WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Wisconsin Below is a continuously updated list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017. Per IRS data: 424,970 Wisconsin households are benefiting from the TCJA's doubling of the child tax credit. 1,954,190 Wisconsin households are benefiting from the TCJA's doubli  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * Jimmy Kimmel is FFRF Action Fund's 'Secularist of the Week' FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel for speaking out against President Trump's cynical use   more

MONONA, Wisconsin, Feb. 14 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * On Valentine's Day, A Better Wisconsin Together Highlights Right-Wing Judge Brad Schimel's Love for Special Interests MADISON, Wis. -- This Valentine's Day, A Better Wisconsin Together is calling attention to the love between right-wing Judge Brad Schimel and his special interest donors. While in public offi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) issued the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Calls Out Brad Schimel's Lies In Abortion Ad Washington, DC -- Yesterday evening, Brad Schimel's campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court released an ad trying to hide his long and extreme anti-abortion record in order to deceive voters. This is a last-ditch campaign effort to erase Schimel's long history of work against reproductive  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * Trump named FFRF Action Fund's 'Theocrat of the Week' (if not decade) FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" is President Trump for his incessant privileging of Christians in the early weeks of his sec  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Watch out: Fanatical RFK Jr. is national health disaster waiting to happen At a time when bird flu is alarmingly spreading and measles is breaking out among unvaccinated schoolchildren, our nation yesterday sadly witnessed Senate approval of anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy as the new health and human services secretary. And what a swearing-in! After Supreme Court Ju  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Feb. 15 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: * * * Wisconsin lawmakers push nuclear support A joint resolution under consideration in the Wisconsin legislature aims to declare and promote the state's support for nuclear power and willingness to deploy additional sources. The state Senate Joint Resolution 7 was introduced on February 5 by GOP lawmakers Rep. David Steffen and Sen. Julian Bradley, who chair energy-related committees in their respe  more