservative” justices, it is an election that will […]
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Wisconsin Voters Continue to Learn More About Supreme Court Candidate Dan Kelly’s Ties to GOP Extremists
By Milwaukee Courier Staff On Thursday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Kelly appeared at an event headlined by anti-abortion extremist Matthew Trewhella. During his speech in St. Croix County, Trewhella compared public health guidance during the COVID pandemic to the Holocaust. Trewhella has previously said the murder of an anti-abortion provider was “justifiable homicide.” […]
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is Not for Sale
By Milwaukee Courier Staff Reporting continues to emerge showing deep financial ties between Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Dan Kelly’s and extreme right-wing special interest groups that have long advanced Republican causes in court. Kelly already had long-established ties to the far-right fringe through his legal work for the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Right to Life and […]
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