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A webinar held December 2017 about the process DNR used to develop the 2018 impaired waters list. If You See Disinformation Ahead of the Midterms, We Want to Hear From You. As November’s midterm elections approach, The New York Times is looking for examples of online ads, posts and texts that contain political disinformation or false claims and are being deliberately spread on internet platforms to try to influence local, statewide, and federal elections.
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Photo from LeahVukmir.com MADISON — Tomorrow, oral arguments begin in the latest legal challenge to invalidate the Affordable Care Act’s protections for Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions — and Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir says that effort to gut protections for the 2.4 million Wisconsinites and 133 million Americans who have pre-existing conditions is a “necessary step.” If Vukmir gets her way, federal protections that block insurance companies from jacking up prices or denying coverage to millions of Americans who have pre-existing conditions would be repealed. Wisconsin Area Research Center Network. Enlarge Map of Wisconsin Area Research Centers See coverage for 13 different regions of the Area Research Center Network.
The Wisconsin Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin (UW) System cooperate in a network of Area Research Centers (ARCs) located at UW campus libraries throughout the state and at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. Each Area Research Center serves a specific geographic region.Records created in and focused on the region served by a particular ARC are housed permanently at the appropriate Center.You can access most collections from across the state and have them sent to your region from anywhere in the network. IndieBound Affiliate Program. Eu.jsonline. Plain Talk: Racing toward the bottom on the environment.
Smithsonian Magazine, the monthly publication of the iconic historical institute that preserves our nation's history, has a piece in its most recent edition proclaiming how the use of sun and wind energy is soaring.
It notes, for example, that both alternative energy sources now easily employ more Americans than the coal industry that Donald Trump wants to make great again. In 2016, coal employed roughly 50,000 workers, wind 102,500 and solar 260,000. Presumably, the disparity grew in 2017, for which statistics are still being compiled. The magazine also touts what it calls the "Clean Top 10" states in deriving their energy from renewable fuels. David Crosby: Don't Call It a Comeback. School Funding Reform for Wisconsin - Home. Alan Lomax's Massive Archive Goes Online : The Record. The Death Of Mistakes Means The Death Of Rock : Monitor Mix. ART + MUSIC + DESIGN + FASHION + AUTO + TRAVEL + FOOD + HEALTH. Raintorivers.
A Crash Course in Political Engagement. I’m a new member of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, and a new farmer.
I’ve been growing vegetables going on three years; first in Madison and now near Stevens Point. I haven’t had much personal exposure to local politics of any sort, unless you count paying sales tax and visiting one city council meeting in a high school government class. The Wisconsin Farmers Union annual convention changed that by offering an up close look at personal political involvement. Election Security in All 50 States. See: Matrix of state grades Introduction and summary In 2016, America’s elections were targeted by a foreign nation-state intent on infiltrating and manipulating our electoral system.
On September 22, 2017, it was reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notified 21 states that were targeted by hackers during the 2016 election. Among those states notified by DHS were: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington.
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Senate Republicans Rigging State Elections and Ethics Panels. For Immediate Release: January 23, 2018 Contact: State Senator Janis Ringhand: (608) 266-2253; SenRinghand@legis.wisconsin.gov Senate Republicans Rigging State Elections and Ethics Panels State Senate Republicans are rigging the Elections and Ethics Boards by voting to fire the Administrators of both panels without a public hearing or input.
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