Want a shovel ready project? Clear the sidewalks!
I am trying to understand why the city of Wausau has forced us to navigate poorly cleared sidewalks along Grand Avenue.
Rallies scheduled to show support for Fair Maps
On Friday, January 21, at noon, Fair Maps will hold “Fair Courts End Gerrymandering” rallies. These will be held at more than 15 locations throughout Wisconsin.
Senators need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act
The For the People Act was the very first bill the Democratic-led Congress submitted after Joe Biden became President.
Wisconsin faces permanent one party rule of legislature
In the decade that followed, the gerrymandering party never came close to losing control of either the state senate or the state assembly.
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering: the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections
Keeping on the sunny side
This week I am setting aside my usual curmudgeon style in search of some more positive stories.
Reflecting on the importance of voting rights on this MLK Day
This week has been a good week for me as Editor. Middle Wisconsin received several good stories; so many, in fact, that some are being held until next month
‘We thought that we would die’: Lawmakers probe painful Jan. 6 memories
In a written statement, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell called the attack a “disgraceful scene (that) was antithetical to the rule of law,”
League of Women Voters lawsuit seeks to reactivate over 31,000 purged voters
The Wisconsin Election Commission’s actions in purging the voters are in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of due process, the League argues in it’s complaint to the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Wisconsin.
On the very triggering, but oh so important topic of diet
If I am eating something, I want to be in the moment. It gives my brain a chance to process what I am doing so that it is less likely for me to go overboard