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ruth conniff
@rconniff
Progressive journalist, Wisconsinite, editor-in-chief of
@WIExaminer
, author of MILKED--now from New Press
Madison, WIwisconsinexaminer.comJoined March 2008
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
Once again at the center of national politics, Wisconsin is on the tipping point between 'normal' and 'crazy'
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Commentary from Editor @rconniff: Former Trump spox & now Arkansas gov Sarah Sanders warned the other night of a choice between 'Normal' & 'Crazy.' #Wisconsin's there, but which is which? wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/09/wis
ruth conniff
@rconniff
I've heard too many people float this theory that a Black candidate can't win statewide in Wisconsin, which elected Obama twice.
@HenryRedrobin
talks to
@JudgeEverett
about it
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@WIExaminer
Reporter @HenryRedrobin interviews @JudgemitchellWI about the reception to his candidacy for Wisconsin Supreme Court, and why some tell him his race is the issue when it shouldn't be. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/09/mit
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
Excellent reporting on the GOP proposed audit of Evers Admin professional services dept by
@erikgunn
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@WIExaminer
Says @StateRepHong: "Audit is not going to find what we don’t already know... #Republicans have obstructed and flat out refused to fully authorize requests for additional staff and resources from @WI_DSPS" Story via @erikgunn wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/08/dem
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@rconniff
That was pretty masterful #SOTU
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After Biden's claim that some Republicans want to end Medicare and Social Security provoked GOP anger, the president responds, "I'm glad to see it, I enjoy conversion." "Social Security and its bookend, Medicare, are off the books now, right?," Biden adds. "We have unanimity!"
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
interesting report by
@erikgunn
on religious movement to push back Christian nationalism
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Wisconsin Examiner
@WIExaminer
White Christian nationalism is as old as the U.S. but it's in a resurgence. @RevJenButler tells @erikgunn why her group, @FaithPublicLife is working to encourage people of faith to stand up to the trend, wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/07/war
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@rconniff
Good luck with that ...
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@WIExaminer
McCarthy says House Republicans will neither cause the U.S. to default on the #debt nor make concessions wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/07/u-s
ruth conniff
@rconniff
After years of stalemate, a ballooning state surplus and starving city budgets,
@baylorspears
reports on propects for bipartisan movement on shared revenue
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@WIExaminer
Will this year’s state budget be the one that addresses years of stagnant shared revenue to local governments? @baylorspears takes a look. @SpeakerVos @GovEvers @DavidCrowleyWI @WisPolicyForum wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/06/mom
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@rconniff
#Milwaukee residents rally for getting the lead out of drinking water
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@WIExaminer
Via @IsiahHolmes8, at a Saturday hearing #Milwaukee residents urge the city to use some of the $92M in remaining #ARPA money to address #LeadPoisoning. @repjocasta @alderwomancoggs wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/06/res
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
who knew what they were doing to sheep at UW? Glad they stopped ...
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Via @IsiahHolmes8, @peta takes credit for @UWMadison decision to end decompression experiments on 🐑 wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/navy-dec
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
Important story here:
@HenryRedrobin
digs into
@JudgeDorowWI
's record
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Wisconsin Examiner
@WIExaminer
Take responsibility for overdose deaths & cooperate w/ cops, WI Supreme Court hopeful Judge Jennifer Dorow tells drug defendants. @HenryRedrobin reviews her drug case record as son is implicated in O/D death. [original tweet deleted for word choice] wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/02/dor
ruth conniff
@rconniff
.
@SenRobCowles
actually says the Legislature will likely embrace
@GovEvers
#PFAS plan
@baylorspears
reports
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@WIExaminer
Optimism grows for bipartisan push to resolve #PFAS contamination. @SenRobCowles tells @baylorspears, “...are we going to provide the resources here to settle them down and hopefully have better water? That’s what people want.” wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/01/law
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
Wisconsin Republicans are finally moving on #PFAS but pleading poverty on school funding, infrastructure that cost far less than their flat tax
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@WIExaminer
Commentary from Editor @rconniff: #GOP lawmakers claim state can’t afford to help small biz, restore #SchoolFunding or address #environment — but want to flush away $5B with a #FlatTax. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/02/01/wis
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@rconniff
Wisconsinites are struggling to pay for health care, even at higher incomes levels
@erikgunn
reports
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More than half of #Wisconsinites skip some health care or worry they might have to because of cost, says new survey highlighted by @CitizenActionWI. @RepKristina proposes #BadgerCare #PublicOption as a tool to reign in health costs. Via @erikgunn wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/31/sur
ruth conniff
@rconniff
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@erikgunn
on the #healthequity council's broad vision for a healthier #Wisconsin
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Certifying community health workers & covering their services via Medicaid — one of 20 recommendations in the final report from @GovEvers #HealthEquity council. Details from @erikgunn @UWiscPHI wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/31/hea
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ruth conniff
@rconniff
.
@erikgunn
reports on a model local effort to track pollution in one community concerned about respiratory illness and #ClimateChange
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Via @erikgunn, @WIClimateHealth launches project to monitor Beloit air for particulates to understand community’s high #Asthma rate & raise awareness about pollution connected to #ClimateChange. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/30/wha
ruth conniff
@rconniff
Timely story by
@IsiahHolmes8
on the call for more transparency in officer involved deaths in Milwaukee
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In Milwaukee, activists and family members demand more transparency from @MilwCoSheriff regarding #BrieonGreen’s death in jail. @maarpr_mke. Via @IsiahHolmes8 wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/30/bri
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@rconniff
Great news for the Boundary Waters as Biden's Interior Dept moves to protect 225,000 acres and the larger wilderness area from toxic mining
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Via @Adam_Gold_News in our DC bureau: @Interior ends threat of federal mine leasing on public lands in Minnesota Boundary Waters. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/27/pub
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@rconniff
Christin Carter of
@MKELGBTCENTER
writes about the underreported crisis in caregiving for #LGBTQ elderly and disabled people
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@WIExaminer
Commentary from Christin Carter of the @MKELGBTCENTER: #caregiver shortage is especially hard on elderly & disabled people in the #LGBTQ community. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/27/the
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@rconniff
ICYMI
@IsiahHolmes8
scoop on Brookfield alder who explicitly said he doesn't want "those people" moving in is making a lot of waves ...
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Mike Hallquist
@mnhallquist
Pro-tip, it's illegal and morally repugnant to discriminate against protected classes for housing. I'll put anyone in the hot seat for suggesting to do so in Brookfield forever and always. twitter.com/WIExaminer/sta…
ruth conniff
@rconniff
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@erikgunn
interviews a national expert on the regressive GOP flat tax proposal and how it would be particularly regressive in #Wisconsin
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#Wisconsin’s wealthiest have highest state income tax rate. But add up what they pay in all state & local taxes: it's a smaller share of their income than the rest of us. #FlatTax would widen that gap, @carlpdavis of @iteptweets tells @erikgunn. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/26/tax
ruth conniff
@rconniff
At the start of his second term, GOP squatter is gone and
@GovEvers
finally has his appointees seated, directing conservation efforts at
@WDNR
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Via @HenryRedrobin, @WDNR board holds its first meeting w/o an expired-term #GOP member and w/ appointees of @GovEvers in the majority. Result: New #WaterQuality standards & bear-hunt quota. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/26/nat
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@rconniff
Excellent on the ground coverage of #WISOTS by
@baylorspears
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With his 5th #WISOTS message, @GovEvers lays out his second-term vision — not to “make gov’t bigger” but make one that “works better.” @SenatorAgard & #Democrats cheer; @SpeakerVos & @SenatorDevin mostly dismissive. Via @baylorspears. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/25/eve
ruth conniff
@rconniff
Fun story: for outside the box analysis of divided government dysfunction
@erikgunn
talks to mental health and organizational behavior specialists
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Can they all get along? @erikgunn asks a mental health counselor & an organizational consultant to weigh in w/ a retired politician on prospects for @GovEvers, @SpeakerVos & @SenatorDevin to move beyond the last four years of friction. wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/25/wha
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