Does Marco Rubio want ‘Dreamers’ deported?
Although he supports reversing President Obama’s executive action, Marco Rubio’s stance on immigration is a lot more complicated.
Trump gets Chicago murder statistics correct … mostly
During the first presidential debate Donald Trump claimed, “In a place like Chicago … almost 4,000 have been killed since Barack Obama became president.” We check out Chicago’s murder statistics during the last three presidencies to see how his claim stacks up.
How will the minimum wage change?
A candidate for State Senate wants to raise the minimum wage. Will his method work? What does he think the new minimum wage should be?
Holbrook ties VanderMeer to massive UW cuts
Mark Holbrook, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin’s 70th assembly district, claimed on his campaign website that his GOP opponent Nancy VanderMeer was complicit in a $250 million budget cut to the UW system. However, VanderMeer voted against the final budget.
Wisconsin’s voter ID controversy: what you need to know
Experts estimate that about 300,000 registered voters in Wisconsin lack one of the accepted forms of ID. People without ID are more likely to be black, Latino, younger, and lower income. These groups also have fewer resources to acquire acceptable IDs.
Gray wolf population maintained even during hunting seasons
In an attempt to educate and advocate for state control of the gray wolf population, Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, hosted the Great Lakes Wolf summit in which he argued for state-led control of the gray wolf population.
Does easy access to guns make Vermont safer?
The Observatory checks Wisconsin Libertarian candidate Jordan Hansen’s claim that Vermont’s ‘constitutional carry’ law makes the state more safe.
Bernier capitalizes on definition of deficit
Rep. Bernier claims that her vote for Act 10 eliminated the state’s budget deficit. The problem is that there never was a deficit to begin with.
State funding for schools in the 94th assembly district: increasing or decreasing?
The candidates vying for a seat in Wisconsin’s 94th Assembly District addressed state education funding late August. After incumbent Democrat Steve Doyle said in an interview with News 8 that a lack of state funding over the last six years was forcing schools to use referendums to cover costs, Republican challenger Julian Bradley, a La Crosse native, said that funding for local districts had in fact increased recently.
The extent of budget cuts to Wisconsin public education
Jeff Wright, District 51 Democratic candidate for Wisconsin Assembly, quotes budget cuts to Wisconsin Public Education in hopes of rallying voters behind him.