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“Educating Every Kid” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

Senator Chris Larson joins us to discuss the current financial reporting crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools and the direct link to nearly two decades of under-funding from the state and the lack of serious investment in democracy’s most important priority, educating all of Wisconsin’s children. We discuss how the opponents of public education are cynically using the situation to gut…

Citizen Action Weekend Newsletter, June 14th

Friday, June 14th Join Citizen Action Today! Join us and fight back against Big Insurance, UnitedHealthcare. Virtual Meeting, next Monday, June 17th, 8pm UnitedHealth Group, the parent corporation for insurer UnitedHealthcare, raked in over 22 BILLION dollars in profits last year, and already made another 8 BILLION in the first quarter of this year. How’d they do this? By denying…

“System Change” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

We continue our look at the deeper systemic issues afflicting Wisconsin government and politics. We discuss the financial reporting problems with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Why did the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) not inform the elected school board of the reporting issues? The ACLU WI says Wisconsin prisons and Department of Corrections (DOC) are breaking the law and…

Citizen Action Weekend ’24, June 7th

Friday, June 7th Citizen Action is hiring! NEW Driftless (La Crosse Area) Coop Organizer; Driftless (La Crosse Area) Deep Canvass Field Organizer; Green Bay Deep Canvass Field Organizer Join Citizen Action Today! Eau Claire and Citizen Action Wisconsin Celebrate Wisconsin Bike Week! This week, Northwestern Wisconsin Organizing Co-op members in Eau Claire celebrated Wisconsin Bike Week, hosted by Bike Chippewa…

Citizen Action Weekend Newsletter, May 31st

Friday, May 31st Citizen Action is hiring! NEW Driftless (La Crosse Area) Coop Organizer; Driftless (La Crosse Area) Deep Canvass Field Organizer; Green Bay Deep Canvass Field Organizer Sign petition in support of our new Hospital Accountability Campaign! Read latest news article on our state campaign. Read more on state legislative proposals we support. Take action now and share with…

Citizen Action Weekend Newsletter, Memorial Day Weekend

Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Thanks to all our members who served. Citizen Action is hiring! NEW Driftless (La Crosse Area) Coop Organizer; Driftless (La Crosse Area) Deep Canvass Field Organizer; Green Bay Deep Canvass Field Organizer Campaign for Hospital Accountability gets front page coverage!  A Citizen Action led news conference in Eau Claire last Friday to announce new legislation by…

SPECIAL PODCAST: “Fighting Hospital Costs and Closures” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast 

We review the launch of a new statewide campaign for Hospital and Health system accountability. Big hospital chains have used their lobbying and political clout to excuse themselves from public oversight, with disastrous results for patients and communities. In their ceaseless quest for revenue, thy have made health care unaffordable, and created an unstable system which is leading to closures…

“Protect Public Health, Stabilize Wisconsin Hospitals” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

We take a dive into the deepening crisis in the Wisconsin hospital system. Neither political party is talking about the fundamental cause, the insatiable appetite by the hospital industry for windfall profits? Will state leaders step up to the challenge? So far, the indications are not positive, as the Governor and the Legislature are in gridlock, and the Department of…