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Tax time either makes you excited about the possibility of a refund or in dread of what you owe. Now is the time to make the right choice so that if you are getting a refund you can get the most possible.... More

Representative Mark Pocan and Senator Jon Erpenbach reintroduced the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act to allow seriously ill Wisconsin residents access to a medicine to ease their pain. ... More

The senators' letter to Attorney General Van Hollen... More

In yet another example of how Governor Scott Walker chooses corporations over Wisconsin citizens, today Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has asked the federal government to exempt Wisconsin from new rules to limit excessive health insurance industry prof... More

Read the study recently completed by the University of Wisconsin... More

It came as no surprise when the community poverty numbers released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau showed higher number of people living in poverty; especially children. These numbers are a reflection of our economy slowing and stalling over the past... More

"It has been reported in the Capital Times, that in a memo from Steve Krieser, Department of Transportation (DOT) staff have been instructed not to help eligible citizens obtain a free, state issued identification card for purposes of voting. I find this ... More

The Wisconsin Legislature will take action for final approval of a Wisconsin extension of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. This extension is paid for by Federal funds which were approved late last year by the Federal Government. ... More

The Joint Committee on Finance has finished their work and the Legislature will likely be done with the state budget in both houses inside one week. Like tearing off a Band-Aid, this budget delivers pain swiftly.... More

New government restrictions on voters in Wisconsin have become law. Additional requirements for all eligible voters go into effect immediately...... More