Politics

Wisconsin might lose federal funding that supports state staff working to keep air, water and lands clean under proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The leader of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says the agency will have to cut back on some of its programs over the next two years to compensate for a nearly $4 million drop in revenue. That’s after the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee last week declined to take up WEDC’s request for additional money.

The coalition needs bipartisan support, which activist Howard Fuller and Mayor Cavalier Johnson hope can be allocated in the next state budget. 

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin heard directly from parents of Milwaukee Public Schools about the ongoing lead crisis Monday.

Wisconsin is among the states that sued in April after the Trump administration cut off nearly $400 million in funding to AmeriCorps.

Ramón Morales Reyes was thrust into the national spotlight last week when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused him of writing letters threatening Trump.

In Wisconsin almost 1.3 million children and adults are enrolled in Medicaid, and more than 700,000 receive FoodShare. Wisconsin’s Medicaid Director Bill Hanna says under the new legislation, many of those people will likely lose their benefits.

The Joint Committee on Finance voted Thursday to increase borrowing by $732.2 million under the state’s Environmental Improvement Fund, which includes the clean water fund and safe drinking water loan programs.

A recent report from Health Secretary Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” commission argues children are being overmedicated for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A UW-Madison clinical psychologist argues Kennedy’s statements on the harms of medications like Adderall aren’t based in science.

Ben Wikler, the outgoing chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, says he’s hoping to write a book that will offer lessons to national Democrats.