ICYMI: Bills Introduced To Prohibit Teaching CRT, JFC Votes On DNR And DWD, Hearing Held On Bills Prohibiting Vaccine Discrimination

By MacIver Institute - June 7, 2021

Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Critical Race Theory, CRT, Department of Workforce Development, DWD, JFC, Joint Committee on Finance, Joint Finance Committee, Labor Crisis, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, Unemployment Insurance

Catch up on the latest happenings in Madison over the past week. The Joint Finance Committee took action on unemployment insurance and DNR, Republican legislators introduced bills to prevent teaching and training on Critical Race Theory across the state, and a hearing was held on bills to prevent discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccination and other immunization statuses. Read More ICYMI: Bills Introduced To Prohibit Teaching CRT, JFC Votes On DNR And DWD, Hearing Held On Bills Prohibiting Vaccine Discrimination

MacIver News Minute: Leftist Milwaukee Leaders Ignored Lead Pipe Problem For Decades

By Chris Rochester - May 21, 2019

Bob Donovan, Democrats, Drinking Water, Environmental Defense Fund, John Nygren, Jon Erpenbach, LaTonya Johnson, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, MacIver News Minute, Milwaukee, Republicans, Robin Vos, Streetcar, Sue Bauman, The Hop, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, Water

Milwaukee liberals have “lead” their constituents to believe that legislative Republicans are to blame for the city’s lead pipes problem. The fix to Milwaukee’s drinking water crisis, they insist, is more state taxpayer money. But liberals and socialists have controlled the city of Milwaukee for the better part of a century. And while Milwaukee’s citizens wait for clean drinking water, its mayor is fixated on an expensive streetcar. Read More MacIver News Minute: Leftist Milwaukee Leaders Ignored Lead Pipe Problem For Decades

Milwaukee Tries To Pass The Buck On Lead Pipe Replacement

By Chris Rochester - May 20, 2019

Bob Donovan, Democrats, Drinking Water, Environmental Defense Fund, John Nygren, Jon Erpenbach, LaTonya Johnson, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, Milwaukee, Republicans, Robin Vos, Streetcar, Sue Bauman, The Hop, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, Water

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos applauds the City of Madison for replacing all privately owned lead lateral pipes on its own, and wonders why City of Milwaukee needs a handout from state taxpayers to do the same. Read More Milwaukee Tries To Pass The Buck On Lead Pipe Replacement

Who’s To Blame For The Failure To Fix Milwaukee’s Lead Problem? Look Left

By Matt Kittle - May 20, 2019

By M.D. Kittle – Five years after Flint, Mich., Milwaukee city officials are scurrying to catch up in the heat of public pressure, scandal, and increased scrutiny. Liberal city leaders, in control of Milwaukee for generations, could have done something a lot sooner. Read More Who’s To Blame For The Failure To Fix Milwaukee’s Lead Problem? Look Left