http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/laura/think-for-yourself-2025-s430.pngWelcome to America, where facts are optional, fear is currency, and everyone’s one meme away from a meltdown. I wrote this blog to drag the manipulation machine into the spotlight—where it belongs. If you’ve ever asked, how the hell did we get here?... pull up a chair. You’re not alone.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/childcare-s451.jpgSurvey shows approximately half of households with young kids missed work in the past 12 months due to lack of child care, over 12 percent left workforce entirely.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/real-estate-for.sale-s5.jpgWHEDA investment will support three affordable housing developments, more than 120 housing units statewide.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/foxconn-mount-pleasant-s5.jpgDiversion of road funding delays completion of statewide road projects.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/caleb-frostman-lvp-s5.jpgVoters reject Gov. Walker and Republican agenda in special elections. Caleb Frostman wins senate seat in northeastern Wisconsin with 23 point swing toward Democratic candidate from 2016. Ann Groves Lloyd also dramatically over-performed last night where Trump won by double digits.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/school-kids-s5.jpgWe heard expert testimony at a recent hearing of the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding Reform that Wisconsin’s formula is an outlier in the US. and failure to change it leaves children vulnerable, taxpayers paying more in property tax and the state open to lawsuits.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/green_bay_citydeck_fox_river-s5.jpgMichigan action opens the door to the use of industrial acids 150 feet from the Menominee River and represents a danger to the waters of Green Bay.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/andre-jacque-speaking-assembly-s5.jpgCandidate in Senate District 1 has extreme record that shows no regard for the health, safety and dignity of Wisconsin women or vital, life-saving research.
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/kohl-kidsbackpacks-s5.jpgFormer Democratic Senator Herb Kohl's Philanthropies (HKP) donates $700,000 Dollars to support ‘Learning Journeys’. Over 680 Wisconsin Club Kids to Visit Washington D.C.
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