State Senator Jeff Smith writes about everything that he, and his office, can do to serve residents of the 31st Senate District.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/ann-walsh-bradley-2021-s460.jpgAt 73, Walsh Bradley is a member of the liberal majority on the state's high court, which shifted for the first time in years following the election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz last spring.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/high-voltage-lines-farms-s450.jpgDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Democrats across the state supported the Governor as we built a strong economy, reached record-low unemployment, and achieved unprecedented revenue projections.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/clean-drinking-water-s5.jpgMissed reports, staff reductions, and a lack of enforcement actions call into question the DNR's Wastewater Permitting and Enforcement efforts as 350 industrial and 650 municipal permittees and about 250 large farms, mostly CAFO dairies, add to potential problems.